Shipping
May 12, 2017 at 11:11 am
Welcome to another episode of Retail Right Now! Big news in the retail industry this week includes Coach's acquisition of Kate Spade, Forever 21 and Rue 21 being accused of stealing an indie brand's designs, and Amazon.com lowering its free shipping minimum to $25.
May 9, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Target announced yesterday that it’s testing a next-day home delivery service called Target Restock. The service, which is currently in trial with Target employees ahead of a customer-facing pilot this summer in the Minneapolis area, is designed to offer an easy way to shop online for household essentials which will arrive the day after you place…
May 9, 2017 at 11:55 am
This article originally appeared on May 9. Given last week's announcement from UPS that it will be adding peak surcharges to U.S. residential packages during the holiday shopping season, we thought this article took on even greater importance. With many retailers’ e-commerce sales growing — and thus more packages being shipped via carriers like UPS…
May 9, 2017 at 10:42 am
Amazon.com has lowered its free shipping minimum back down to $25, according to reports. The change seems to have been made sometime last week. This is the second time this year that Amazon has lowered its free shipping minimum. In February, Amazon lowered the minimum to $35 from $49. Now that it’s down to $25,…
May 1, 2017 at 11:59 am
United Parcel Service Inc. is starting to ask major retailers to help pay for extra workers and surplus space on trucks when a retailer fails to ship as many packages as planned during peak periods, Chief Executive David Abney told The Wall Street Journal. The new charges could also apply if the sizes of boxes retailers shipped…
May 1, 2017 at 10:55 am
In episode 90 of Total Retail Talks, MC Halfpenny, director of operations at Uncommon Goods, an online retailer of unique gifts and creative home decor, talks about how proactive customer support is helping the company to improve the order delivery process. Halfpenny shares details about the support process at Uncommon Goods, the business benefits it…
April 10, 2017 at 8:50 am
Have you been considering adding USPS shipping services to your parcel carrier mix, but are unsure what the savings might be? Perhaps y
April 3, 2017 at 10:35 am
UPS announced that it will begin deploying a program later this month that offers Saturday ground delivery and pickup services. The carrier began testing the program in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in 2016, but further expansion is underway in these cities and broader deployment begins this month to 15 additional metropolitan areas including New…
March 22, 2017 at 11:52 am
This week, eBay announced that it will begin offering guaranteed three-day delivery in the U.S. on more than 20 million items this summer. Millions of those eligible items will also come with free shipping, and shoppers will be able to filter items by one- and two-day delivery. eBay said it hopes the summer launch of…
March 20, 2017 at 12:40 pm
In an interview yesterday afternoon during the opening day of Shoptalk in Las Vegas, Stephenie Landry, vice president of Amazon Prime Now, the online retailer's service that offers household items and essentials consumers need with free two-hour delivery, discussed the growth of the business and what her focus will be to continue that upward trajectory.…
