The Postal Service is delivering more holiday packages on Sundays than ever. USPS, which offers year-round Sunday deliveries in several cities, expands the service during the holidays. Since this year’s expanded morning and afternoon deliveries began Nov. 29, package volumes have spiked by about 50 percent. The increases are expected to continue through Dec. 20, […]
USPS OIG Report: Sunday Parcel Delivery Service Operational inefficiencies existed during Sunday parcel deliveries in scanning, sorting, vehicle loading, and using the DRT software in street delivery at 40 of 134 hubs we visited in four districts. In October 2013, the U.S. Postal Service entered into a Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA) with Amazon Fulfillment Inc. […]
The U.S. Postal Service will start Sunday home deliveries this week throughout Northern California, thanks to a special deal with Amazon[Financial terms of the Amazon/USPS partnership have not been disclosed]. The online retailer, which has massive distribution centers in Patterson and Tracy, began testing Sunday deliveries in several big cities earlier this year. Apparently Amazon […]
The Postal Service constantly seeks to improve customer service, and so do other posts around the world. In the United Kingdom, about 100 Royal Mail delivery offices will be open on Sunday afternoons, the newly privatized organization announced recently. The pilot program is slated to begin later in the summer. Most Royal Mail delivery offices […]
SEATTLE-Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced today that customers in 15 additional cities are eligible for Sunday delivery. In addition to the Los Angeles and New York metro areas where Sunday delivery launched in November 2013, Amazon customers in the following locations are now receiving deliveries on Sunday: Austin, Texas Cincinnati, Ohio College Station, Texas Columbus, Ohio […]
ST. LOUIS, MO () – You can expect a big announcement from Amazon any day now. Our partners at the Post-Dispatch have learned that the major online retailer will begin Sunday deliveries in St. Louis, as early as March 16th. Post-Dispatch Reporter Kavita Kumar says, “They were going to roll it out to other markets […]
Amazon saving the US Postal Service? APWU President Mark Dimondstein says USPS/Amazon’s Sunday delivery deal is a step in the right direction in saving the financial woes of the Postal Service.
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following reaction to the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement that it will deliver packages seven days a week through a new partnership with Amazon: “This announcement by the U.S. Postal Service is a clear example of the innovative solutions that […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers: On Sunday, letter carriers like Princeton, NJ Branch 268 member Josef Thompson began delivering Parcel Select packages in more than 900 ZIP codes nationwide as part of a test involving Sunday delivery of packages from a major online retailer. There is unlimited potential for growth in Sunday and […]
Amazon customers can now get their packages on Sunday, starting in Los Angeles and New York SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is working with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages on Sunday, starting in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas. Amazon Prime members, who receive unlimited, free two-day shipping on millions of […]