Maybe No One Will Notice
Something’s got to give. Let’s just hope it’s not the U.S. Postal Service.
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Larry Riggs
Over the years, Direct senior editor Larry Riggs has written about everything from the music and radio biz to discount retailing...more
Archive of the Postal Dispatch Category
They Gotta Deliver
By Larry Riggs
After DHL Express said it was cutting out 9,500 jobs and getting out of the parcel shipping business in this country, the U.S. Postal Service quickly responded with a statement saying that it can deliver packages at competitive rates and all that.
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Honesty is Such a Lovely Word
By Larry Riggs
We’ve all been hearing for years about how great it would be to send all correspondence electronically, save trees and money and all that.
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Knee-Jerk Reaction
By Larry Riggs
First it was thinking of giving private couriers access to mailboxes. Now we hear the U.S. Postal Service might want to privatize some bulk mail centers it’s not planning to close.
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A Misguided Idea
The Rand Corp. just came out with a study this week advising against giving private courier access to mailboxes, noting that doing so could well jeopardize the security and safety of the mail.
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Nobody’s Perfect
Predictably, the U.S. Postal Service said it wants to stay in business and keep providing the universal affordable service it always has.
And why not?
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