A flood of mail and online holiday purchases is overwhelming the U.S. shipping system. An estimated 6 million packages a day are being left stranded, sitting idle in retailers’ warehouses or shipping centers and awaiting pick up by FedEx, UPS, Amazon, U.S. Postal Service and other shippers. That’s according to estimates from ShipMatrix, a software […]
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (FOX 9) – The United States Postal Service estimates it will deliver more than 800 million packages this holiday season, UPS estimates it will deliver 750 million packages and with more and more people shopping online, this can lead to delivery delays. Some are also struggling to get their packages delivered to loved ones by Christmas. One Golden Valley woman […]
Is holiday mailing on your to-do list? You may think you know how to wrap a package to get it safely through the mail, but Jacque Craig, with Consumer Affairs for the U.S. Postal Service in Alaska, says too often people don’t take the time to wrap packages properly. That’s a problem, according to Craig, […]