Every year, you are trying to increase your business and ship more packages, more efficiently, and more effectively. Throughout your year, one important step in your overall operation needs to be care

Consumers are driving some of the biggest changes to e-commerce in decades. When it comes to choosing retailers, consumers are prioritizing convenience and a seamless shopping experience. If r... View More

What can providers learn from today’s disrupted supply chain? And how can they use those lessons to re-engineer today’s flawed supply chain? Two logistics veterans say it’s all about... View More

Today’s supply chain is more complex and crowded than ever before, so choosing the right freight option is critical to success for any business. When shipping internationally, you have the o... View More

The three big US couriers — FedEx, UPS, and USPS — offer similar services, but there are key differences between the specifics of those services. FedEx, UPS, and USPS have three differen

Over the years, companies might have invested time and money building custom shipping software and applications in-house over concerns that a third-party solution may not provide the exact lev... View More

If you are reading PARCEL, chances are, you probably have the need for parcel insurance. Today’s carriers do a phenomenal job getting packages to their ultimate destinations, but it’s impossible... View More

Have you put together a killer marketing campaign, but your prospects just aren’t converting? Are they held up somewhere in your conversion funnel? If so, you might be making one of these four not-s

In this installment of PARCEL Counsel, we will look at a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulation. Its title is “Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise.” Its nickname is “the... View More

Possibly now more than ever, global manufacturing and supply chains need a LOT more… More efficiency. More reliability. More resiliency. More possibilities. As the speed of manufacturing, supply... View More

It all over the news. The supply chain is broken, inflation is rampant, and food and fuel prices are soaring. The talking heads are quick to assign blame during the obligatory interview with... View More

In the last installment of PARCEL Counsel, we took a look at four critical points relating to shipping parcels. In this international edition of PARCEL, we will delve deeper into two of those po... View More

In our November/December 2021 issue, we profiled some of the leading parcel consultant providers in the industry. If you're in the market for a partner as you navigate the small-package industry, che... View More

Over the past year, we’ve seen a significant rise of companies in the dark store space. Dark stores, which are fulfilment centers such as micro-warehouses in urban centers, stock goods that... View More

This year’s Parcel Shipping Index results revealed just how staggering 2020 was for the shipping and logistics industries. Notably, consumers continue to shift to make e-commerce the default method

A major change to shipping and customs clearance into the European Union (EU) occurred earlier this year, but it has, to a large extent, been obscured by COVID-19 challenges in the supply chai... View More

For the past couple of years, we've asked our readers to let us know how they ship internationally. Check out the survey results by clicking on the button below. hbspt.cta.load(2621416, '18845dc4-fa... View More

Online shopping has increased at an unprecedented rate. The pandemic sent shoppers online and out of stores, with around 20% making online purchases at least once a week. The online boom in sa... View More

With more than 220 countries and territories across the globe, changes are inevitable. Laws and regulations constantly change, and new ones are often enacted. The last few years brought many changes... View More

The world of global e-commerce is growing at more than 27% each year, with over 131 billion parcels traversing the globe in 2020. This equates to 4,160 parcels shipped per second. Since 95% of... View More