‘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...
The United States Postal Service is auditing three post offices and a mail distribution center in Philadelphia amid ongoing complaints about lost mail and stolen packages. The Postal Service’s Inspector General will evaluate operations at the Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center and three post offices in Germantown, Logan, and North Philadelphia,...