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In the minds of most Americans, Amazon is the online retailer that can fulfill any order— usually in just a day or two. They think about the product, not the delivery process. While the country was busy shopping, Amazon
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Nintendo Game Boy. Butterfinger BBs. The Ford Thunderbird. The pandemic-era freight boom. Nothing lasts forever. The shipping industry is seeing too many trucks and too little freight, resulting in a severe freight recession. It’s a problem for the carriers,
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Postmaster General and USPS CEO Louis DeJoy shocked the shipping industry with his September announcement: “We have been planning early and leveraging investments in our people, infrastructure, transportation and technology made possible by the Delivering for America plan. And
Brittany ShipRx Contributor
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For shippers with points of distribution close to their customers, UPS just launched a new service that may benefit your bottom line— just in time for peak season. Last month, UPS quietly rolled out Hyperlocal, a new product leveraging
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What would you think if your employer suddenly started encouraging you and your colleagues to leave the company and take a job somewhere else? You’d probably begin to question just how well your employer is doing, wouldn’t you?
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In our interconnected world, global supply chains have become the lifeblood of businesses, fueling economies, and ensuring the timely delivery of goods to markets around the globe. Yet, as intertwined as they are, these supply chains are vulnerable. One
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While you’re putting the finishing touches on your Halloween costume, UPS and FedEx are getting fitted for their Santa Claus costumes and have released their 2023 holiday shipping deadlines. The big man in red has Christmas magic on his
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Last week, we told you that UPS and FedEx were the only two carriers going all in on peak surcharges this season. USPS did away with them altogether, and Amazon got rid of its peak surcharges on ground shipping
Brittany ShipRx Contributor
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In a surprising turn of events, two major carriers dropped some, if not all, of their peak surcharges. Find out who’s cutting surcharges, who’s increasing them, and how you can benefit from the competition between carriers this holiday season.