USPS Eastern Area VP: Congratulations for a job well done!

“Our employees are committed to our customers. We understand what it means to bring home the last mile. And so we have done it another year – the best on time % of any delivery company in the country. And that took all of us – every mail handler, every maintenance mechanic, every custodian, every…

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Transportation Companies Dominate 2018 List of Top USPS Suppliers

“As it has since 2002, Federal Express Corporation flew again to the top of the list as the Postal Service’s largest supplier. FedEx increased its USPS revenues by $400 million, jetting to the $2 billion mark for the first time and landing a new record for single-year supplier revenue. FedEx carries package and letter mail…

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USPS wants to raise the fees it charges Amazon and other shippers

By Waverly Colville – October 11, 2018 The U.S. Postal Service has proposed a 9 to 12 percent increase to the shipping service used by Amazon.com. The parcel select service, which is also used by United Parcel Service and FedEx, is the last and typically the most expensive step in the shipping process that gets…

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UPS, FedEx roll out pricing for ultra-short-haul delivery services

New “zone 1” rates aimed at undercutting USPS’ prices on local deliveries. By Mark B. Solomon – April 28, 2017 UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. are offering a new type of pricing for deliveries within a 50-mile radius, according to a person familiar with the companies’ strategy, in a move designed to divert local “last…

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Is the Postal Service Primed for Amazon Prime Day?

July 11, 2015 Next Wednesday is Amazon Prime Day, a huge promotion that one postal expert predicts will overwhelm the U.S. Postal Service. Amazon is celebrating its 20th anniversary on July 15 with a one-day online shopping event that will offer “more deals than Black Friday” to members of Amazon Prime, including those who sign…

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USPS OIG Issue Brief: Package Service Forum Recap

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…

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USPS OIG Blog: What do you think was the top postal story of 2014?

The year 2014 was certainly historic on the postal and logistics front. Alibaba entered the U.S. market with a bang, setting a record with the largest ever U.S. initial public offering. For the first time ever, non-mail revenues exceeded mail revenues for postal administrations around the world. Shippers braced for the full effect of dimensional…

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OnTrac, USPS launch last-mile delivery service

(November 21, 2014) Western regional parcel carrier OnTrac today launched a delivery service in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that offers large-volume retailers a fourth major business-to-consumer option in a region covering 70 million consumers. The service, called “DirectPost,” allows OnTrac to collect parcels from retailers and inject them deep into the postal…

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