Top Parcel Shipping Industry News for This Week - January 28th, 2015

Posted by Jason Archambault on 27th Jan 2015

The Small Parcel Shipping Industry is ever changing. Rate Increases, Weather, etc. Here are what we think are the Top 5 Biggest Shipping Stories in the Small Parcel Industry this week.

1.) Dimensional Weight - Yes, We know that the new FedEx and UPS Dimensional Rule went into effect on January 1, 2015, but, do you know we are still finding that a lot of people haven't noticed it yet? They just keep printing labels as they always have, never looking at the cost. Ouch!

2.) Weather - Winter Storm Juno is slowing down packages in the Northeast, expect delivery delays.:

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m01/i28/...

http://about.usps.com/news/service-alerts/welcome....

http://www.fedex.com/us/servicealerts/

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/service...

3.) USPS will raise First Class Mail Rates in April 2015:

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m01/i16/...

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m01/i27/...

4.) Possible UPS Holiday "Peak" Rates coming next holiday season???:

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m01/i26/...

5.) FedEx Raising Fuel Surcharge:

http://blog.bigcommerce.com/fedex-fuel-surcharge-2...