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In long-awaited moves, UPS and FedEx have partially lifted suspensions on service performance guarantees. Here’s what that means — and signals — to the marketplace. Since UPS and FedEx announced [...]

FedEx announced an increase to certain peak charge amounts as its response to the global pandemic continues. The charges being increased at this time have been in place and un-changed since April [...]

It’s understandable when some things that companies announce are not taken at face value. We’ve all learned, for example, to ignore the large parcel carriers’ claims that their [...]

To the surprise of no one, UPS® has announced the continuation of its 2020 Peak Surcharges. This follows the recent, similar extension by FedEx®. Below are the details of the UPS announcement, [...]

In mid-September, FedEx announced its standard 4.9% annual General Rate Increase. Not included was mention of changes to FedEx SmartPost rates — but the small parcel carrier has recently [...]

PROBLEMS “The spread of Covid-19 in the US has triggered such an increase in e-commerce since March that shipping volumes have consistently been at Christmas peak or Cyber Monday levels [...]

You thought UPS wouldn’t make any more changes to its Peak Season Surcharges this year, didn’t you? Well, they did and you should know what they are. UPS has announced updates to [...]

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 [...]

It’s no surprise that the small parcel carriers have gone BIG with their 2020 Peak Season Surcharge announcements. Heck, even the USPS has announced its first-ever seasonal surcharges. But [...]