For all the complaints about UPS and FedEx rate increases and the constant drip of new fees and surcharges, some companies are as much (or more) to blame themselves for their high parcel shipping costs. How? They’re missing the clear…
Parcel shipping fraud will result in your company paying more for shipping than it should. Worse yet, you may not even realize it’s happening. Some forms of fraud are easy to spot, but others can go unnoticed for a long…
As we predicted in our FedEx 2024 GRI report, FedEx has announced a demand surcharge effective January 15, 2024 “until further notice.” This effectively extends fees already in place, which are applied in addition to the standard Additional Handling and…
FedEx has announced its annual Demand (a.k.a. Peak) Surcharges that will last into January 2024. You can read the full announcement on the carrier’s website – here. The following are some key highlights: In 2022, Peak Season charges were in…
FedEx has announced its 2024 General Rate Increase will be a 5.9% average across services effective January 1, 2024. However, the carrier indicated it will not provide the details of how base rates and fees will be changing until September…
In the first of what will be many small parcel carrier announcements over the coming months, FedEx stated it will begin charging its seasonal “Demand Surcharges” on October 4, with additional charges and higher amounts building throughout the peak holiday…
The US Postal Service recently launched a new service: USPS Ground Advantage…
If you’re a FedEx customer, you may have heard about the changes coming to FedEx Reporting Online. With so much talk about the importance of data for parcel shippers, it’s understandable that expectations are high from parcel shippers on what…
With 2022’s peak shipping season and the start of the 2023 general rate increases (GRIs) behind us, most shippers are looking toward what’s to come for the rest of the year. And the thing most companies are thinking about when…
The first UPS and FedEx invoices of 2023 have started to arrive, and there is probably some sticker shock happening for many companies. The biggest reason is that the actual cost increase most shippers face from the GRIs is very…
