The holiday shipping season is here, and UPS is ready.
Throughout 2025, we’ve made strategic investments and rolled out upgrades across our global network to make shipping easier, faster and more reliable … and all in time for Black Friday, the official kick off of the holiday shopping season.
Here are a few ways we’re delivering flexibility, visibility and ease for businesses and consumers everywhere during our busiest time of the year – and beyond:
- RFID tracking at The UPS Store: By the end of the year, all 5,500 The UPS Store locations will feature RFID technology – exclusive UPS sensing tech that gives shippers enhanced visibility from drop-off to delivery.
- More e-commerce connections: Over 200 leading shipping platforms – like Shopify, Wix, Shippo and more – now offer UPS services. That means small and medium-sized businesses can access our services where they already are.
- Simpler returns with Happy Returns: Nearly 8,000 locations across North America now offer no-box, no-label drop-offs with UPS company Happy Returns – meaning those post-holiday returns are easier than ever.
With these innovations, 490,000 world-class UPSers and our unstoppable seasonal workers – the People Powering Peak – we're on our way to leading the industry in on-time delivery again this holiday season.
“From the factory floor to the front door, businesses around the world turn to UPS for end-to-end logistics solutions – whether it’s reliable pickup and on-time delivery or easy returns,” said Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer Matt Guffey. “Peak season is when they look to UPS to make the holidays happen, and we’re ready to deliver.”
With automation and AI-driven planning and upgrades, we’re able to predict demand and prevent disruptions for the holidays and beyond. Our new automated hubs in Georgia and Texas are up and running just in time for peak season as part of our Network of the Future initiative – the company’s largest network reconfiguration.
UPS is ready to deliver the holidays - and all year round - with flexibility, visibility and ease for our customers.
Find shipping tools, timelines and key holiday deadlines here. And read more about UPSers – the People Powering Peak – here.