Much like the US, the rise in Canadian small parcels is being attributed to e-commerce growth, which has almost doubled this year. According to Statistics Canada, retail e-commerce sales were... View More
Corrugated packaging has remained one of the most popular options for packaging materials. Current industry predictions forecast that the corrugated packaging market will grow to the point tha... View More
Companies’ supply chains have become more global than ever. Why, then, do so many shippers treat their international parcel contracts as an afterthought? This is an important topic because... View More
USPS announced a general rate increase for shipping services to go into effect January 24th 2021. This year’s changes coming while seasonal peak volumes are already breaking records. T... View More
While the holidays have always been considered “peak season” for shipping, this year’s e-commerce growth has intensified this reality and required businesses to prepare for a capa... View More
Holland, MI and Manchester, UK – November 17, 2020 – BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services, today released the findings from its third annual... View More
With higher international postage prices in January 2021, particularly for small packages; potential new requirements for Advanced Electronic Data (AED) and to the USPS Shipping Services File... View More
Across the world, two strategies remain top of mind for parcel shippers as peak season and the year’s end draw nearer: 1) carrier diversity; and 2) carrier negotiation. COVID-19 continues to... View More
NEW YORK – November 12, 2020 – Loqate, a GBG solution, today announced the results of a study revealing shifts in consumer behavior, increased concerns and the elevated role of on-time delivery... View More
EWING, NJ - November 10, 2020 - GS1 US has expanded its product identification offering for small and micro businesses with the introduction of a single GS1 US Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)... View More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - VeriShip, the nation’s leading shipping expense optimization platform, today announced a merger with Sifted, provider of the leading data science-driven predictive logisti... View More
NEW YORK – November 12, 2020 – Loqate, a GBG solution, today announced the results of a study revealing shifts in consumer behavior, increased concerns and the elevated role of on-time delivery... View More
EL SEGUNDO, CA – November 12, 2020 — 3PL Central, the leader in cloud-based Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) built to meet the unique needs of third-party logistics (3PL)... View More
You would not be reading this magazine as an industry observer if you weren’t already hyper-aware of the explosive growth of B2C e-commerce in 2020 and the impact that has had on supply chai... View More
Deerfield, Ill. November 10, 2020— Pregis announces the North American launch of its Sharp Packaging Systems® MAX-PRO 24 continuous bagging system. This latest model in the MAX-PRO... View More
As trade compliance gains more traction, US regulators have made it clear that having compliance policies in place is critical, regardless of the company size or the industry. The implementati... View More
HICKORY, NC (November 5, 2020) – Transportation Insight® announces the release of its new downloadable guide, “You Shipped It…But Did It Make Money?” This literature explores... View More
Global economies should continue to recover after one of the sharpest economic contractions in recent history, but risks remain. Our Morgan Stanley economics team believes the 2Q downturn cata... View More
We now live in the Online Shopping Era. The e-commerce transformation of the past two decades – especially the past five years – has translated to last-mile vehicles popping up... View More
Stratford, CT – The parcel industry was already facing unprecedented disruption before COVID hit, which appears to have compressed three years of growth and disruption into a six-month perio... View More
