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By Josh Dunham | May 12, 2022
Eight Best Tips for Carrier Contract Negotiations

Carrier Contract Negotiations: 8 Effective Tips To Consider With industry outlooks like parcel shipping becoming even more expensive in 2022, contract negotiations are more important than ever. Failing to negotiate your carrier contracts could be the difference between a healthy margin and losses. This article will go

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By Josh Dunham | May 02, 2022
UPS Q1 2022 Earnings: It’s All About Price

On April 26 UPS announced its first quarter earnings for 2022. While there were some disappointments for the company – average daily volume in the U.S. domestic market decreased by 3% and average daily international shipping volume decreased by 6.7 % – revenues continued to soar. In the U.S. domestic market revenue

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By Josh Dunham | Apr 29, 2022
Top 5 Ways to Reduce Shipping Costs

Even in ordinary times, shipping costs make up a significant portion of a business’s expenses. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains, shipping costs worldwide skyrocketed. According to McKinsey, shipping a container from China to Europe costs up to six times more now than it did at the beginning

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By Josh Dunham | Apr 15, 2022
Understanding Fuel Price Increases and their Effect on Shipping Costs

Fuel prices are rising – and they’re starting to have an effect on what you pay carriers to ship goods to your customers. Inflation was already raising the cost of doing business, and that, combined with the large general rate increases the big two carriers had announced, already meant you’d be likely spendin

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By Josh Dunham | Apr 12, 2022
2022 GRI Impact Analysis

The Yellow companies, including Reddaway, Holland, YRC Freight, and New Penn carried out a 5.9% general rate increase (GRI) in base rates for non-contractual shipments in Canada and the US. Effective November 8, 2021, this GRI aims to balance the economic impact of rising supply costs and new rules across the shipping

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By Josh Dunham | Apr 08, 2022
FedEx contractors are at a breaking point as fuel prices continue to spike

The supply-chain crisis and the e-commerce boom of the last two years have resulted in record earnings for FedEx, but it has also presented numerous difficulties. Despite adopting a contractor strategy designed to reduce spending, the multinational logistics company has struggled to cut costs. This spells bad news for

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