Is this the solution the U.S. Postal Service needs to reach solvency? Probably not, but German mail carriers will soon have a faithful truck that stays close by, without anyone in the driver's seat.READ»
With snail mail in decline, the U.S. Postal Service is considering huge layoffs and service cutbacks. The designer of email as we know it, VA Shiva Ayyadurai, sees another way to save the business.READ»
Once heralded as an innovative strategy to draw in holiday shoppers, the concept of the temporary store, or "pop-up," has quickly become as prevalent as the average corner bodega. Now pop-up stores are more like The Boy Who Cried ...READ»
GM may be banking heavily on the Chevy Volt for success in the electric vehicle world, but the automaker is still hedging its bets through a a $5 million investment in Bright Automotive, the startup behind the upcoming IDEA plug-in ...READ»
Is it so surprising that the U.S. Postal Service has decided to cut Saturday service considering the staggering drop in mail volume (a projected 30% decline in 2010 from 2007 levels) in recent years? And really, aside from Luddites ...READ»
A couple of
years ago, I was having a beer in London pub with an executive from the Royal
Mail of the United Kingdom. We were discussing the reorganization of the UK’s
mail system and the challenges it faced. With the recent ...READ»
The U.S Postal Service has long flirted with electric vehicles for its fleet. Now it's FedEx's turn. The company debuted the first all-electric FedEx delivery trucks this week--all four of which will navigate the streets of Los ...READ»
The U.S. Postal Service is continuing on its quest to convert some of its 142,000 vehicles to electric models with a partnership with Bright Automotive, the manufacturer of the upcoming IDEA plug-in hybrid for commercial and ...READ»
In July, the U.S. Postal Service announced its plan to buy 1,900 fuel-efficient vehicles, including 900 hybrids and 1,000 alternative fuel vehicles. Impressive enough, but now USPS is investing its resources in building an ...READ»
We've written about the U.S. Postal Service's sustainable endeavors before--namely, its plan to buy 1,600 fuel-efficient vehicles and build the biggest green roof in NYC. As it turns out, sustainability has already paid off big time ...READ»
If the U.S. government isn't willing to sell the Post Office to the popular DVD rental service, it should at least try to learn from how Netflix so efficiently moves so many envelopes through its system every day.READ»
