The U.S. Postal Service announced all post offices will be closed Monday, February 19 in observance of President Washington’s Birthday. There will be no residential or business deliveries except for Priority Express Mail, according to a news release. The U.S. Postal Service reminds residents that stamps are available at most grocery, pharmacy and
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NIPOST launches 95 last mile delivery bikes in Lagos
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has launched 95 last mile delivery bikes for its operations in Lagos. Speaking at the launching ceremony, the Chief Operating Officer, Mallam Yahaya Rufai said, the launching was another giant stride in their collaborative efforts with the private sector at improving the quality of their service
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Postal regulators move to let stamp prices jump higher
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to bolster the ailing U.S. Postal Service, federal regulators moved on Friday to allow bigger jumps to stamp prices beyond the rate of inflation, a move that could eventually add millions more dollars to companies’ shipping rates and consumer costs. The Postal Regulatory Commission announced the decision
DHL Customers prefer root canals to late shipments
In DHL’s 2017 Holiday Survey, 27 percent of the integrator’s customers surveyed said that they would “rather get a root canal than having personal holiday shipments come late,” which suggests that some 27 percent of customers haven’t yet experienced the skull-splitting agony of the dentists’ drill burrowing into their molars. Regardless,
U.S Postal Service eyes next-day Sunday delivery for holiday
LOS ANGELES, CA - U.S. Postal Service employee Arturo Lugo delivers an Express Mail package during his morning. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – As consumers demand ever-quicker and convenient package delivery, the U.S. Postal Service wants to boost its business this holiday season by offering what few e-commerce retailers can
How Nigeria’s Post Offices Would Enhance Customer Experience
Lagos - Nigeria's Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of NIPOST, Adebisi Adegbuyi, has at two-day strategic management retreat, which held in Lagos this week, vowed that the organization's new reform initiatives would ensure staff re-orientation and attitude to work, and engender improved customer service delivery, , using the latest technologies that would bring
Canada Post, Purolator strengthen Cargojet partnership with early contract extension
Deal tasked Cargojet with providing comprehensive Canada-wide air cargo services for Canada Post Group of Companies (CPGOC). Purolator and Canada Post, part of a conglomeration known as the Canada Post Group of Companies (CPGOC), have announced an early extension to a 2014 air cargo contract with Cargojet, now running through 2025,
USPS plans to deploy self-driving mail trucks by 2025
USPS self-driving mail truck The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General’s office says it anticipates that autonomous vehicle technology will add only $7,000 to $10,000 to the purchase price of a postal truck by 2025. The United States Postal Service (USPS) will work with the University of Michigan on an autonomous mail
NIPOST Restructures for Efficiency, Celebrates World Post Week
Lagos - The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has restructured its operations into seven zones with 106 districts that are being headed by District Managers. The agency hopes the move will give it competitive strength and enable it to key into the new technology trend that is driving global businesses. The newly