https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/ups/ Ecommerce Industry News Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:52:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/ups/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/04/02/usps-selects-ups-as-primary-air-cargo-provider/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/04/02/usps-selects-ups-as-primary-air-cargo-provider/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:52:16 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230581 USPS is making UPS its primary air cargo provider, with plans to move the majority of its US air cargo to UPS, it announced on Monday. FedEx announced that its agreement between FedEx Express and USPS will expire on September Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/04/02/usps-selects-ups-as-primary-air-cargo-provider/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/02/07/ups-launches-saturday-residential-delivery-in-canada/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:29:11 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230400 UPS will offer Saturday residential delivery for UPS Standard Service in major Canadian cities, it announced on Tuesday. The new service is currently available in the Greater Toronto Area and will be available by March in Montreal, Laval, Calgary, and Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/10/26/paypal-sells-happy-returns-to-ups/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:59:42 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230021 PayPal is selling its Happy Returns business to UPS, the companies announced on Wednesday. Happy Returns has taken credit for pioneering the box-free, in-person return process – it works with 800 merchants to offer their customers a returns portal and Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/09/08/ups-to-hike-rates-6-percent-in-2024-will-nearly-double-peak-surcharge/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/09/08/ups-to-hike-rates-6-percent-in-2024-will-nearly-double-peak-surcharge/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:10:40 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229805 UPS will raise rates 6% in 2024 – or 5.9% on December 26, 2023, to be exact – publishing the news about 10 days after FedEx announced it would raise rates an average of 5.9% on January 1, 2024. UPS Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/09/08/ups-to-hike-rates-6-percent-in-2024-will-nearly-double-peak-surcharge/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/08/22/ups-strike-officially-averted-union-has-words-for-amazon/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/08/22/ups-strike-officially-averted-union-has-words-for-amazon/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2023 02:06:12 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229726 As online sellers look ahead to peak shopping season, there’s one issue they won’t have to worry about – the prospect of delivery disruption from a potential UPS strike. On Tuesdays, UPS announced via Twitter that its Teamsters-represented employees voted Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/08/22/ups-strike-officially-averted-union-has-words-for-amazon/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/26/ups-strike-averted-to-the-relief-of-online-sellers/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/26/ups-strike-averted-to-the-relief-of-online-sellers/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:59:11 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229601 Online sellers were sweating it out as the potential for a UPS strike drew near, but crisis averted – UPS announced on Tuesday it had reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union representing Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/26/ups-strike-averted-to-the-relief-of-online-sellers/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/19/a-ups-strike-would-disrupt-ecommerce-deliveries/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/19/a-ups-strike-would-disrupt-ecommerce-deliveries/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2023 23:16:00 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229580 The threat of a UPS strike has been looming, and with the union contract expiring on July 31st and the two sides blaming each other for walking away from discussions, things have gotten grim. But on Wednesday, the parties said Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/19/a-ups-strike-would-disrupt-ecommerce-deliveries/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/10/usps-says-it-is-prepared-for-additional-volume-if-ups-workers-go-on-strike/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/10/usps-says-it-is-prepared-for-additional-volume-if-ups-workers-go-on-strike/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2023 01:05:58 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229552 Can the Postal Service handle the increased volume in case of a UPS disruption at the end of July? Jacqueline (Jakki) Krage Strako, USPS Chief Commerce and Business Solutions Officer, said, “Yes, we absolutely can.” Strako, who has worked her Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/07/10/usps-says-it-is-prepared-for-additional-volume-if-ups-workers-go-on-strike/feed/ 6 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/21/shipping-to-rural-areas-may-take-longer-as-ups-cuts-costs/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/21/shipping-to-rural-areas-may-take-longer-as-ups-cuts-costs/#comments Sun, 21 May 2023 18:58:08 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229348 Getting items to customers quickly is crucial for online sellers, but they don’t get to choose where their buyers are from; in the case of delivering to rural customers, things may get tougher. A year ago, Business Insider’s Emma Cosgrove Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/21/shipping-to-rural-areas-may-take-longer-as-ups-cuts-costs/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/05/usps-lowered-some-priority-mail-rates-on-may-1st-ups-follows-in-its-tracks/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/05/usps-lowered-some-priority-mail-rates-on-may-1st-ups-follows-in-its-tracks/#comments Sat, 06 May 2023 01:20:40 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229279 Call it a May Day Miracle – some shipping costs actually went down for online sellers on May 1st. The USPS lowered the rates for sending Priority Mail packages through online shipping providers, including online marketplaces eBay, Amazon, Etsy. The Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/05/usps-lowered-some-priority-mail-rates-on-may-1st-ups-follows-in-its-tracks/feed/ 2