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Parcel Perspectives with Glenn Gooding
This is your guide to navigating the ever-changing world of small parcel shipping. Each episode, join host Glenn as he unpacks expert tips, insightful data, and the latest news to help you succeed.
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Oct 22, 2025
From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Building the Future of Logistics Tech Stacks
When legacy systems hold supply chains back, innovation suffers. In this episode, Glenn Gooding sits down with Trackstar Co-founder Jeremy Schneck to unpack how a universal API is changing that. From breaking through WMS bottlenecks to enabling seamless integrations across 3PLs, software providers, and shippers, Jeremy shares how Trackstar is helping the logistics industry move from disconnected tools to connected growth.
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Sep 18, 2025
UPS, FedEx, & Beyond: What Shippers Need to Know About Q4 Demand Surcharges
In this episode, Glenn Gooding breaks down the reality of Q4 demand surcharges as USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL Express, and OnTrac roll out new fees. With retail sales slowing and carriers cutting capacity, the optics of added costs are tough for shippers. Instead of dissecting every rule, Glenn focuses on action: measure your exposure, revisit cart thresholds, and align with carriers through better forecasting and early releases. He also emphasizes quid pro quo — operational support in exchange for surcharge relief. Glenn closes with a call to prepare: know your contract commitments, explore gig and regional carriers, and ensure your tech stack is ready so you enter peak season with options.
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Sep 03, 2025
The Complexity of Carrier Surcharges – What Shippers Need to Know
Carrier surcharges are more complex than ever, with UPS, FedEx, and USPS using fees like fuel, delivery area, and additional handling to recover margin. In this episode of Parcel Perspectives, Glenn Gooding explains how these shifting charges impact shippers and shares practical steps—like audits, analytics, and multi-carrier strategies—to control costs. The takeaway: focus on total landed cost, not just base rates.
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Aug 20, 2025
Can UPS Shrink Its Way to Greatness?
UPS is cutting costs through layoffs, facility closures, and reduced Amazon volume — but is this strategy creating more issues than solutions? In this episode of Parcel Perspectives, Glenn Gooding explains how changes to labor costs, USPS access, and the SurePost model are reshaping UPS’s network and driving pricing volatility. He shares what shippers need to know now: diversify carriers, understand true parcel costs, and stay ready to adapt.
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Jul 28, 2025
From Growth to Grit: How High-Growth Brands Can Avoid Fulfillment Burnout
In this episode of Parcel Perspectives, Glenn Gooding is joined by Aaron Alpeter, Founder and CEO of Izba, to examine why fulfillment partnerships fall apart and how to build ones that can scale.
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Jun 13, 2025
UPS Just Raised the Stakes: Why Your Parcels May Now Cost 190% More
In this episode of Parcel Perspectives, Glenn Gooding breaks down a key update to UPS’s Additional Handling Charge (AHC), now set to be implemented on August 17 (postponed from the originally expected June 1). Instead of applying the fee based on length and girth, UPS will now use volume: any package over 8,640 cubic inches, or five cubic feet, will automatically trigger AHC. That means even lightweight, efficiently packed boxes may see significant cost increases.
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Jun 06, 2025
Parcel Strategy Playbook: Building Carrier Trust & Unlocking Better Rates
In this episode with Chad Warzecha, President of NXTPoint Logistics, learn how 3PLs can build smarter, carrier-aligned parcel programs. Chad shares how focusing on value creation, credibility, and trust—not just cost—can boost negotiating power.
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May 23, 2025
UPS Main Innovations (UPS MI) Proposes Major Rate Hikes
UPS Mail Innovations (UPS MI) is hiking rates by 20–40%, and in this quick take episode, host Glenn Gooding, breaks down what’s behind the shift. He explains how USPS pricing changes are impacting the service, why a shutdown may be looming, and what shippers should consider next, from USPS Ground Advantage to gig carriers.
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