Posts Tagged ‘Mailing Services’

Disappearing Collection Boxes

Posted by RARC host | Filed under Delivery, Finances, Mailing Services

News about disappearing collection boxes is everywhere these days. Even BBC News ran a story on the decline of the blue collection box in the United States.
The Postal Service argues that picking up mail from collection boxes is expensive. Removing underused boxes is a cost savings move and a reasonable response to the [...]

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Read more | Comments (55) | Nov 9, 2009

Competition

Posted by RARC host | Filed under Mailing Services, Shipping Services

When the topic of competition for the Postal Service comes up in casual conversation, the discussion usually involves FedEx or UPS. However, packages are a relatively small part of the Postal Service’s business. Certainly, these firms are direct competitors, but are there other competitors for Postal Service business?

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Read more | Comments (13) | Oct 13, 2009

Periodicals

Posted by RARC host | Filed under Cost, Revenue, and Rates

Since the earliest days of the Post Office there has been a public policy goal of promoting the dissemination of information throughout the country. This goal was also part of all 14 of the rate cases conducted under the Postal Reorganization Act. By law, rates had to consider “the educational, cultural, scientific, and [...]

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Read more | Comments (21) | Aug 17, 2009

A New Kind of Post Office?

Posted by rburghart | Filed under Retail, Sales and Service

The Woodfield Station located in Schaumburg, Illinois is an innovative, new retail environment that tests the limits of how the United States Postal Service interacts with customers and sells products and services. Dubbed the “Retail Learning Lab,” this completely redesigned post office serves as a testing ground for new products, new methods of serving customers, [...]

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Read more | Comments (10) | Nov 19, 2008