Effective December 27, 2022, UPS is increasing SurePost rates by an average of 6.9% (in line with its previous GRI announcement for Domestic Services). Noteworthy is an increase to its Non-Machineable Charge ($4.20 per package). This charge is similar to…
International shipping is one area where FedEx and UPS rates diverge in their 2023 GRIs, despite the twin headline average increases of 6.9%. There are some differences in the increases shippers will be paying on a service-level basis. Below you'll…
UPS has matched FedEx’s historic 6.9% average GRI for 2023, as expected. The increases will take effect on December 27, 2022. There are no UPS customers that look forward to the annual GRI announcements. At least now, shippers can start…
Effective January 2, 2023, FedEx is increasing the rates and surcharges for its FedEx Ground Economy Service (formerly known as Smartpost). This service is seeing a large, inflation-driven increase in 2023, which is mostly proportional to the GRIs of other…
Returns are an unavoidable cost of doing business for every online retailer, but that’s no excuse for failing to do whatever you can to prevent them. There are several reasons why ecommerce retailers need to avoid returns, but the most…
If there ever was a holiday season for consumers to get their holiday shopping done early, this may be it. In the last year, supply chains have seen their share of labor challenges, including low unemployment rates that have made…
The most critical time of year for many ecommerce retailers is about to start — Holiday Season. So here are five things you can do right now to tune up your parcel supply chain to ensure your customers stay happy…
Shipping contracts and carrier relationships, like other things, can get stale. This means that it’s natural for the service and rates you are getting from a carrier to occasionally fall out of alignment with your business. When this happens, it’s…
Even companies that have carefully negotiated and budgeted parcel shipping costs can feel they’ve overpaid by 40% or more once the invoices show up. And even after double-checking all the base rates they’ve been quoted, they still may not see…
Transportation costs can represent as much as 15% of total revenue. To keep this expense in check, shippers need to pay close attention to their logistics processes, but that can cost a lot in human resource time — time that…