Shipping
November 11, 2015 at 11:36 am
Rising freight costs — which have leaped by 14 percent since 2013 — are robbing retailers of the savings they’ve made in other links in their supply chains, a new survey from The Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) finds. As small to midsized retailers struggle against this rising tide of…
November 3, 2015 at 10:39 am
Same-day delivery appears to be here to stay and Best Buy is the latest to jump on the trend. The big-box electronics retailer recently added the option as a test in San Francisco and towns and cities between that city and San Jose as it looks to keep up with Amazon.com’s furious rollout of speedy…
October 27, 2015 at 12:54 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with Amazon.com in using drones to fill and deliver online orders. The world's largest retailer by revenue has for several months been conducting indoor tests of small…
October 23, 2015 at 9:44 am
The holiday shopping — er, shipping — war is on. Best Buy Co. Inc., the nation’s largest electronics retailer, is the first major player to get out ahead with its announcement Thursday that it will offer free shipping on online orders starting Sunday through Jan. 2. In doing so, the Richfield company will waive the…
October 22, 2015 at 11:00 am
This is a guest post by Gordon Glazer, director of strategic partnerships and modal optimization strategies for Shipware, a parcel audit and consulting firm that helps volume parcel shippers reduce shipping costs. Gordon can be reached at gordon@shipware.com. The USPS Board of Governors has proposed a major price increase for competitive (i.e., shipping) products to take…
October 16, 2015 at 10:09 am
Effective Dec. 28, 2015, UPS Ground rates and accessorial charges will increase by an average net 4.9 percent. UPS Air and International services and accessorials, including UPS Air Freight rates within and between the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, will increase an average net 5.2 percent. UPS Freight rates will increase an average net of…
October 15, 2015 at 11:18 am
Local delivery is one of the most crowded spaces in tech right now, and ride-hailing giant Uber wants a piece of it. At long last, the company is introducing a fleshed-out same-day delivery program for brick-and-mortar businesses under the name “UberRush.” Uber has already started testing this in New York City and is now expanding the…
October 13, 2015 at 2:09 pm
Today, PayPal announced the expansion of Return Shipping on Us, a service that refunds return shipping costs to consumers on eligible online purchases using PayPal from around the globe. The service will now be available to PayPal users in the United States, in addition to the nearly 40 markets in which it already exists. The service…
October 13, 2015 at 1:51 pm
Kohl's said on Monday it will offer same-day delivery services in six more U.S. cities, taking a leaf out of Macy's book, as department stores aim to make online shopping more appealing ahead of the holiday season. Kohl's said it would offer same-day deliveries in Boston, Brooklyn/Queens, Los Angeles, Miami, Northern New Jersey, and Philadelphia in the coming…
October 12, 2015 at 12:03 pm
Aspiring delivery drivers take note: Amazon.com wants you. The e-commerce company has launched Amazon Flex, which says it will pay $18 to $25 an hour in exchange for "delivering packages for Amazon with your car and smartphone." The moneymaking opportunity is "coming soon" to Chicago, Manhattan, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland, the website says.…
