https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/shipping-disruption/ Ecommerce Industry News Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:57:41 +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/shipping-disruption/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/17/usps-asks-residents-to-clear-snow-and-ice-for-mail-carriers/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/17/usps-asks-residents-to-clear-snow-and-ice-for-mail-carriers/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:54:51 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230295 Online sellers may appreciate the USPS campaign to get people to clear the paths to their mailboxes of snow and ice. Getting orders delivered on time is nerve-wracking enough as it is, but winter weather brings greater challenges to sellers Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/17/usps-asks-residents-to-clear-snow-and-ice-for-mail-carriers/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/11/27/hazmat-leak-in-missouri-disrupts-postal-performance/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/11/27/hazmat-leak-in-missouri-disrupts-postal-performance/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:20:10 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230130 The USPS cited some disruptions that impacted its recent performance, including a hazmat leak in Missouri in October. Each week, the USPS issues delivery performance metrics for market-dominant services (First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Periodicals). In its November 27th release, Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/11/27/hazmat-leak-in-missouri-disrupts-postal-performance/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/10/13/usps-warns-of-service-delays-to-israel/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/10/13/usps-warns-of-service-delays-to-israel/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:58:38 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229954 The USPS issued a warning to mailers and shippers on Tuesday related to the devastating escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: “Service delays are expected due to limited transportation capacity to Israel,” according to the announcement on USPS.com. Meanwhile FedEx announced Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/10/13/usps-warns-of-service-delays-to-israel/feed/ 1 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/2023/01/25/etsy-partners-with-uk-carrier-to-ease-international-shipping-woes/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:22:02 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228772 Etsy is offering some help to sellers in the UK who can’t send international packages through Royal Mail. On Tuesday, Etsy announced a partnership with international carrier Evri: “Evri is offering Etsy’s UK sellers 10% off all international parcels on Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/01/18/uks-royal-mail-resumes-international-letter-mail-but-hold-your-packages/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:04:54 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228733 UK’s postal service Royal Mail has resumed sending international letter mail as it continues to deal with last week’s cyber incident, but it continues to advise shippers to hold off on submitting packages destined for customers outside the country. One Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/01/15/ebay-and-etsy-advise-sellers-on-ongoing-royal-mail-shipping-disruption/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 01:11:09 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228716 Both eBay and Etsy offered advice to sellers impacted by the shipping disruption that hit UK’s postal service midweek last week. According to the BBC, the incident was caused by a cyber attack known as ransomware, describing it as “malicious Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/03/02/war-in-ukraine-impacts-online-sellers-and-marketplaces/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/03/02/war-in-ukraine-impacts-online-sellers-and-marketplaces/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:18:18 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227193 When briefing Wall Street analysts on Thursday about Etsy’s fourth-quarter financials, CEO Josh Silverman took a moment to acknowledge Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that day, which he said weighed heavily on all of them. “I wanted to acknowledge our hearts Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/03/02/war-in-ukraine-impacts-online-sellers-and-marketplaces/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/08/31/amazon-advises-sellers-of-disruptions-due-to-hurricane/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:11:53 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226142 Amazon had advice for sellers who are sending items to Fulfillment Centers located in areas impacted by Hurricane Ida as well as those impacted by the hurricane. “If you have shipments en route to fulfillment centers in the impacted region, Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/11/09/ig-report-shows-poor-execution-of-usps-initiatives/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:02:49 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16961 The US Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced today a report it issued that shows poor execution on the part of postal management. “The Postal Service’s implementation of operational changes and initiatives in June and July 2020 resulted Read more]]>