It’s almost that time of year. The upcoming GRI announcements are the biggest news of the season for FedEx and UPS customers because the annual increases have an immense impact on most companies’ shipping costs and profitability. As we do…
The following are key notes related to this analysis and the 2024 UPS SurePost GRI.This analysis is intended to highlight and compare notable points from the GRI announcement of UPS SurePost, a domestic-residential USPS-partner service that is among the slowest…
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…
With both the FedEx and UPS GRIs announced, companies can begin planning their logistics budgets for 2023. One part of that is understanding how your costs will change compared to last year — but more important is figuring out where…
After an exceptionally tough year of supply chain disruptions and strained carrier capacity, companies and their logistics operations could use a break. But with few signs that the pressure on supply chains will be easing anytime soon, and UPS and…
UPS® announced its 2022 GRI, and it’s historically high. The small parcel carrier is implementing a 5.9% average increase across services that will go into effect on December 26, 2021. The increase matches FedEx’s 2022 average GRI and is primarily…
In the spirit of peak season for shippers who are unaware, the Governors of the Postal Service have implemented several time-limited rate increases for their competitive domestic shipping products. These increases became effective on October 3, 2021, and will continue…
UPS has announced its annual GRI for 2022, with an average increase of 5.9%. The increase matches FedEx’s as the highest increase in recent history from either carrier. The announcement is no surprise on the heels of 2021’s extreme inflation.…
FedEx announced its GRI back in September as it usually does, but now it’s up to companies everywhere to figure out how the changes will affect their parcel shipping costs come January. No one expects the carrier to make it…
FedEx has just announced its annual general rate increase for 2022 and it’s historically high at 5.9%. On the heels of historic inflation in 2021, it’s no big surprise. It’s also in line with our prediction (for better or worse).…
