For many retailers, the packing arena is a battleground they face every day. Not only do they want their packaging to stand out among the millions of parcels being shipped daily, but they also w... View More

Before e-commerce sales consumed 8.5% of retail sales, warehousing could be a much simpler affair for many companies. You would bring products in by the truckload, store them until orders were p... View More

San Francisco, CA and Zurich, Switzerland - August 29, 2017 - Scandit, the leading developer of software-based mobile data capture solutions for smartphones, tablets, wearables, drones, rob... View More

This article originally appeared in our July/August issue If UPS and FedEx follow their 2017 timelines, general rate increase (GRI) announcements for 2018 are on the horizon. No matter when they are announced,... View More

Free, fast, and all-inclusive. Those words sum up the challenges for those in the final-mile space. Shifts in shipper and consumer expectations have changed the whole landscape for carriers in t... View More

If you are a small- or medium-size business (SMB), do you feel like you are spending too much on shipping? Most likely, you are. Many large shippers carry enough clout to negotiate with the larg... View More

Freight charges can represent up to 10% of a company's total costs. Fuel surcharges and fees drive that cost even higher, and we trust that what our contract says is what our invoice hears. In... View More

Did you celebrate the beginning of summer by ordering patio furniture online? Chances are, someone had to pay heavy surcharges on top of the regular delivery charge as more consumers order large items

Greensboro, Ga. -- (For Immediate Release)—a2b Fulfillment has announced that the company has added an additional 170,000 square foot facility in Trenton, S.C. The new w... View More

The shipping game is a deceptively tech-driven one. It’s easy for the word “shipping” to bring to mind images of packages, boxes, delivery trucks; they are pretty well-ingrained stereotype

In the November-December 2016 issue of PARCEL, we took another look at the first rule of contracting: Know with Whom You Are Dealing. In this installment of PARCEL Counsel, we will revisit my si... View More

Companies are finding it hard to replace good people retiring from supply chain positions and fill the spots of supervisor and managers within the distribution center. Tenure is not only a luxur... View More

Lately, talking about the future of shipping feels like peering into an old 1950s sci-fi movie complete with flying robots and self-driving vehicles or a steampunk dream featuring blimps and par... View More

Cubiscan, a pioneer in the dimensioning industry, is launching a new brand identity and website later this year— modernized, classic, and simplified. In 1987, Cubiscan jumped into the wor... View More

Many retailers are starting to plan now for the 2017 holiday shopping season — some even began planning immediately after last season’s rush. Not everyone needs large strategic transformatio

Have you been considering adding USPS shipping services to your parcel carrier mix but are unsure what the savings might be? Perhaps you are unclear about the various service options, unsure if... View More

In part one of this series, we covered the many factors that are creating new challenges for inbound parcel management. First is the dramatic increase in the volume of inbound parcels that organizations

Lakewood, NJ – August 3, 2017 – UNEX Manufacturing, Inc., the trusted industry leader in providing innovative order picking solutions, announces a promotion for the UNEX Shelf Track solution

HICKORY, NC (July 12, 2017) –Transportation Insight, a multi-modal lead logistics solutions provider and 2016 U.S. EPA SmartWay® Excellence Awardee, received the Inbound Logistics G75 Award... View More

STAMFORD, Conn.-- Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced a host of new financial solutions for ec... View More