The Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) put out a call asking for input on whether the USPS is ready for holiday peak shipping. It’s conducting a preparedness audit, and posted the following announcement on social media site Threads: Read more
Pitney Bowes is expanding its regional delivery service so brands can attain 1-3 day delivery in more markets. The expanded service will help brands and retailers reach an additional 100 million consumers within 1-3 days in select zip codes. The Read more
Sometimes merchants must split orders into separate shipments, and ShipStation announced enhancements to help them manage split orders. The shipping software service gave some examples of when a merchant may wish to split orders, such as when orders are large, Read more
eBay Chief Financial Officer Steve Priest told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday that its International Shipping program was strategically important. The same day, eBay uploaded marketing videos to YouTube urging sellers to use the program, telling them, “Reach millions of Read more
Online sellers were sweating it out as the potential for a UPS strike drew near, but crisis averted – UPS announced on Tuesday it had reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union representing Read more
The USPS will no longer back Priority Mail Express guarantees with postage refunds for packages that miss the promised deadline to addresses in Alaska and Hawaii. It will continue to allow shippers to request postage refunds for lost packages, however. Read more
The threat of a UPS strike has been looming, and with the union contract expiring on July 31st and the two sides blaming each other for walking away from discussions, things have gotten grim. But on Wednesday, the parties said Read more
Can the Postal Service handle the increased volume in case of a UPS disruption at the end of July? Jacqueline (Jakki) Krage Strako, USPS Chief Commerce and Business Solutions Officer, said, “Yes, we absolutely can.” Strako, who has worked her Read more
The US Postal Service rolled out USPS Ground Advantage today, making a major change during what may be one of the busiest weeks of the summer as Amazon, Walmart, and Target kick off major sales this week. Third-party sellers who Read more
On June 25, the US Postal Service updated its software ahead of changes that go into effect on July 9, 2023. But on Friday (June 30), it revealed it had run into some technical issues in preparing its system (PostalOne! Read more
