What a Cataloger Learned at IRCE

The increasing cost of shipping via UPS and Fed Ex is hurting catalogers’ bottom lines. FedEx has moved to dimensional weight pricing, which bills on the greater of the dimensional or actual weight. The burning question is whether UPS will follow. Dimensional weight pricing will significantly increase the shipping costs of certain items; retailers are scrambling to understand which items will be affected and whether the increased shipping costs can be passed on to customers.