newsworthy Change or pay up: UPS aims to modify shipper behavior through new measures May 24, 2018 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Company to impose new audit fee, raise surcharge levels on oversized shipments.Read More
newsworthy FedEx to slap dimensional pricing on packages handled in concert with USPS September 20, 2017 Mark B. Solomon No Comments New charges for "SmartPost" follow UPS' lead.Read More
newsworthy UPS' SurePost customers to get hit with holiday surcharge June 23, 2017 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Users to face 36-cent-per-package levy for part of peak season.Read More
newsworthy UPS applies peak-season surcharge, but effects not felt across the board June 19, 2017 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Initiative has two-week gap with no surcharge; Air, 3-Day Select services to see surcharge only during last week.Read More
newsworthy USPS warns defection of three key customers could hurt package business February 9, 2017 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Amazon, UPS, FedEx building competitive delivery networks.Read More
newsworthy For UPS, e-commerce has become the tail that wags the big dog January 31, 2017 Mark B. Solomon No Comments B2C's increasing presence pressured Big Brown in holiday quarter.Read More
newsworthy Dim weight changes mean more rate pain ahead September 25, 2016 Mark B. Solomon No Comments As FedEx tightens dim weight screws and UPS likely follows suit, shippers can expect punishment. But it may not be meted out evenly.Read More
newsworthy FedEx narrows threshold of dimensional pricing on U.S. parcel shipments, hurting shippers September 20, 2016 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Company drops divisor to 139 from 166, catching more parcels in dimensional net; UPS has yet to follow suit.Read More
newsworthy Going long with your parcel traffic? FedEx and UPS will want more money May 10, 2016 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Firms poised to apply special handling fees to a "longer" net of shipments.Read More
newsworthy UPS rattles FedEx's cage in Portuguese; appeals Brazilian OK of TNT Express buyout February 19, 2016 Mark B. Solomon No Comments UPS says it wants "fair and through investigation" of $4.8 billion deal.Read More
