Why Understanding Your Amazon Sales Reports is Important Amazon sellers have access to endless reports in Seller Central, like Amazon Advertising Reports, Amazon Business Reports, Amazon Inventory Reports, and Amazon Shipping Performance Reports. These reports enable...
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Striking a Balance: The Potential Impact of the Teamsters Agreement on the Parcel Logistics Industry
If your shipping business relies on UPS to deliver packages (inbound or outbound) to operate, scale up, or even survive, you need to be prepared. The Teamster's current agreement expires on July 31, 2023. And while UPS CEO Carol Tomé says she believes that the company...
Who Is at Fault for Damaged Packages in Transit?
Who’s at Fault for Damaged Packages? Whether you sell products online or in a brick-and-mortar store, there’s something that all eCommerce sellers have to deal with – customer returns and refunds. Denying a return request is not an option, especially if you care about...
UPS Large Package Surcharges in 2024: How to Lower Surcharge Fees
What is the UPS large package surcharge? UPS is actively trying to eliminate large, oversized shipments that are difficult to handle or process. They impose heavy fees called large package surcharges to cover the additional costs, time, and labor involved in storing...
Carrier Management: Critical Functions and Why It’s Important
What Is Carrier Management? Carrier management is important for healthy operations and relationships between the shipper and the carrier. One of the ways to organize this is using by using Logistics Intelligence to help resolve challenges with obtaining the right...
How Amazon’s Buy With Prime is Competing with FedEx and UPS
In early January, Amazon announced the expansion of their “Buy with Prime” (Buy With Prime) service to all eligible U.S. retailers. The program, which first launched as an invite-only beta in April 2022: Permits retailers to offer shoppers browsing their website an...
The Impact of FedEx and UPS’s New Fees: Strategies for Managing Shipping Costs in 2023
Looking for a better explanation of the new FedEx and UPS fee changes for 2023? You’ve come to the right place. The general increase was one thing, but carriers continue changing service fees and guidelines that can be confusing and difficult to track. And some of...
2022 Sifted Wrapped
That’s a wrap for 2022! With millions saved, shipped, and spent: 2022 was a big year for all parcel shippers–and Sifted has the data to back it up. Take a look at our year in review! Ready to unlock the same savings and optimizations that Sifted's clients...
What’s Trending 2023 Checklist
Don't let shipping inefficiencies hold your business back in 2023. Here’s 5 smart strategies for your parcel team to streamline operations, reduce costs, and increase profitability.If you found these proven tactics helpful, check out more Sifted's resources for...
Deep Data Dive Infographic
You probably have no idea that thousands of data points are hiding beneath your spreadsheets.Running reports and pivot tables barely scratch the surface of shipping analytics management. Your parcel operations miss out on endless cost savings opportunities and network...