Reality Check – Commentary

When Amazon announced last week that it was making plans to expand its delivery network into places served by the Postal Service’s rural routes, many postal observers rightly went UH-OH, knowing how impactful the associated loss of business would be on USPS finances.  Though the possibility was always looming that Amazon could in-source more or all of the volume it…

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Amazon May – or May Not – Be Leaving the USPS

Apparently as yet unable to reach a satisfactory deal with the Postal Service, Amazon reportedly is making plans to ditch the agency and instead build out its own rural delivery network.  According to an article by Jacob Bogage in the December 4 Washington Post, “Amazon is preparing to expand its nationwide delivery network and give up its long-standing partnership with…

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