Rate increases + BFCM = busy week in ecommerce delivery #ecommerce #levelplayingfield #retailing #BFCM #logistics
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Ecommerce + Retail Logistics Recap (Nov 27 – Dec 3) 📦 Parcel/Delivery 🚚 ➡️ OnTrac to hike 2024 published rates by 6.2% (https://lnkd.in/d3xJsNTh) ➡️ UPS announces 2024 SurePost rates (https://lnkd.in/dyhsxSek) ➡️ UPS increases Ground fuel surcharge (https://lnkd.in/dCV3wwDb) ➡️ FedEx, #UPS snag Black Friday volume share from regional carriers: Shipium (https://lnkd.in/dNCxGAAF) ➡️ More parcel shippers likely to get caught in delivery surcharge net (https://lnkd.in/dYdxS_Ga) ➡️ UPS and #FedEx engage in a price tug-of-war over parcel traffic (https://lnkd.in/dK_TiGjX) ➡ FedEx’s boom and slump is partly just a COVID distortion, says CEO Raj Subramaniam (https://lnkd.in/dQhH-Fnr) ➡️ White House creates cabinet-level #supplychain council (https://lnkd.in/dQnJQvqz) ➡️ US Postal Service Opens New Breed of Mail Processing Facilities (https://lnkd.in/dH5Ct9XQ) 🎁 Q4/Peak Season 📦 ➡️ Consumers spend $12.4 billion on Cyber Monday, beating out estimates (https://lnkd.in/gXhKzQgJ) ➡️ #Retailers Have Cleaned Up Their Inventories for the Holidays (https://lnkd.in/dti_XwHr) ➡ Amazon Cyber Week #sales surpass previous years (https://lnkd.in/dJY_3Uw8) ➡️ More US retailers adopt 'keep it' #returns policies to shelter profits in holiday surge (https://lnkd.in/dHEiU7QE) ➡️ #USPS acknowledges some risks to its new, less-staffed holiday season approach (https://lnkd.in/dkdwaET7) ➡️ Maximizing Peak Season Potential: Going Beyond #CarrierDiversification (https://lnkd.in/di98Kqpf) 🛍️ Retail/Ecommerce 📱 ➡ How Consumers Are Driving Amazon, #Walmart and Target to Ship Faster (https://lnkd.in/dcuitcvk) ➡️ What If Amazon Delivered Everything You Order From Anywhere? (https://lnkd.in/dUGZvsqE) ➡️ Best Buy to offer deliveries via DoorDash (https://lnkd.in/d_jGxxqm) ➡️ Retailers Are Turning to #AI to Get Smarter About #Inventory (https://lnkd.in/d3hpHB-5) ➡️ Amazon Shares Climb After #Salesforce Deal and Report It Surpassed FedEx, UPS in Deliveries (https://lnkd.in/dScnppvM) ➡️ Saks to lay off 90 at Pennsylvania fulfillment center (https://lnkd.in/dQ5xWWbd) 💸 Funding/M&A 🏦 ➡️ ShippyPro Raises $15 Million to Revolutionize #Shipping for Global Brands (https://lnkd.in/de9ux-h2) ➡️ Uber-for-parcels #startup Relay raises $10M seed round to scale in the UK (https://lnkd.in/dmfXvVwF) ➡️ Startup Raises $17.5 Million to Bring AI to Holiday Shopping #Logistics (https://lnkd.in/dp78zBiW)
