The US has announced that from 1st February 2026, an additional 10% tariff may be applied to goods where the country of origin is France, Germany, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom. This may rise to an additional 25% in June. Remember, the country of origin is generally the country of … USA Tariff Changes: Key Information for eCommerce Sellers

❄️ Service Alert – Severe winter weather is currently affecting deliveries across the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.A. Heavy snow and freezing conditions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine are currently affecting our US operations and may impact the processing, transportation and delivery of parcels in these regions. Officials … Extreme Winter Weather Impacting USA Deliveries

❄️ Service Alert – Winter weather in the Midwestern and North Eastern United States, including, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and New York. Services may be impacted with potential delays to processing, transportation and/or delivery of mail and packages. This is due to an extreme cold weather event with substantial snow forecast. … USA Winter Weather Alert: Potential Disruption

Now we’re in December, our last recommended posting dates are rapidly coming towards us. Volumes are high and demand for cross-border deliveries is strong, so please take note of the dates below to make sure that special gift arrives before the big day. Our recommended last collection dates for a pre-Christmas delivery, using our International … Reminder: Last Posting Dates for Christmas 2025

We wish to make you aware of a development that has the potential to impact our operations. We have been notified that Belgium’s national trade unions have announced a nationwide public sector strike scheduled for 25th and 26th November 2025. We understand completely how vital a reliable and uninterrupted service is to your eCommerce success, … Potential Delivery Delays in Belgium

Christmas is coming around fast, and we’re looking forward to working closely with you, to ensure your orders arrive with your customers in time for the big day. To ensure everything goes smoothly, we’ve drawn up the following schedule, so that together we can fulfil your delivery promise to your customers. Our recommended last collection … Christmas 2025 Operating Dates

OCS Worldwide Express is proud to work with Australia Post for final mile deliveries and is excited to tell you that it has introduced a modernised post office format designed to make sending, collecting and returning parcels even faster and more convenient. The new stores, called Australia Post Parcels, are dedicated to parcels and facilitating … Improvements to our Australia parcel delivery service

Unifor, a trade union in Canada, representing over 2,100 DHL Express workers, has called for industrial action amongst its members. In response to this action, DHL Express – Canada, has suspended delivery and collection services across the country. If you need a Canadian delivery solution, OCS Worldwide has ongoing relationships with final mile delivery partners … DHL Express suspends shipments to/from Canada

It may only be early spring, but the main reason eCommerce retailers choose now to review their international carrier analytics is so they can plan for Christmas. Retailers are increasingly engaging early in this activity, to plan for peak shopping periods, when historically, significant strain is placed on carrier and logistics networks. Most consumers are … Why do UK retailers review their international carrier partners at this time of year?

Over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd February 2025, I read an article from the CATO Institute, a public policy organisation based in Washington DC, who attempted to look at the recent impacts of the di minimis changes in the US, what it meant to the ordinary American and what impact future changes would have. … The USA and its $800 di minimis – What’s really going on?