Check with the store where you purchase a gift and ask about any free shipping deadlines. Ship packages directly to friend or ...

Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering technology, software, finance, sports and video games since working for @Home Network and Excite in the 1990s. Peter managed ...

Mail Boxes Etc., the packing and shipping business, is getting a new name and image, courtesy of its parent company United Parcel Service. Starting Monday, the majority of Mail Boxes Etc. locations, ...

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) has agreed to buy US Office Products Co.'s Mail Boxes Etc. unit, which serves retail customers and small businesses at 4,300 packaging and shipping centers. "This is a ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 17: A United Parcel Service (UPS) driver loads a cart with boxes before making a delivery on June 17, 2014 in San Francisco, California. UPS announced plans to begin to ...

UPS competitor FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) said in May it would begin factoring package size into shipping prices instead of pricing by weight alone, beginning Jan. 1, 2015. The pricing change, ...