Adding the US Postal Service to Your Carrier Mix to Drive Down Costs
As parcel shippers contend with the dual challenge of rising shipping costs and fewer carrier options in the U.S. domestic market, many are being forced to find lower cost...
How to Make Shipping a Profit Center – MCM March 2009
(Originally published by Multichannel Merchant as “Secrets to Savings on Shipping & Handling”, March 1, 2009) Is your shipping a cost or profit center? We asked several hundred...
Parcel Returns Survey Unveiled – Best Practices in Returns Management – Parcel April 2009
Parcel Magazine, Multichannel Merchant, Journal of Commerce and Shipware, LLC collaborated to conduct the most extensive national survey to date dedicated to the subject of parcel returns. More than...
PARCEL Will UPS Go On Strike
As the calendar inches closer to a July 31 expiration of the collective bargaining agreement between United Parcel Service (UPS) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), there is...
Residential Delivery Options for Parcel Shippers – MCM April 2011
Low Cost Residential Delivery Options for Online Retailers Consumers and carriers are squeezing etailers. Customers expect free shipping. Carriers keep raising prices. Consider on the one hand that UPS...
Regional Carrier Options – MCM Sept 2012
When it comes to parcel delivery, FedEx, United Parcel Service (UPS) and the U.S. Parcel Service (USPS) are clearly the dominant players. However, a growing number of shippers are...
Shipware Quoted in Forbes
TIME’s ‘Person Of The Year’: Your UPS Driver? It’s not out of the question, and here’s why. Global e-commerce sales may reach $1 trillion next year, growing at a...
Strategies to Effectively Reduce Parcel Shipping Costs
In the midst of surging fuel surcharges and carrier rate increases, many shippers would consider cost containment a strategic win. Unfortunately, simply containing shipping costs is not enough for...
The Benefits of Regional Parcel Carriers
When it comes to parcel delivery, FedEx and UPS are clearly the dominant players. But you can use regional carriers to supplement the service of the Big Two. In...
Using the Parcel Carriers “Cost to Serve” Pricing to Your Advantage
Just about every day, a shipper asks me what FedEx or UPS incentive they should be achieving for their specific spend level. But it doesn’t work that way. While...