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Change Signals Further Divergence of Its Operating Model from UPS’, and New Positioning Against Amazon FedEx’s announcement that it has rebranded its mail-integration service SmartPost to [...]

With the peak shipping and holiday season behind us, and the GRI’s (hopefully) digested by the marketplace, we’re hoping the relative stability and calmness in the small parcel world [...]

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 [...]

New Year. Changed world. If you’re a small parcel shipper, this means it’s probably time to revisit your carrier agreement(s) and see if it’s still valid for your needs. It not (as is likely), [...]

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 a year that saw a lot of disruption and pricing volatility in the small parcel marketplace, no one wanted two more confusing and vague carrier General Rate Increase announcements to top it [...]

UPS has announced their 2021 GRI on SurePost, the second rate increase for SurePost packages since October of this year which saw a $.24 rate hike. You can read the full announcement on the [...]

FedEx has announced the continuation of its 2020 Peak Surcharges for Oversize, Additional Handling, and Smartpost past the previously-scheduled end date of January 18, 2021. While the surcharges [...]

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 [...]

The 2021 General Rate Increase (GRI) by UPS will hopefully be the last major rate announcement small parcel shippers face when figuring their costs in 2020. It’s been a chaotic and busy [...]