If there are ways using Business Intelligence tools can reduce your parcel shipping costs and improve the service you provide to customers (and you know there are), why wait? There’s already a pile of peak surcharges and fees shippers…
With Peak Shipping Season almost here, it is time for small parcel shippers to start paying attention to delivery cut-offs around the holidays. Here is information provided by FedEx and UPS to help you plan. Click here to see the…
UPS announced a record quarter on its July 26th earnings call, with consolidated operating profits surpassing $3 billion. Other impressive figures from the carrier included a revenue increase of 10.2% YoY, driven by a 13.4% YoY increase in revenue per…
The use of crowdsourcing for small parcel delivery is one of the latest trends in the industry. And, it just may be the one way large online retailers can keep up with the service and delivery performance of their biggest…
With the peak shipping and holiday season behind us, and the GRI’s (hopefully) digested by the marketplace, we’re hoping the relative stability and calmness in the small parcel world will remain for a while. That said, there are still some…
One thing that’s come out of a rough 2020 for the shipping industry is that companies have become far too used to fees and surcharge announcements from the carriers. Extra fees like accessorials and general rate increases (GRI) have always…
In a year that saw a lot of disruption and pricing volatility in the small parcel marketplace, no one wanted two more confusing and vague carrier General Rate Increase announcements to top it off. But here we are. The good…
As expected, UPS has announced its GRI for 2021. The following are details as presented on the UPS website. Effective December 27, 2020, the published rates for our services will increase. This supports ongoing expansion and capability enhancements as we…
To the surprise of no one, FedEx announced an increase to its rates by 4.9% to 5.9% on many services. These changes take effect beginning January 4, 2021. The 2021 FedEx GRI will impact FedEx’s Air and International, Ground, SmartPost,…
It’s that time of year again. FedEx has announced an increase to its rates by 4.9% to 5.9% on many services, beginning January 4, 2021. Of course, Transportation Impact is hard at work analyzing the details of FedEx’s GRI announcement.…
