It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. That is, if Christmas involved socially distanced St. Nicks, jolly old mall elves cloistered behind plexiglass and the Claus clan peering out from Zoom. SOS Santa baby: We sure could use a dose of normalcy hurrying down our chimneys tonight. As our achingly surreal COVID-19 world slinks [...]

by Emma Cosgrove Dive Brief: United States Postal Service package volume increased 19% (1.2 billion pieces) YoY for the service's 2020 fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the board of governors reported Friday. Parcel volume peaked in April and May — when USPS saw roughly 70% volume growth YoY — and has fallen steadily since, Chief Financial [...]

The Postal Service, seeing no sustainable path under its current business model, is offering Congress and the incoming Biden administration a shot at working together on a long-term strategy to reform the way it operates.