Living near a shopping mall used to be important to a lot of people, but as online commerce continues to grow, retail meccas are losing their cachet. Instead, many consumers are now drawn to areas near warehouses that can quickly process their online orders. “It’s shopping as infrastructure,” Adie Tomer, a Brookings Institution scholar, told…
By Emily Kopp – March 25, 2015 Consider this: Post offices sell money orders and conduct international transfers. Would it be such a big step to expand into the banking world via debit or prepaid cards? Postal Service Inspector General David Williams revived the debate during a discussion Wednesday at the Brookings Institution. As local…
March 25, 2015 U.S. Postal Service Panelists talked about the future of the U.S. Postal Service. Topics included the current health of the institution and congressional efforts to modernize and improve its financial condition.
