DMM Advisory--The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued an order on 12/2/2010 which found that the Shipping Services price change we announced last month complies with statutory requirements.... View More
DMM Advisory--When we change our Shipping Services prices on Jan. 2, 2011, a change in the method for calculating Priority Mail commercial plus cubic pricing tiers also will be implemented. At that time,... View More
Memphis Commercial Appeal--The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday delayed final action on the FAA Reauthorization Act into next year, FedEx officials said. The delay virtually guaranteed a cooler... View More
Postal News Blog--I know you’re thinking “didn’t they just raise their rates?”, but yes, it’s true, FedEx is upping it’s prices again, and by a whopping 4.9%! It seems... View More
PLANTATION, Fla. – December 1, 2010 – For the seventh straight year, DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has teamed up with the New York community to donate and deliver hundreds... View More
Journal of Commerce--The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to remove an exemption that Canadian shippers have from international regulations governing wood packing material. The U.S.... View More
Journal of Commerce--The International Civil Aviation Organization within the next few weeks will propose air cargo security guidelines that closely reflect existing Transportation Security Administration... View More
Post & Parcel--The incoming postmaster general told a US Senate subcommittee today (2 December) that one of his highest priorities would be to improve the customer experience, making the Postal Service... View More
Investor's Business Daily--Online sellers once again are using free shipping as a key weapon in the holiday shopping battlefields. Amazon.com (AMZN), Wal-Mart (WMT) and J.C. Penney (JCP) are some of the... View More
Journal of Commerce--The Cass Freight Index for shipments expanded 2.8 percent in November from the month before as the key measure of domestic shipping demand recovered from a brief downturn. The month-to-month... View More
CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly--Some retailers in Europe are far ahead of their U.S. counterparts when it comes to continuous replenishment of store shelves. Will U.S. companies catch up? Although U.S.... View More
MONTREAL, November 24, 2010 - TECSYS Inc. (TSX: TCS), an industry-leading supply chain management software company, announced today its results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, ended October... View More
Journal of Commerce--Trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico totaled $68.3 billion in September, up 19.3 percent from a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported.... View More
Journal of Commerce--Singapore Airlines Cargo agreed to plead guilty to a charge of fixing air cargo rates on shipments to and from the U.S. between 2002 and 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice said Nov.... View More
Presort.com--The US Postal Service ended the first month of fiscal year 2011 with a profit according to an unaudited financial statement filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday. The statement... View More
Journal of Commerce--U.S. consumers spent an estimated $45 billion over the Thanksgiving weekend, up 9.2 percent from last year, the National Retail Federation estimated in a report that brightened prospects... View More
Air Cargo Asia-Pacific has reported that "Germany's Deutsche Post DHL has tipped its DHL subsidiaries will experience an annual growth of 13 to 15 per cent through 2015." Read more!... View More
Morningstar--Third-party logistics firms, or 3PLs, generate some of the highest returns on invested capital in our industrial stock coverage universe. Due to their asset-light business model, these firms'... View More
BizReport has asked: "Ever wondered if the shipping company you use has kid gloves or butter fingers? A recent test, using sensor technology to measure the ups and downs of a package's passage, gives a... View More
Airport Business has reported that "ComSec this week began advising shippers, carriers, freight forwarders, and other companies involved in supply chain management to begin planning for new federal air... View More
The small parcel market is not simply evolving; it is reorganizing around a different set of priorities. For decades, national carriers focused on maximizing volume, expanding networks, and ca
Amazon’s less-than-truckload freight now ships to any type of destination and serves businesses of all sizes, following strong demand from Amazon selling partners and vendors
The terms of sale used for transactions within the United States have wide spread recognition, however, these terms are not defined in a single source. “F.O.B. Origin” and “F.O.B. Destination”
Once defined by linear processes and disconnected systems, supply chains are becoming dynamic networks that respond in real-time to demand signals, labor constraints, and customer expectations
France has become the latest country to enact a fee on low-value imports that takes effect before the European Union’s broader customs reform — a €3 duty across the bloc set to take effe
