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• A New Business That Will Electrify and Improve the First-to-Last-Mile Delivery of Goods and Services

  By 24/7 Staff / www.supplychain247.com / January 14th, 2021 GM Launches BrightDrop GM's new business will offer an integrated ecosystem of electric products, software, and services for the first to th...

• Amazon Continues to Expand Its Transportation Fleet with Purchase of Eleven Cargo Aircrafts

  By 24/7 Staff / www.supplychain247.com / January 5th, 2021 Amazon purchases eleven aircraft from Delta Air Lines and WestJet Airlines to join the Amazon Air cargo network in 2021 and 2022, the expande...

• Severe Weather Impacting Service in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire and West Virginia

  Source: UPS / www.ups.com / December 17th, 2020 Severe winter weather is impacting areas of New York, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire and West Virginia. There will be no pickups or deliveries toda...

• FedEx, UPS announce first deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine in US

  By Zack Budryk / www.thehill.com / December 14th, 2020 © Getty Images FedEx and UPS touted their first deliveries of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine Monday morning following its final approv...

• FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL Holiday Shipping Guideline - Last Day to Ship 2020

  We can all agree that 2020 has been a year for the books and one that all of us wish will end sooner rather than later. Bring on 2021, but first we must get through the 2020 Holiday Peak Season shippi...

• DHL 2020 eCOMMERCE SOLUTIONS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

  Source: DHL / www.dhl.com / November 24th, 2020 2020 Pick Up and Processing Schedule THANKSGIVING Wednesday,  25 – Nov U.S. and Canadian Operations open. Contact Transportation Operations Center for c...

• USPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines Cutoff Dates for December 25th, 2020

  Source: USPS / www.usps.com / November 24th, 2020 Holiday Shipping Deadlines Cutoff Dates for December 25 If you're shipping holiday cards and gifts for Hanukkah (Dec. 10–18), Christmas (Dec. 25), Kwa...

• UPS 2020 Holiday Season Recommended Last Days to Ship For Dec. 24 Delivery

  Source: UPS / www.ups.com / November 24th, 2020 U.S. DOMESTIC1 SHIPPING VIA SHIP DATE UPS® Ground Dec. 15 UPS 3 Day Select® Dec. 21 UPS 2nd Day Air® Dec. 22 UPS Next Day Air® Dec. 23 U.S. TO CANADA1 S...

• FedEx Last Day to Ship for Delivery Before Christmas

  Source: FedEx / www.fedex.com / November 24th, 2020 Select the destination of your package to see ship-by dates and order gifts in plenty of time. Check back often - these dates may change as this rec...

• How the pandemic may affect holiday shopping

  By Emily Eberhard / www.thinkwithgoogle.com / September 2020 If you’re anything like me, when you imagine the start to the holiday season, you probably envision shoppers lined up at shopping centres b...