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The US Postal Service is testing self-driving trucks this month. An autonomous truck will haul USPS trailers between Arizona and Texas in partnership with TuSimple, a global self-driving truck company (which, interestingly, uses Amazon’s AWS […]
UPS has long sought higher postal rates for packages, but it faced a setback this week when the Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal in a case it brought against the Postal Regulatory Commission […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) made available its performance evaluation of the US Postal Service for fiscal year 2018. Each year, the PRC issues its report on how well the USPS met its performance goals […]
The USPS reported revenue of $17.5 billion in its quarterly report today, essentially unchanged compared to same quarter last year; a net loss of $2.1 billion; and a similar pattern of declining mail volume and […]
The USPS offers digital marketing solutions to merchants and businesses in some surprising new ways, and the Postmaster General highlighted some of them at a keynote address at this week’s National Postal Forum. “More than […]
Up to your neck in packages as you fulfill your online orders? Now you can dress the part. Fashion retailer Forever 21 has a new line of clothing featuring postal-themed clothing. You can wear a […]
Stamps.com took measures to reassure customers after its CEO had warned that its relationship with the US Postal Service was changing. In a blog post last week, Stamps.com’s Eric Nash published FAQs about how the […]
Stamps.com rocked the shipping world when it revealed its relationship with USPS was changing in a drastic way. Stamps.com CEO Ken McBride said he no longer sees an exclusive partnership with the USPS as the […]
The US Postal Service saw a 2.9% increase in revenue in the first fiscal quarter of 2019, year-over-year, to $19.7 billion. The USPS had a net loss of $1.5 billion for the quarter, however. Shipping […]
The USPS is getting one step closer to making small packets from overseas more expensive, something for which many small sellers in the US have advocated. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) will host a conference […]