WASHINGTON – You might expect the founder of a startup company that makes drones to effuse about the potential for unmanned vehicles to revolutionize the way ecommerce works. Chris Anderson doesn’t see it that way. Anderson, who heads the Berkeley, Read more
Not surprisingly, the USPS isn’t the only postal service facing financial trouble. Canada Post said it had a before-tax loss of $27 million for the first quarter of 2014 as Transaction Mail volumes declined by 6.9 percent and as Domestic Read more
Etsy is running a test in which it is hiding shipping costs on listing pages for some shoppers. Etsy didn’t announce the test, but acknowledged it when a seller reported the issue as a bug and added that she was considering closing Read more
Sellers who use Endicia to manage their online postage tasks for their ecommerce orders can now more easily and quickly manage their Amazon orders. On Thursday, Endicia announced it has added Amazon integration to its shipping software’s capabilities. Before the Read more
If you bought an item from a seller based in China, expect to wait at least a week longer than you expected. And if the item you purchased was cologne, toner or a cigarette lighter, you might never receive the Read more
Shippers adjusting their pricing for services is nothing new, as companies like UPS and FedEx do so routinely in response to the market and the ongoing issue of high fuel costs. However, come January 2015, ecommerce pros who use FedEx Read more
After another quarter with losses in the billions, the U.S. Postal Service is once again urging Congress to enact legislation that would free the agency to adjust its operating schedule and move to five-day weekly delivery. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe Read more
Social media owes its current day phenomenon of acceptance to the most basic need for communication that people have. Communication has taken many forms over the centuries, with the works of the United States Postal Service being one chapter among Read more
WASHINGTON – As more Americans come to understand more about the operations of the U.S. Postal Service and its increasingly dire financial predicament, they are willing to let some services that the agency provides slip. Just don’t mess with package Read more
In 2020, when your supplies of milk and butter start to run low, your refrigerator will know to send out a call to the grocery store and, later that day, the Postal Service will show up at your door with Read more
