Sarah Halzack, Columnist

How Retailers Can Make E-Commerce Delivery Less Awful

FedEx and UPS are solving for speed, but not consumer convenience.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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With the holiday shopping frenzy in full swing, there's a reasonable chance you'll experience some sort of e-commerce-related headache in the next week or two.

Maybe one of your packages will be stolen. Maybe a gift will end up damaged after it sits on your stoop in the rain for hours. Maybe you'll have to drive to some far-flung distribution center to get your goods because you missed the delivery driver too many times.