July 19, 2021 The Postal Service has launched a USPS Connect Local pilot for small-business customers in Houston and Dallas to provide local-to-local, same-day or next-day package delivery at affordable rates. USPS Connect Local is part of a broader USPS Connect program that will be piloted in stages to help businesses of all sizes meet…
USPS highlights its reliable shipping services for business customers in a new advertising campaign. The campaign includes a series of TV spots that show packages moving efficiently through a postal plant and being delivered by letter carriers. “Finding new routes to reach your customers and new ways for them to reach you is what…
By Brian Baskin – March 25, 2016 Pitney Bowes Inc.’s postage meters have been fixtures in mailrooms around the world for most of the past century—and that’s a problem for the company. The business sells or leases its machines, which weigh and stamp envelopes at high speeds, along with other mailing services to some 1.5…
By D. Eadward Tree, Chief Arborist – September 12, 2015 The E-commerce Revolution is reverberating throughout the U.S. Postal Service, but not in the destructive manner of other digital disruptions like email, online news, and electronic bill payment. Largely, if not solely, because of online merchants, the agency’s “Shipping and Package” revenue is growing at…
Executive Summary The explosive growth of e-commerce has led to a corresponding growth in the importance of package delivery. Recognizing how important this trend is to the U.S. Postal Service, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) has begun to examine the parcel market, issuing a number of reports assessing trends in the…
13 April 2015 – In a message delivered today to delegates at the World Strategy Conference for the United Nations postal agency, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underlined the essential role to be played by postal services in global efforts to build a sustainable future. “As the world shapes a new sustainable development agenda and strives to…
(August 28, 2014) E-commerce and technology are shaping the way packages are delivered, and creating an increased demand for better tracking and customer service. “Packages are the future. Scanning is the future. Visibility is the future,” PMG Pat Donahoe said in his latest video message to employees. “It’s critical that we do all of these…
Bloomberg opinion – By Kirsten Salyer In the online-shopping world of endless options, seamless search and easy e-payments, the delivery of the item to your door remains the one tangible part of a virtual experience. It’s an important step, that last mile, when a few clicks materialize into that latest iPhone or new dresser or box…
