Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will raise shipping rates this holiday season to offset the peak holiday surcharge scheduled to be imposed by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
In a brief, undated communique to the millions of sellers that use Amazon to sell, fulfill and deliver products, Amazon said that the “USPS rates” available to Amazon’s shipping customers will increase to “coincide” with the surcharges, which take effect Oct. 18 and run until Dec. 27.
USPS announced last month that it will...
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