How big will online shopping be this holiday season?

[LuckyNed]

This Big!

The Postal Service is expecting another big holiday season — and so are its rivals.

USPS expects to deliver 15.5 billion mailpieces, including 600 million packages, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, according to projections released this week.

Package volumes will be up 10.5 percent compared to last year’s record-setting performance.

UPS predicts it will deliver more than 630 million packages during the holidays, up about 10 percent, while FedEx anticipates 317 million shipments, a 12.4 percent increase.

Each shipper is expecting deliveries to peak on different days.

FedEx expects to double its average daily volume during the first two Mondays in December (Dec. 7 and Dec. 14), while the Postal Service predicts its busiest delivery day will be Monday, Dec. 21, when it expects to deliver more than 30 million packages.

UPS plans to deliver 36 million packages Tuesday, Dec. 22, its busiest day.

The shipping surge will be driven by major increases in online shopping: The National Retail Federation predicts consumers will spend as much as $105 billion in online holiday purchases, up 6-8 percent from last year.

 

[LuckyNed]

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[The Tradition]

This Big!

The Postal Service is expecting another big holiday season — and so are its rivals.

USPS expects to deliver 15.5 billion mailpieces, including 600 million packages, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, according to projections released this week.

Package volumes will be up 10.5 percent compared to last year’s record-setting performance.

UPS predicts it will deliver more than 630 million packages during the holidays, up about 10 percent, while FedEx anticipates 317 million shipments, a 12.4 percent increase.

Each shipper is expecting deliveries to peak on different days.

FedEx expects to double its average daily volume during the first two Mondays in December (Dec. 7 and Dec. 14), while the Postal Service predicts its busiest delivery day will be Monday, Dec. 21, when it expects to deliver more than 30 million packages.

UPS plans to deliver 36 million packages Tuesday, Dec. 22, its busiest day.

The shipping surge will be driven by major increases in online shopping: The National Retail Federation predicts consumers will spend as much as $105 billion in online holiday purchases, up 6-8 percent from last year.

It definitely beats driving all over town and battling mad moms in the stores.

 

[Funky Bunch]

I need to quit watching these debates. I keep hearing about how bad shape this country is in. Surprised people are buying anything at all.

 

[lucas80]

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That's the most concise, logical thing you've ever posted here, Arb.

 

[LuckyNed]

That's the most concise, logical thing you've ever posted here, Arb.

What or who is Arb? What does that mean?

 

[LuteHawk]

Online shopping is big business for L.L.Bean and others
who promote their own catalog sales. They give free
shipping to those who have the L.L. Bean credit card.
The fact that L.L.Bean sells men and women's clothing
makes them a big player.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I need to quit watching these debates. I keep hearing about how bad shape this country is in. Surprised people are buying anything at all.

the sales will be down in general -but up in online shopping probably

the economy is real slow so far in November here in Austin, maybe black Friday may change that

 

[linkshero]

Is the physical act of brick and mortar shopping part of the tradition that fueled holiday spending? And if so, will the increase in online shopping ultimately lead to a decrease in total Holiday Sales volume?