Holiday Season

Digitalization in various areas of operations not only improves efficiency but offers agility to respond to sudden market shifts.

With an eye on the 2023 peak shipping season, the United States Postal Service (USPS) said it would not implement any additional surcharges on holiday shipping.

In this guide, we take a look into the peak season’s tight capacity and high demand and explain how these factors will affect your supply chain and what you can do to overcome them.

Due to evolving shopping habits, Covid-19, a delayed Amazon Prime Day, and general supply chain disruptions, consumers will start shopping for the 2020 holidays earlier than usual this year - complete supply chain visibility will play a major factor.

Unbeknown to most shoppers, a vast, behind-the-scenes resource is supporting their responsible buying preferences this holiday season.

Any company that ships parcel during the holidays can benefit from being more informed, having plans and strategies ahead of time, connections with different parcel carriers, and a strategy for post-holiday returns.

Halloween is here, heralding the beginning of the 2019 holiday shopping season, and many supply chains have been preparing for months, some starting as early as January to prepare for the busiest shipping time of the year.

In this article, we walk you through some of the main Do’s and Don’ts when it comes to shipping your products during the 2019 holiday push.

“The U.S. economy is continuing to grow and consumer spending is still the primary engine behind that growth,” said National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay.