peak season

I’ve been a driver for about a month now. There was a Tropical storm last week. I pulled my truck a little closer to the house I was delivering to because of the wind & rain. When I finished my delivery I backed up & hit a mailbox. I reported the accident immediately to my Supervisor and the...

Well, made it through another retirement peak season. Tougher every year. I only got out to play golf twice this December. I had a string of lights go bad AFTER I put them up. Seeing friends and family almost every day was exhausting. Of course, I am kidding. I used to hate Sunday...

What does it take to deliver millions of packages in time for Christmas? - 12 News Every holiday season, shipping companies like UPS are swamped with packages to get out and to your loved ones. As Jim Mayer with UPS explains, it takes a village, extra employees, tons of time...

UPS CEO Carol Tomé explains what ‘job number one’ has been during the pandemic - Fortune With the holidays approaching, delivery firms like UPS move center stage—which is why Ellen McGirt and I decided to talk to UPS CEO Carol Tomé for this week’s Leadership Next podcast. Tomé took the job at...

Behind-the-scenes: How UPS packages are sorted before being delivered to Kentuckiana homes - WLKY This may be known as the most wonderful time of year, but for UPS, it's also the busiest. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, UPS is expected to deliver millions of holiday packages. WLKY's...

UPS still looking for holiday help as peak season begins- WDRB It's the busiest time of year for UPS as employees work around the clock to get packages delivered in time for the holidays. Millions of those packages will pass through the hands of workers at Louisville's Centennial Hub before...

Shipping costs are rising—here’s advice on how to save this holiday according to The UPS Store president - CNBC The holiday season is in full swing, but this year is presenting revelers with several challenges. Amid rising costs and supply-chain constraints, shipping will be more expensive and...

UPS preparing for record peak holiday season - Spectrum News 1 UPS driver and Poughkeepsie native Jay Lefevre spent the spring distributing vital COVID-19 vaccines across the region. Now, Lefevre and his fellow UPS drivers are kicking into high gear again for the holiday season. “My route...

UPS shares advice on making sure your Christmas packages arrive on time - WTVR As the Christmas shopping season reaches its peak, the post office, UPS, and FedEx are preparing to make sure those gifts arrive on time. UPS said it has hired more than 100,000 temporary workers to help get the job...

Ho, ho, ho! UPS driver faces the challenge of getting toys to stores on time with heart and gusto - Macomb Daily He’s a link in Santa’s global supply chain Nick Walny of Clinton Township has always found his work as a UPS truck driver rewarding but never more than in the last two years. When...

UPS prepares for peak shipping season - MSN It’s the busiest time of the year for shopping, but also for shipping. Shoppers lined up early this morning to take advantage of Black Friday sales. Many of those shoppers, like Brittany Bullitt, were catching early deals, ready to send out their...

UPS 'ready to deliver millions of holiday shipments' during peak season - Fox Carolina UPS says the company has spent months planning, hiring, and adding capacity and is ready to deliver millions of holiday shipments during peak season. The company says it has made additional enhancements to...

FedEx, UPS Turn Record Holiday Surge Into Someone Else’s Problem - MSN Richard Metzler ordered automation equipment as part of a plan to double the volume his small parcel delivery company could handle this holiday season. There’s just one snag: The machinery is stuck on a ship offshore amid a...

UPS: Plan ahead and ship early - WKOW Peak season is here for shipping companies, and UPS says it is ready to receive the millions of packages that consumers are expected to ship for the holidays. UPS said it has been planning, hiring and adding capacity since January so that it could be...

UPS provides a look into its Peak Season playbook - Logistics Management Going back to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching United States shores in March 2020, there have been significant shifts and changes, in terms of supply chain planning and operations, for both logistics services...

Delivery driver left in tears after opening son's heartbreaking letter to Santa - Mirror A dad has said he was left in tears after reading the letter his young son had asked him to send to Santa. The parent, who works as a delivery driver, had a sneaky look at the message his child had written...

Louisville airport sees increased action as peak season starts for UPS - WHAS11 The Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport is the fourth busiest cargo airport in the world. Peak season is officially underway at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, which means hundreds of...

UPS CEO on holiday peak season: ‘We’ve been planning for this for months’ - CNBC United Parcel Service has stepped up its game plan to take on the holiday season rush, Carol Tomé, who joined the shipping company as chief executive in June, told CNBC Wednesday. “We’re planning a pretty peaky...

This Holiday Crunch Starts Early With More Packages Than Means to Deliver Them - Market Screener One holiday item that is already sold out: shipping capacity. Both FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. have told some of their largest shippers that most of their capacity is already spoken...

Next-day delivery ‘fundamental’ to meeting peak demand, says UPS - Logistics Manager UPS has warned retailers that the success of next-day delivery services could define their success during the forthcoming Christmas peak. With lockdown leading to a boom in e-commerce, with nearly 30% of...