With the holidays rapidly approaching, postal workers are slammed with high volumes of package deliveries, and many are working 10-12 hour days with limited days off to ensure deliveries arrive on time. There are growing claims, however, that standard mail has taken a backseat to Amazon packages, particularly as many are...
‘Tis the season for shopping, shipping, and gifting. It’s also when we could see an uptick in package thefts. Package theft can impact a lot of people: an entire neighborhood, the gift giver, the intended recipient, and the seller. Olivera Bratich owns Wildcat Gift and Party. One of her biggest concerns is...
Soccer might be the most popular sport in the world, but American football is probably a better analogy to describe the Universal Postal Union’s recent efforts at opening itself up to the private sector. Football is, after all, a game of inches. And it seemed to many in attendance that...
Online retail sales experienced steady growth for years and then spiked when COVID hit, climbing to nearly 17% of all retail sales in late 2020. While the numbers have settled since the peak, these sales remain strong. They are likely to continue their upward trend as consumers have grown accustomed to...
Since the Delivering for America plan was published by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in March 2021, much has been written about price increases and changes to delivery standards. That is not surprising. For most, including USPS enterprise customers, their relationship with the Postal Service turns on cost and...