3 Ways to Avoid Holiday Shipping Disasters
The holiday shipping peak is always difficult to handle no matter how established your business. So plan ahead and take the necessary precautions.
The holiday shipping peak is always difficult to handle no matter how established your business. So plan ahead and take the necessary precautions.
As it lowered guidance on its earnings for Q4 and fiscal 2015, UPS also talked about possible adjustments to its peak season pricing later this year.
FedEx reported Q1 revenue and earnings that beat analyst expectations, and announced plans for 50,000+ seasonal hires to deal with holiday shipping volumes.
UPS is calling for 90,000 to to 95,000 temporary workers to handle the holiday season’s shipping crunch, a significant increase over 2013.
Experts and executives talk about steps being taken to avoid the holiday shipping snafus that caused delays and angry customers in 2013.