Parcel Negotiation Tip #1 - Know Thyself

FedEx and UPS know far more about your shipping than you do. This is a problem when it’s time to negotiate your pricing contract with them but knowing a few pieces of information can level the playing field significantly

Amazon Goes (almost) All In

After beta testing its last-mile delivery service, Amazon today announced the confirmed roll-out of its Amazon Delivery Service Partners program which will allow hundreds of entrepreneurs to operate their own mini delivery network of up to 40 vehicles. For

What If UPS Employees Strike?

Those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it, so although neither party expects a strike to be an outcome of the current labor negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters, they can no longer say that

Mad (Over)Max

Just in case it wasn’t already clear that UPS doesn’t want your large parcels, their mid-year Over Maximum surcharge increase should eliminate any ambiguity.