This is a great article about demand management of Fedex and UPS dealing with holiday shopping. Look what UPS and Fedex ask for online retailers to commit some agreement earlier. The online retailers cannot promise you last minute shopping with on time delivery anymore without 'consulting' with UPS and Fedex. If you are last-minute shopper, you better know what retailers have 'agreement' with Fedex and UPS for last minute shipping.
(2015/10/26) FedEx says that this coming shopping season (from Black Friday to X'mas) will have 317 millions of packages shopping through them. As online become a major economic indicator, it shouldn't be too shocking to know it's another record year (up 12.4% over last year). One day after, UPS estimates that their holiday shipping will be 630 millions of packages. Other than expanding temporarily with more workers , I wonder how FedEx and UPS handle the shipping contract with the major retailers.
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