7 million packages could experience delays per day this holiday season

• FedEx and UPS are hiring a combined 170,000 workers, reports the AP.
• DHL is adding 2,300.
• Amazon and Walmart have hired several hundred thousand since March.

Between the lines: This should finally erase any distinctions between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Retailers are also quickly building out warehouses and adding alternatives to delivery.

• Amazon has announced the addition of seven new warehouses in just the last month, notes Recode's Jason Del Rey.
• Walmart is adding pop-up warehouses.
• Kohl's and Target have doubled parking spaces for customers taking advantage of curbside pickup, per AP.

The bottom line: 7 million packages could experience delays per day between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the president of ShipMatrix, Satish Jindel, tells the AP.