FedEx expects holiday shopping to continue into January thanks in part to gift cards. FedEx Express Canada commissioned a survey that revealed three quarters of Canadians who planned to shop after the holidays were doing so to take advantage of Read more
UPS is expecting a record number of returns this holiday season, and said more than 1 million returns occurred each day of December before Christmas. The shipping carrier expects 1.4 million returns on January 3rd, dubbed National Returns Day, which Read more
Amazon is holding a major sale on digital content on Friday, December 29, 2017, as part of its Second Annual Digital Day. Last year, the 24-hour event was held on Friday, December 30, 2015, when Amazon advertised “get up to Read more
Mastercard published SpendingPulse holiday data today showing that retail sales grew 4.9 percent, the largest year-over-year increase since 2011. Online sales grew 18.1 percent compared to last year, boosted by a late season rally. Interesting is the report’s findings that Read more
Amazon issued an after-Christmas press release – as always, it talked a lot about its services but was shy on details. Regarding third-party merchants and small businesses, Amazon revealed the following: “Customers shopped from hundreds of millions of products, including Read more
Merry Christmas, sellers. Now you can start gearing up for holiday returns! In fact, online sellers have already been seeing an increase in requests. We turned to some online shipping services for tips on how to cope with the inevitable Read more
Bonanza released its mobile app for sellers Version 2.0 for Android this month after having released the iOS app for iPhones in September. Sellers can use the selling apps to manage both orders and listings. Sellers can also create new Read more
The Vice President of eBay UK sent a Christmas email to sellers this week, but not glitch- or typo-free. “Mine nearly got deleted due to it coming from eBay Czech Republic,” wrote one seller on the eBay discussion boards. A Read more
The US Postal Service lets customers digitally preview their mail (the physical kind) through its new Informed Delivery service, and today it announced that people can sign up for emails that include package tracking information. “More than seven million Informed Read more
eBay has shipping-related news for Canadian and UK sellers this week. Canada Post is extending a discount it provided to eBay sellers for light parcels. And in the UK, rates for eBay Delivery Powered by Shutl are going up in Read more
