Written by Lexx Thornton For consumers and e-commerce businesses, the holiday shopping season—running roughly from October through mid-January—is synonymous with deep discounts and gift-giving cheer. But behind the scenes, it’s also a period of intense financial pressure, driven in large part by the unavoidable reality of peak season surcharges imposed by carriers like UPS. Far from being a simple, across-the-board rate increase, UPS’s strategy is a complex, tiered system designed to manage historic package volumes and offset the astronomical costs of operating their logistics network during its busiest, most stressed period. The peak season surcharge is a temporary fee that
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