Tariffs arrive in a box on your doorstep

Online shopping is undergoing its most disruptive period in over a decade. Tariffs are prompting consumers to rethink purchase timing, while retailers respond by tightening access to free delivery amid rising costs. AlixPartners' latest Home Delivery Survey reveals how shifting global trade policies are driving new tensions between consumers, retailers and carriers, with the pace of online delivery stalling in most categories for the first time since the survey was started in 2012.