Christmas

Holiday heroes: Shipt is ready for last-minute needs

The Christmas 2021 story is still to be written, but the book is sure to include a chapter on what will be a historic digital shopping season.

According to data from Salesforce, digital commerce revenue is already up 18% year-over-year in the U.S. through the first 10 months and more Americans – 74% – plan to buy holiday gifts this year compared to just 69% in 2020. Salesforce also found that some 56% plan to purchase online and 78% fear shipping delays.

“With inflation and supply chain issues...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/holiday-heroes-shipt-is-ready-for-last-minute-needs

Congestion is not just for Christmas

Congestion is not just for Christmas

James Hookham, GSF’s Director

Shippers across the globe might have to battle the effects of supply chain congestion and record high ocean freight ratees for some time to come. The question remains – when will they get relief?

The wave of congestion that is sweeping through global supply chains delaying deliveries of seasonal goods and essential commodities, stranding many shippers between meeting impossible delivery deadlines while paying record shipping rates...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/15/congestion-is-not-just-for-christmas/

Christmas comes early for retailers as fears about shortages rise.

Christmas comes early for retailers as fears about shortages rise.

Streeter

5th November 2021 – The ONS has released data on shopping in its latest survey on the social impacts of Coronavirus

Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain – Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown

‘’There are signs that shoppers have shot out of the traps earlier this year to snap up Christmas food and presents amid fears of...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/05/christmas-comes-early-for-retailers-as-fears-about-shortages-rise/

Magical moments at Port Solent’s Festival of Christmas

Magical moments at Port Solent’s Festival of Christmas

Festive fun will be top of the wish list when Port Solent welcomes visitors to its fantastic Festival of Christmas.

The popular event returns on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 December with seasonal food and drink to enjoy, street entertainment, festive music and more than 90 stalls to find that perfect Christmas gift.

There will be plenty of opportunities to make memorable moments on both days – and there’s free parking at Port Solent.

On Saturday,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/02/magical-moments-at-port-solents-festival-of-christmas/

‘People are gonna be pulling their hair out’: Supply chain execs predict chaotic holiday peak

Shortage of drivers and workers will lead to chaotic holiday peak season, supply chain experts say

In the lead-up to last year’s peak holiday season, panic spread like wildfire. Members of the media predicted daily shortfalls of millions of packages and devastating delays, but as it turned out, there was much ado about nothing. Despite handling record levels of volume, the major U.S. carriers posted similar or slightly better on-time rates than during the 2019 peak.

That’s because there wasn’t really much of a peak in 2020 –– consumers were still adjusting to the new normal of the e-commerce...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/people-are-gonna-be-pulling-their-hair-out-supply-chain-execs-predict-chaotic-holiday-peak

Don’t cancel Christmas just yet, say freight forwarders

Don’t cancel Christmas just yet, say freight forwarders

Robert Keen

Freight forwarding companies remain committed to delivering a suitably festive Yuletide, as we witness a seasonal whirlwind of worry and rumour that this year’s Christmas festivities in around ten weeks may just not happen as a result of the current supply chain challenges.

Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) says it is time to maintain a sense of perspective, or the headlines may...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/14/dont-cancel-christmas-just-yet-say-freight-forwarders/

Superhot airfreight market leaves shippers in the cold

A Cargolux 747 cargo plane on the tarmac on a bright day with an empty pallet in the foreground.

Importers and exporters should brace for the pandemonium roiling the ocean freight sector — where container shipping delays and prices are at all-time highs — to wash over the air cargo market this month.

Full planes and skyrocketing freight rates are signs the market has tightened to the point that shippers will be hard-pressed to find air transport for their goods as holiday-season shipping enters the stretch run, according to market analysts and logistics specialists. 

Welcome to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/superhot-airfreight-market-leaves-shippers-in-the-cold

Holiday season in peril: Disruptions could leave shoppers, retailers disappointed

Supply chain disruptions could mean fewer presents under trees this Christmas

As supply chain disruptions have gone mainstream in 2021, it has had an immediate impact on the shopping plans of Americans heading into the holidays. A recent parcelLab survey found that 50% of U.S. consumers plan to have their 2021 holiday shopping completed by Cyber Monday – the unofficial kickoff of the e-commerce holiday shopping season.

The Holiday 2021: Consumer Preferences and Expectations survey, conducted in partnership with third-party research firm YouGov, also found that 5% had...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/holiday-season-in-peril-disruptions-could-leave-shoppers-retailers-disappointed

Get them before they’re gone: 4 products to buy before holiday craze

Christmas Hanukkah and other winter holiday shopping, get these 4 products before they're gone

At this point, nearly everyone is familiar with the global supply chain issues that we just can’t seem to shake. Earlier this month, Modern Shipper wrote about how those hiccups are causing delays that will reach as far into the future as the holiday season and why you should do your winter holiday shopping ASAP. That hasn’t changed, but some products figure to be more scarce on the shelves than others.

For most American-made goods, delivery times still should be pretty quick, given the bevy of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/get-them-before-theyre-gone-4-products-to-buy-before-holiday-craze

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