ATLANTA area's United Parcel Service (UPS) is planning for one of its best holiday peak shipping seasons and is taking step to enhance residential services to meet the challenge of increased volume provided by internet sales.

    UPS expects to handle 58 million tracking requests on its busiest day during this year's holiday season, reported Newark's Journal of Commerce. "It's likely this peak season will be bigger" than last year, said chief marketing officer Alan Gershenhorn.

    Optimism is attributed to internet sales, which now trigger more deliveries to homes. UPS is responding to the growth, deploying its new UPS My Choice starting October 3 to allow residential customers more control over the timing and location of deliveries.

    Offered in two tiers, the service will give a 24 hours advance notice on the delivery time and location of a package via a telephone call, text message or e-mail. Customers also can authorise release via electronic signature. The alerts and release option will be free of charge, said the report.

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