Retailers urge shoppers to buy early amid shipping crunch
Meanwhile, behemoths like Walmart, Target and Best Buy havenโt had to make big changes because theyโve already transformed their stores into shipping hubs for online orders. Retailersโ shipping networks were already strained when shoppers dramatically shifted their spending online during the early part of the pandemic โ a savior for many who were afraid of going out. Goldberg says the shipping problem is so acute that even Amazon, which has its own shipping network, could run out of capacity, sending shoppers to places like eBay. Amazon hasnโt released a holiday shipping deadline yet, but said in a statement that it will be delivering packages up until Christmas Eve. Carriers have been slapping surcharges and putting limits on how many packages retailers can ship each day.