United Parcel Service Inc. says National Returns Day is expected to take place on Jan. 3, when returns will hit a peak of 1.4 million packages, a fifth consecutive annual record, up 8% from last year. E-commerce sales on Black Friday and through the following week set the holiday returns season in motion, and in Dec. 2017, shoppers returned more than 1 million packages daily. Those returns are part of a total 750 million packages UPS expects to deliver between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. UPS shares are up 2.4% for the past year while the S&P 500 index is up 18.2% for the period.
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