Archive for the ‘Distribution’ Category

USPS Announces Adoption of CPI-based Rate Cap

Friday, November 16th, 2007

The United States Postal Service has announced the Postal Service Governors have decided future pricing to follow guidelines set in the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006: The Postal Service Governors announced today future prices will be adjusted using new regulations issued by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Oct. ...

UPS Announces Increase in 2008 Rates

Monday, November 12th, 2007

UPS has announced rate increases matching FedEx's increased shipping rates for 2008. According to UPS, the increases include: an average 4.9 percent increase for UPS Ground and Ground Hundredweight shipments and a net average increase of 4.9 percent on all air express and U.S. origin International shipments. The increase for air ...

FedEx Express to Increase Rates

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

FedEx plans to increase shipping rates next year starting with its FedEx Express service: FedEx Corp. will increase the net average shipping rate for FedEx Express by 4.9 percent, which is composed of a 6.9 percent increase in standard list rates, offset by a 2.0 percent reduction in the fuel ...