There are a lot ways to judge retailers during the holiday season. Is store inventory overflowing, as it was a couple of years ago? Are chains discounting like crazy? But what really matters for most retailers is whether they are successfully fighting off Amazon.com Inc.

Package-delivery companies are bracing for their busiest week of the holiday season, and one with less room for error.

Logistics companies went on a hiring spree in November to handle the holiday surge in online shopping, adding thousands of jobs picking items off shelves in warehouses and delivering packages to customers’ homes.

The White House is preparing to roll out a long-delayed infrastructure rebuilding plan in January, as President Donald Trump’s advisers bet that voters want a $1tr road-and-bridge-building plan — even though it is opposed by some lawmakers.

Luxury brands can restrict retailers from selling their products on web platforms like Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. to protect their image, the European Union’s top court ruled last week.

The delays show that delivery networks such as UPS, which are critical components of the e-commerce boom, are still struggling to cope with the busiest shopping periods despite heavy investment to build out and automate their operations and capacity.

Interstate-95 is busier than any other freeway and among the longest. It runs through some of the country’s biggest cities and costs billions of dollars a year to maintain.

Retailers are contending with a new challenge as this year’s holiday shopping season heats up: extra shipping fees during the busiest weeks.

Some of the country's biggest trucking fleets are among Tesla Inc.'s first customers for its all-electric big rig.