Cathy Morrow Roberson, founder and lead analyst at Logistics
Trends and Insights, discusses what trends in consumer spending
power and in-store shopping mean for e-commerce parcel volumes.
Trends in US consumers' spending power
What consumers are buying
Consumers looking for bargains, and retailers looking to
offload inventory
Discretionary spending vs essential purchases
Rising food prices and fluctuating fuel prices
Are consumers returning to in-store shopping? If so, is this at
the expense of e-commerce?
The pandemic effect on retailers moving to omnichannel
What does all this mean for parcel volumes?
FedEx, UPS and USPS have been experiencing parcel volume
declines
Carriers looking for more profitable parcels
Rate increases offsetting volume declines
Regional carriers picking up volumes, but still representing a
small percentage of overall parcel volumes
The future for delivery and e-commerce
Inflation and interest rates
Excess last mile capacity
Automating sorting facilities
Warehousing employment in the USA
About the Podcast
The Postal Hub is the podcast for the global postal, parcels, delivery and express sectors.