Online Merchants Face Annual Increase in Shipping Costs# ebiz - 电子商务
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Whichever carrier you use to ship your orders, you'll be paying more
beginning in January. FedEx announced on Friday it would increase shipping
rates for FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery by a net average of 4.9%
effective January 3, 2011. Like UPS, the 2011 rates are actually rising by 5
.9% but will be offset by a 1% reduction in the fuel surcharge.
FedEx had previously announced it would increase shipping rates for FedEx
Express, also effective January 3, 2011, and said it would implement a
change to the dimensional weight volumetric divisor from 194 to 166 for U.S.
domestic services.
The USPS had announced that its prices for Priority Mail and other Shipping
Services would increase overall by 3.6% effective January 2, 2011, pending
Postal Regulatory Commission review.
In related news, UPS said that it expected to deliver an estimated 430
million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
beginning in January. FedEx announced on Friday it would increase shipping
rates for FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery by a net average of 4.9%
effective January 3, 2011. Like UPS, the 2011 rates are actually rising by 5
.9% but will be offset by a 1% reduction in the fuel surcharge.
FedEx had previously announced it would increase shipping rates for FedEx
Express, also effective January 3, 2011, and said it would implement a
change to the dimensional weight volumetric divisor from 194 to 166 for U.S.
domestic services.
The USPS had announced that its prices for Priority Mail and other Shipping
Services would increase overall by 3.6% effective January 2, 2011, pending
Postal Regulatory Commission review.
In related news, UPS said that it expected to deliver an estimated 430
million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas.