UPS announced new Peak Season Surcharges with some beginning as early as October 4, 2020, and ending January 16, 2021. Not surprisingly, the surcharges are focused on Residential and Large-sized deliveries.

On Thursday July 23rd UPS made an update announcement back tracking on the decreases they made a month earlier.

Data shows the impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of the small parcel shipping market has accelerated. This trend was already occurring — which is the growth of ecommerce and increase in residential deliveries performed by the carriers. This[…]

Peak Season update from the UPS website:

Rising small parcel shipping costs have many companies searching for ways to reduce spend in this key delivery mode. For many shippers, this has led them to use a combination of regional and national carriers to build a national delivery network and[…]

All shippers, from small businesses to ecommerce giants, have a lot at stake with their small parcel rate agreements. And heightened expectations for faster delivery from customers of all types has placed even more attention on the importance of[…]

Online shoppers have sky-high expectations for every purchase they make these days. This has made creating a flawless customer experience the necessary goal for most online retailers. These expectations are largely the result of what’s known as the[…]

The global ecommerce marketplace offers a lot of opportunity for e-retailers to expand their business. While growing internationally does bring the opportunity for additional revenue, shipping parcels to other countries can be a complex process.[…]