The U.S. Postal Service receives plenty of criticism whenever it makes service changes, but for small and midsize businesses, an upcoming change may actually turn into something positive.
The Postal Service announced over the summer that it was shuttering its reseller program. The program, which allowed companies to resell Postal Service postage offerings (namely commercial rates) to customers, is ending on Oct. 1.
Basically the program helped lower rates for many SMBs that do not have the...
Americans love shopping, and as a result, 59 million parcels were generated each day in 2021, according to research from Pitney Bowes.
The global shipping and mailing company on Monday released its Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, finding that U.S. parcel volume grew 6% in 2021 over 2020, reaching 21.5 billion parcels shipped. That works out to 683 parcels per second.
“The Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index has become an authoritative barometer for growth across the shipping and logistics...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pitney-bowes-finds-ecommerce-drives-record-parcel-volumes-in-2021
The challenges of the past few years have strained last-mile delivery networks. And just as they have started maturing with new entrants and efficiencies unlocked, e-commerce started slowing from its pandemic roll. Where exactly it stops, no one is quite sure, but last-mile providers don’t have time to wait. They must service the now and build for the future.
“Last-mile capacity still feels tight,” Jay Sackos, vice president of business development for Dolly, told Modern Shipper. Dolly...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-state-of-last-mile-amid-slowing-e-commerce-demand
As e-commerce has seemingly taken over the world, it has forced traditional freight forwarders like Seko Logistics to rethink their logistics networks. When COVID-19 upended the world even further, it accelerated that thought process.
Brian Bourke, chief growth officer of Seko, spoke with Emma Cosgrove, senior transportation reporter for Business Insider, on Wednesday at the Home Delivery World 2021 conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Bourke’s big takeaway: The...
Royal Mail delivers fewer parcels and red post box looks lonely.
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and...
Third-party logistics providers Worldwide Express LLC and GlobalTranz Enterprises LLC said Friday that they have merged in a multibillion-dollar deal arranged by a consortium led by CVC Capital Partners, which is providing most of the equity to consummate it.
The merger, expected to close sometime in the third quarter, will create a $4 billion-a-year organization that will have distinct modal strengths yet have its hand in most of the U.S. transportation pie. Both firms have strong relationships...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-news-worldwide-express-globaltranz-to-merge
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Major parcel carriers are setting their sights on primarily delivering smaller packages as an increase in demand for consumer deliverables is outstripping their capacity to handle large parcels. John Hagi, AIT’s director of residential delivery and special services, explained that carriers would rather deliver smaller parcels than larger ones.
“AIT is seeing significant increases in opportunities for carriers to move their business out of the non-conveyable movement of freight and focus their...
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the U.S. Postal Service has experienced delays in delivering certain types of packages. Plus, transportation professionals are donating to political campaigns, truck capacity is shrinking and rates are rising, and Nikola Motor pushes for more buzz.
Not-so-speedy deliveryA survey has indicated that the U.S. Postal Service has been suffering delays in delivery and pickup times for some of its parcel...
When the coronavirus first made its way across the U.S. this spring, consumers rushed to stock up on essentials, emptying store shelves in record time. Panic-buying has since slowed, but now shoppers — many of whom still remain in their homes most of the time — have taken to the internet to purchase everyday essentials and engage in a little pandemic-fueled retail therapy. The combination of these consumer behaviors has resulted in a swift uptick in parcel volumes.
While some shippers were...
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