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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe expanded Sunday delivery is aimed at consumers like Susan Dennis, 68, of Seattle. Weary of weekend trips to the mall where she often ends up stuck in traffic or waiting too long in line, the retiree says she buys online whenever possible and isn\u2019t wedded to just Amazon, if the product quality is good and the delivery \u201cfast and inexpensive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMore Sunday deliveries would be one of the sweetest deals ever \u2014 give me the URL and I will buy whatever,\u201d Dennis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bolstered by e-commerce growth and its Sunday operations, the Postal Service will reach new highs this year in holiday package delivery, with nearly 850 million U.S. parcels delivered from Thanksgiving to New Year\u2019s Eve, according to figures compiled by industry tracker ShipMatrix Inc. for the AP. That 13 percent increase from 2016 would exceed the single-digit percentage growth for UPS and FedEx, putting the post office on track to capture 45.6 percent market share in peak holiday deliveries, ShipMatrix said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The post office\u2019s growth is due in large part to its established network in the \u201clast mile,\u201d the final and usually most expensive stretch of a package\u2019s journey to a customer\u2019s door. UPS and FedEx already subcontract a chunk of their last-mile deliveries to the post office. Due to slower growth this holiday season, the two private carriers are expected to drop in market share, to 31.3 percent and 17.8 percent, respectively, according to the ShipMatrix analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPS, in a dig at the post office\u2019s financial woes, says it is focused on profitable growth and less concerned about expanding market share, \u201cespecially if it were to involve loss-making service expansions.\u201d FedEx said it had no comment on market share and would boost operations during the holiday season to meet customer needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Courier services, such as Uber and Deliv, are expected to rise, delivering about 5.2 percent of the peak holiday packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaving a Postal Service driver on every street every day making deliveries, you can\u2019t really beat that,\u201d said Satish Jindel, founder and president of ShipMatrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The holiday plans include added postal delivery on Sundays beginning Nov. 26 and delivery on Christmas Day in some cities, the postal service said. It also offers a new online tool that allows consumers to reschedule package deliveries to ensure someone is home to receive them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Postal Service also bucked the shipping industry by keeping package rates largely unchanged for the holidays. UPS for the first time is imposing holiday surcharges on ground shipments to homes during peak periods, such as the weeks leading into Black Friday and Christmas, while FedEx is raising rates for certain oversized packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Postal Service is well-prepared to meet our customers\u2019 needs during the holiday season, especially as demand for package deliveries continues to grow,\u201d said Megan Brennan, postmaster general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Analysts have cheered the Postal Service\u2019s promise in the digital age, noting that there now is little talk of ending Saturday mail delivery given rising package demands. \u201cThe future of USPS probably hasn\u2019t been better in a long time,\u201d said David G. Ross, a shipping analyst at Stifel Financial Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, its parcel success hasn\u2019t translated into profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An independent agency of government, the Postal Service has lost money for 10 years, primarily due to costs of its pension and health-care obligations. And while online shopping has led to years of double-digit growth in its package-delivery business, it hasn\u2019t offset declines in first-class mail. The post office is seeking flexibility to raise the price of mailing letters, and needs Congress to free it from a 2006 requirement that it pre-fund retiree health benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe future is bright for the Postal Service \u2014 if it doesn\u2019t go bankrupt first,\u201d said Ravi Shanker, an equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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