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Why the U.S. Postal Service Can Win the Battle for the Same-Day Delivery Market

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2014-01-22Despite a slow start to its same-day delivery program for e-commerce purchases, the U.S. Postal Service is in a strong position to challenge FedEx, UPS and other competitors in that potentially lucrative market.  Read the entire article from Forbes by clicking here.

The Inspector General’s Top 10 2013

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2014-01-08The Inspector General’s Top 10 Postal Stories of 2013

It was a big new year for the Old Post Office.  The Office of the Postal Inspector General, a combination policy agency/management consultancy for the USPS, released its list of Top 10 Postal Stores of 2013.  Read more here.

USPS Tests 7-Day Delivery for Packages

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2013-11-20Amazon.com unveiled a new partnership with the USPS to deliver online orders from the world’s largest internet retailer on Sunday for the first time.  The service started this weekend in Los Angeles and the New York metropolitan areas and Amazon plans to expand it to a large portion of the US population in 2014 including Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix.

Amazon is not charging extra for the new service so members of the company’s popular Prime service will be able to buy products on Friday and get them by Sunday for free.  The service also applies to non-Prime members, who can get free 5-8 day shipping on orders of at least $35 (up from $25 previously).