The run-up to Christmas is the busiest time of the year forexpress distribution companies. Volume is driven by the growth ofe-commerce, with the highest surges on Mondays. FedEx expects tosee a record number of packages traverse the company’s globalnetwork over the 2017 peak holiday shipping season. For the totalseason, volumes between 380-400 million packages are expected,including the three Mondays during peak with more than double theaverage daily volume. “In today’s digitalized world, onlineshopping can be used to deepen relationships and make it easier tospread Christmas joy. Christmas is the season of giving – andtoday’s technology as well as hundreds of thousands of courierslocated around the world make it all happen,” Preuss said.
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