AMAZON TO CUT 20% OF ITS USPS SHIPMENTS

From CNBC: Small businesses and consumers, especially in rural parts of the country, could face higher shipping costs and less reliable delivery service as the result of a recent deal between Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service which would have Amazon sending fewer of its packages through the USPS. The changes in a recently proposed agreement, which still requires approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission, would see Amazon cut roughly 20% of the packages it ships through the service — about 200 million shipments a year — as it shifts more deliveries into its own network. That shift would leave USPS spreading the cost of its nationwide delivery network across fewer packages, putting pressure on both pricing and service … (click to read more)