Items Tagged with 'U.S. Postal Service'

Once upon a time, a parcel delivery company meant either FedEx or UPS (or maybe the U.S. Postal Service). Those days are gone.

USPS says customers who violate its new collection-box policy will have their packages sent back.

For businesses that make city deliveries, the challenge isn't so much the last mile as the last 50 feet, starting with the battle for parking space. Barbara Ivanov and her team at the Urban Freight Lab are looking for ways to ease the pain.

With e-commerce-generated package volumes soaring, there is growth opportunity across the board for parcel carriers small and large. But success in this fast-moving market won't come easy.

Agency blames high transportation and wage costs as consumers switch from letters to parcels.