Multichannel Merchant--Forecasting and staffing the warehouse for your fourth-quarter rush is always a challenge for retailers. But if you arm yourself with the right metrics and formulas, you can make... View More
DMM Advisory: 2011 Holiday Shipping Dates for APOs/FPOs/DPOs. With the holiday season fast approaching, we are reminding friends and families to mail early to ensure delivery of their holiday cards and... View More
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it will offer an innovative air freight container for healthcare products, providing an unparalleled level of shipment monitoring and product protection for temperature-sensitive... View More
At this year's CSCMP Conference in Philadelphia Oct 2-5, LXE will be part of the "Supply Chain of the Future' Live Zone. To help us understand the trends and challenges faced by the supply chain's short-term... View More
Washington, DC—NASSTRAC, an industry association that represents the interests of freight shippers in all modes of transportation, coordinated a Washington "fly-in" Sept. 27-28. Nearly 20 transportation... View More
Jericho, New York – September 29, 2011 – Purolator International announces its partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland... View More
Journal of Commerce--DHL Global Forwarding launched less-than-containerload direct services from Germany to Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, as the Deutche Post DHL Group subsidiary taps growing German manufacturing... View More
Today the Federal Register published the final rule which requires the use of an Intelligent Mailâ® unique tracking barcode on all commercial parcels (except Standard Mailâ® parcels)... View More
Memphis Commercial Appeal--FedEx Corp. founder, chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith likes his company's chances, even if the broader economic outlook is murky. "The current loss of confidence has changed... View More
For the last two years, FedEx and UPS have been putting their shipping customers to a distinct disadvantage at the negotiating table by telling them they cannot work with third party contract negotiators... View More
Relax for just a minute and think back to when you were nine years old, before you saw the dangers we see every day now. There wasn’t a TV in every room with hundreds of channels and you were not... View More
“It’s the last thing on your mind but the first thing your customer sees” is a line our marketing manager came up with some time ago to communicate the importance of secondary packaging. ... View More
Wholesalers and retailers have trended away from large distribution centers, moving instead to leaner drop-ship operations. To achieve this nimble speed to market, suppliers have been forced to use small... View More
Are you sick and tired of listening to excuses, stories and explanations when tasks are not fulfilled on time? Do you constantly listen to complaints, whining and negative comments? Does your staff exhibit... View More
With Internet sales on the rise, more shippers of jewelry, gold coins, watches, electronics and expensive fashion are filling b-to-c orders. This means more parcels, lower declared values, demand for lower... View More
90% of holiday inventory to come from Canada despite overseas cost-savings Canada's small businesses are choosing to forfeit cost-saving opportunities in the U.S. and overseas in the run up to the 2011... View More
Journal of Commerce--There may be more of a peak in trucking’s peak shipping season than expected this year, according to Morgan Stanley Research. The firm’s dry van truckload freight index... View More
Post&Parcel--DHL Express has announced general price increases for its services around the world, effective from January 1, 2012. Price changes vary from country to country, but include a general rate... View More
UPS (NYSE: UPS) has been named to the 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project's Global 500 "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" and is one of only four companies in the world to receive the highest score. UPS scored... View More
Strong performances by its package delivery and industrial trucking divisions gave FedEx lift lacking in its international air operations in the last quarter. In the quarter that ended Aug. 31, FedEx Ground... View More
