6 Best Practices to Prevent Shipping Costs from Eroding Your Margins

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Over the past decade, UPS & FedEx have increased their rates 79.2% (for Ground services) and 95.5% (for Air services). Those aren’t exactly small numbers. Adding insult to injury, these figures do not include the infamous Dimensional Weight pricing changes of 2011 and 2015…ouch! With many shippers still trying to determine the impact of the 2016 General Rate Increase on their business and 2017′s on the horizon, equip yourself with these best practices to help mitigate the carriers’ seemingly never-ending price hikes. (Luke Kupersmith, Lojistic; Dennis Nicoski, United States Postal Service)