FedEx will hire 2,600 people in Memphis to help meet peak season demand.

UPS Inc. expects to hire 95,000 temporary workers this year to help it with the annual holiday surge, when daily shipments rise by more than half.

The nation's biggest shippers were struggling — and so far say they are succeeding — at keeping up with a record-breaking onslaught of online-ordered gift packages now that Christmas and the start of Hanukkah are less than a week away.

AAA reports more than 103 million Americans —  the most on record — are expected to travel for the year-end holidays.

Delivery companies are preparing for a barrage of delivery requests by adding new jobs and warning customers of deadlines as retail holiday sales begin.

It’s November, and that means retailers in Billings, Montana, are beefing up their workforce ahead of the annual surge of shoppers.

UPS Inc. plans to hire 95,000 seasonal employees for jobs to run between November and January because of the shipping surge during the holiday shopping season, the company announced Sept. 14.

If you’re road-tripping this holiday weekend, you’re in good company. With U.S. gasoline prices the lowest in more than a decade, July 4 travelers are expected to hit the road in record numbers.

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. may get some help from the weather and better coordination with online retailers as they move into the final days of a record Christmas shipping season.