Holiday Shipping

With New York City’s popular outdoor Christmas markets underway, Exquisito Chocolates in Miami encounters some supply chain headaches as it prepares to participate in one outdoor market. Delays and high costs for construction materials force owner Carolina Quijano to change her booth’s design to make it more affordable.

The US postal service, FedEx and UPS have all released their deadlines for packages and holiday cards to arrive by December 25 and the theme is all the same: send them early.

Postal workers who recall packages and letters piled up in distribution hubs a year ago are gearing up for another holiday crush

The holiday season is here and anyone who is planning on mailing or shipping cards and gifts is urged to send them out early. If you are shipping directly through a retailer, you will likely be provided an estimated shipping date. If you are sending items through the United States Postal Service or the major shipping services, check the schedules…

With just days before the holiday rush begins, preparations are underway from the loading dock to sorting machines inside a massive USPS facility in Stamford.

USPS says they are prepared for the holiday shipping season.

With just days before the holiday rush begins, preparations are underway from the loading dock to sorting machines inside a massive USPS facility in Stamford. “This is the most exciting time of the year for us. This is our Super Bowl,” said Jeffrey Salamon, plant manager. Salamon gave NBC Connecticut a behind the scenes tour of the processing and distribution…

Amy Gibbs with the United States Postal Service sat down with NBC Connecticut’s Dan Corcoran to talk about how to keep ahead of that holiday shipping rush, and job opportunities as we move into the agency’s business season.

Time is running out to make sure your packages and holiday cards are mailed in time to arrive by Dec. 25

Starting Oct. 1, the US Postal Service will be implementing new service standards for first-class mail and periodicals, which could slow down delivery times. Here’s what you need to know.

With shipping delays due to the pandemic and so much online commerce this holiday season, many fear they may not receive their gifts in time for Christmas.

The shipping industry is seeing an historic boom this holiday season. Already strained during the pandemic, an influx in holiday shipping and online ordering is overwhelming the system and sparking delays. According to ShipMatrix, a software company that tracks millions of packages, the shipping industry is handling about 80 million packages a day. They estimate about 2-3 million are delayed….

It’s the busiest time for shipping during the gift giving season and Mother Nature is expected to cause some problems, thanks to a major nor’easter. “We’ve been doing this 240 years and December, January, February it normally snows, so we’ve actually been preparing for this holiday season for months,” said USPS Strategic Communications Specialist Amy Gibbs. With package deliveries...

An already busy holiday shipping season due to the pandemic is being burdened even more by the major nor’easter moving into Connecticut.

Buyers have already ramped up online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, stretching delivery systems. Now a nor’easter could make those deliveries even more difficult.

After Friday, you will likely have to pay more to have your packages shipped before Christmas.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing people to stay at home and opt for online shopping this holiday season or ship gifts to relatives they would otherwise see. That’s putting an enormous strain on delivery services like the U.S. Postal Service. “This is such an unprecedented year with so many challenges and what we’re really doing is just asking customers...

Deadlines are quickly approaching to get Christmas gifts delivered as the ongoing pandemic has more people shopping online.

Want to make sure your holiday cards and gifts arrive in time for Christmas? Save these dates, and keep in mind there may be extra surcharges for rush delivery during the holiday season.

Chances are this holiday season, you will likely be sending or receiving a package of some sort. Travel restrictions combined with a desire to avoid crowded places have many people turning to online shopping and shipping services, rather than shopping malls. Using Thanksgiving as an indicator, The Mail Room in Manchester is expecting what they say will be a “crazy”…