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FedEx is placing daily package limits on some businesses as its shipping network faces capacity issues during the pandemic-fueled surge in online holiday shopping.
Carriers have taken similar steps before, but small business owners told Business Insider that FedEx hasn t been transparent about the current wave of quotas, which have been as low as 75 packages per day and hit them right before Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Shipping experts told Business Insider that smaller businesses are likely getting hit the hardest because of worse access to customer support, fewer resources to make alternative shipping arrangements, and less bargaining power with FedEx.
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FedEx is limiting the number of items small businesses can ship during the pandemic-fueled holiday and retailers are calling it a shipageddon
FedEx is limiting the number of items small businesses can ship during the pandemic-fueled holiday and retailers are calling it a shipageddon
Tyler SonnemakerDec 17, 2020, 09:49 IST
FedEx s small business customers are facing daily shipping limits as low as 75 packages per day.Joe Raedle/Getty Images
FedEx is placing daily package limits on some businesses as its
shipping network faces capacity issues during the pandemic-fueled surge in online
holiday shopping.
Carriers have taken similar steps before, but small business owners told Business Insider that FedEx hasn t been transparent about the current wave of quotas, which have been as low as 75 packages per day and hit them right before Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
FedEx is limiting the number of items small businesses can ship during the pandemic-fuelled holiday and retailers are calling it a shipageddon Tyler Sonnemaker FedEx s small business customers are facing daily shipping limits as low as 75 packages per day. FedEx is placing daily package limits on some businesses as its shipping network faces capacity issues during the pandemic-fuelled surge in online holiday shopping. Carriers have taken similar steps before, but small business owners told Business Insider that FedEx hasn t been transparent about the current wave of quotas, which have been as low as 75 packages per day and hit them right before Black Friday and Cyber Monday.