How retail stores and e-commerce are getting ready [Video]

The consumer continues to look healthy and the supply chain has regained stability as the holiday shopping season begins.

That’s according to DHL Supply Chain’s new CEO for North America, Patrick Kelleher, who told CNBC the shipping company is seeing more promotional items make their way out of warehouses and to retailers, but not in a signal of increased consumer weakness compared to the prior year.

“Across the board, we are seeing volumes very similar to what we’ve seen in past years, especially last year,” said Kelleher.

Freight is considered a forward-looking indicator of a retailer’s expectations of the consumer, and Kelleher said more promotional items have left or are leaving warehouses and filling store shelves, but he added, “I think it’s very consistent from what we’ve seen in past years in terms of the combination of retailers’ engagement of promotional strategies around particular product categories, sell-through of their core …