Post&Parcel--Canada Post has launched a new suite of services for retailers, designed to provide a “superior” online shopping experience for their customers. Canada Post Web Services allows... View More
Trefis--United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) posted lower revenues and earnings in the third quarter despite an increase in the shipping volume. The growth in low-priced ground and deferred services particularly... View More
Post&Parcel--TNT Express saw its underlying business slipping in the third quarter, although favourable currency exchange rates helped elevate the company’s reported revenue and income to a positive... View More
STAMFORD, Conn., October 24, 2012 – Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced it has formed a new global e-commerce business group that will focus on growing its international e-commerce solutions... View More
Durham, N.C., Oct. 24, 2012 – Bell and Howell, a leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and digital messaging, will feature its new family of parcel management solutions at Parcel... View More
Post&Parcel--UPS executives said today that they still expect the EUR 5.16bn acquisition of rivals TNT Express to go ahead early in 2013, despite receiving a Statement of Objections from the European Commission.... View More
E-commerce bytes--The race for same-day delivery is on, with eBay, Amazon, Walmart and other retailers all vying to get there first. Last week, the USPS said it was testing same-day delivery through a... View More
Yahoo! Finance--NEW YORK (AP) -- United Parcel Service Inc. is expected to offer a subdued view of the global economy when it reports its third-quarter results before the market opens Tuesday. WHAT TO... View More
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) expects to have its busiest day in history on Monday, Dec. 10 when it moves a projected 19 million shipments through its global ground, express and freight networks. ... View More
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) and TNT Express N.V. (NYSE Euronext: TNTE) confirmed today they have received a Statement of Objections (SO) from the European Commission (EC). The SO addresses... View More
Reuters UK--Oct 16 (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc said on Tuesday it was committed to its 5.2 billion euro ($6.7 billion) bid for Dutch rival TNT Express and urged EU antitrust regulators to be... View More
WHY? Doesn’t it make sense? There’s lots of stuff we want soon, like today — that new high-tech gizmo, medicine we just took the last of, the how-to business book we plan on reading tonight... View More
In today’s shipping environment, many shippers struggle with controlling and allocating their shipping costs. In an effort to identify an industry standard, PARCEL and Navigo Consulting Group recently... View More
When it comes to parcel delivery, FedEx, United Parcel Service (UPS), and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are clearly the dominant layers in the US. However, a growing number of shippers... View More
DC Velocity--The U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) proposed 2013 rate increases on shipping services will hit e-tailers fairly hard but take it somewhat easier on high-volume users of the USPS' Priority Mail... View More
Huffington Post--Desperate times call for desperate measures. That’s one business principle you likely won’t need to explain to FedEx founder Fred Smith. In FedEx's early days, Smith took the... View More
There’s a saying that goes: “Faster, better, cheaper – pick any two.” But today, shippers can gain all three: faster delivery, fewer returns and overall savings. Here are four helpful... View More
When it comes to parcel delivery, FedEx, United Parcel Service (UPS), and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are clearly the dominant players in the US. However, a growing number of shippers... View More
As a provider of multi-carrier shipping software, I am often explaining why there are geographic pockets where FedEx, UPS, DHL, TNT, or some other carrier cannot be supported with the carriers’ standard... View More
In last year's November-December edition, we presented a case study of exporting some fruit juices to Canada. At the close of that article, we promised to go a little deeper in a future issue. In this... View More
