United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service (UPS) will levy peak surcharges to U.S. residential packages for the holiday season, an unprecedented move by the shipping giant to pay for rising costs. The charges, ranging from 27 cents to 97 cents per package, will be applied to individual and commercial customers shipping to U.S. residences in November and December, UPS…

UPS announced last week it would increase U.S. air and ground shipping and international shipping by 4.9 percent starting Dec. 26. The hike starts even earlier (Sept. 9) for consumers and businesses shipping items over 150 pounds in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. UPS has continually raised its rates 3 percent to 5 percent…

In its ongoing efforts to merge, FedEx and TNT Express jointly announced last Friday the unconditional approval of the Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China. After winning approvals in the United States (November 2015), EU (January 2016) and Brazil (February 2016), China was the last major regulatory hurdle for FedEx to gain in its…

With this being the last issue of Total Retail Report of 2015 (it returns on Mon., Jan. 4), we thought it would be a good time to put together a list of our most popular content of the year. This content is ranked in order based on the number of page views. Our best wishes…

If UPS has its way, it could cost more to ship a package through the U.S. Postal Service. The shipping giant is petitioning federal regulators to force the Postal Service to adjust the way it calculates its costs, arguing that the agency is using the proceeds from its monopoly First Class mail to subsidize the…

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…

On the heels of a fuel surcharge adjustment just this past February, FedEx is once again adjusting its fuel surcharge index nine months later. Effective Nov. 2, 2015, fuel surcharges for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground will change resulting in Express/International increases of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, and Ground increases of .5 percent to…

In my observation, the vast majority of volume parcel shippers have tried to mitigate the impact of the 2015 dimensional pricing changes through a number of strategies. They include the following: carrier contract negotiations; diverting freight to regional carriers and the U.S. Postal Service that might offer higher DIM divisors and thresholds than the national…

UPS is doing away with the big discounts large retailers receive on oversize packages this holiday season — and in some cases, year-round — according to The Wall Street Journal. The shipping carrier has been broadcasting its intention to implement new pricing strategies during peak season since January, after heavy investments last year to avoid…

United Parcel Service, the largest package-shipping company in the world, has suffered a breach in computer data. It's said that few stores of UPS has been a victim of hacking, leading to stealing of customers’ data, which includes both personal and payment info. The breach of computer systems is said to affect 51 UPS retail stores in 24 states — about 1 percent of the company's total retail stores. A UPS spokesperson has confirmed that over 100,000 transactions are subject to the security breach.