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Transportation Impact’s own EVP, Brian Byrd, was a recent guest on the eTrac Podcast: THE FINAL MILE. Here is more information and how to access the recording: Podcast Description: What is [...]

The big unknown in any question about what small parcel shippers should expect in the “new normal” is, of course, how will COVID continue to impact customer behavior and the carriers’ ability to [...]

On Thursday July 23rd UPS made an announcement back tracking on the decreases they made on June 23rd. This announcement increases the surcharge amount for shipments from China up to what it was [...]

The impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of the small parcel shipping market has been to accelerate a trend that was already occurring — which is the growth of ecommerce and the resultant [...]

UPS has made the following announcement regarding additional Peak Season Surcharges that will go into effect May 31, 2020. From the UPS website: Peak Surcharge – Applied to UPS® Ground [...]

Shoppers return more than three times as many products bought online (30%) as they do items bought in store (8.8%), according to research by conversion specialists Invesp. For ecommerce [...]

The recent earnings call from UPS brought several important details to light about changes to the marketplace the company is facing (see United Parcel Service Inc (UPS) Q1 2020 Earnings Call [...]

Business has to go on. In fact, as a company that ships small parcels, it’s likely what you do is about to become more important than ever. COVID-19 has, for the time being, changed how people [...]

FROM THE UPS WEBSITE: Effective March 2, 2020, the fuel surcharges for U.S. Ground, Air, Import, and Export services will increase. Details on these changes can be found here: Fuel Surcharge Rate [...]

Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics Explained The concepts of big data and predictive analytics are among the most talked about applications of technology in logistics right now. [...]