US Postal Service

Drilling Deep: The US Postal Service at a crossroads

The untenable situation at the U.S. Postal Service is coming to a possible breaking point.

It is carrying a significant amount of e-commerce traffic but other competitors want that business. It continues to lose money and has an enormous pension burden that no other entity in America has. It suddenly has an unexpected role in the presidential election. And it has a controversial new leader.

On the Drilling Deep podcast this week, John Kingston speaks with his colleague Mark Solomon, a longtime...

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International shipping holds promise for retailers post-COVID-19

International shipping holds promise for retailers post-COVID-19 (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across global economies, U.S. retailers with a global footprint have felt the pinch, with demand for products continuing to fluctuate. Logistics services have also been affected, with freight forwarders like the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) stopping delivery services across more than 100 international markets. 

Thousands of businesses that depended on USPS for its international deliveries were left stranded, as they rushed to find alternatives for pushing...

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