holiday retail season

Physical Stores Regain Ground Amid Broader Holiday Trend

Each year since the onset of the pandemic, peak season has looked a little different. What should retailers expect this year?

Holiday retail sales to climb 6% to 8%, NRF says

About half of the positions will be added in the U.K., with 4,000 in the U.S

Record holiday volume and rising costs are combining to create one heck of a cocktail for retail brands.

With all of the fuss around holiday sales, not much attention is being paid to holiday returns, which could cause an even bigger headache for retailers.

Retail inventories jump ahead of the holiday buying season but the need for restocking will extend well into 2022, which bodes well for freight demand.

B-Stock Solutions CEO Howard Rosenberg shares a sustainable avenue for retailers to get rid of overstock, late or unsold seasonal goods.

Black Friday used to be a welcome mat for the holidays. It was almost a holiday in itself, with families waking up early in the morning rife with excitement to […]

FedEx is forecasting a 10% increase in package deliveries during the holiday shipping season.

With supply chain delays hitting retailers hard, Modern Shipper spoke with Kwontified CEO Elaine Kwon to figure out what that means for consumers.

There are two ways to transport goods overseas: ocean or air. Port congestion and shipping delays are forcing companies to shift to faster air transport, which releases more emissions, costs more per unit and has its own capacity constraints.

The holidays are closer than you think, and gifts aren’t getting any easier to come by.

National Tree CEO: Don’t wait till Black Friday to shop for holidays

Supply chain backups and pandemic-weary consumers mean that gifts are in short supply and high demand.

U.S. shippers this holiday season will need more than Rudolph’s red nose to guide them through the whiteout of congestion.

A Prologis and MIT study said the holiday peak season in 2020 was the most environmentally friendly yet. E-commerce dominated 2020 consumer buying trends, drastically reducing the number of individual trips to the store.

New data from Mastercard’s SpendingPulse showed that overall holiday retail sales rose in 2020, but department stores took a hit as more Americans bought online.

With the holidays around the corner, here is an overview of UPS, USPS, FedEx and Amazon shipping deadlines for a delivery date of Dec. 25.

Will markets remain tight into the first quarter or soften right after Thanksgiving?