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Amazon Air flight activity soared for Cyber Monday
Amazon Air, the private cargo airline of giant digital retailer and logistics provider Amazon, dramatically increased flight activity to help fulfill a huge increase in online orders on Cyber Monday, according to researchers at DePaul University.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) previously posted on its website that it achieved record-breaking sales between Black Friday and Cyber Monday in late November, although no specific figures were provided. Online sales among all retailers for Black Friday were up...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-air-flight-activity-soared-for-cyber-monday
Daily Infographic: Holiday Shipping Deadlines
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Return to sender: Holiday product returns will stress supply chains
Much ado has been made about holiday sales, and for good reason –– this holiday season figures to be unlike any other as supply chain disruptions continue to complicate the path from retailer to consumer. But not enough emphasis is being placed on the other direction: returns.
The reverse journey from the consumer back to the retailer is arguably an even more arduous one, and it’s compounded by the fact that those returned products occupy the same supply chains as unsold products. With supply...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/return-to-sender-holiday-product-returns-will-stress-supply-chains
Check Call: Rethinking the cost of new hires
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The great resignation has affected all of us by now. Over the past year we’ve seen people quit jobs at a staggeringly higher rate than ever before, whether due to working conditions, wage inequality, a lack of freedom or something else. Most companies are now trying to make sure the employees they have retained thus far aren’t planning on jumping ship.
Hiring new employees is one of the largest business expenses for major brokers. Volumes for brokerages this...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-rethinking-the-cost-of-new-hires
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
Mark your calendars: Holiday shipping deadlines you need to know
While there are more on-demand delivery providers than ever before, most gift senders stick to one of the three major U.S. carriers: the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.
This year supply chain disruptions have stoked fears among many that they may not receive their gifts in time. It seems knowing what to buy is just as important as knowing when to ship it. While we can’t help with your shopping list, we can provide key shipping deadlines for each of the major U.S. carriers.
U.S. Postal ServiceF...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mark-your-calendars-holiday-shipping-deadlines-you-need-to-know
Black Friday is going to be boring this year
Black Friday used to be a welcome mat for the holidays. It was almost a holiday in itself, with families waking up early in the morning rife with excitement to join the gaggles of other holiday shoppers as they explored endless aisles of holiday gifts and goodies.
But not anymore.
Black Friday is no longer an event –– it’s a concept that’s becoming more and more amorphous every year.
“Black Friday isn’t actually a day,” Deb Gabor, CEO of Sol Marketing, told Modern Shipper. “Black Friday is, at...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/black-friday-is-going-to-be-boring-this-year
‘People are gonna be pulling their hair out’: Supply chain execs predict chaotic holiday peak
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...
Your guide to holiday shopping, supply chain disruption style
This probably isn’t the first time you’ve been warned about peak season. Media coverage of last year’s holiday season had consumers buying earlier than ever and carriers hiking prices in anticipation of historic volume, but as it turned out there wasn’t really much of a problem. All three of the largest U.S. carriers posted similar or slightly better on-time delivery rates than during the 2019 peak, despite 2020’s holiday season being the busiest on record.
But this year will be different, for...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/your-guide-to-holiday-shopping-supply-chain-disruption-style