United Parcel Service

As Postal Service Faces Cash Crisis, FedEx and UPS Spend Millions on Lobbying

Steve HutkinsApril 17, 2026Blog, Featured, News

Open Secrets: FedEx and UPS – two private carriers positioned to capitalize on a weakened U.S. Postal Service – poured nearly $20 million into federal lobbying in 2025, an OpenSecrets analysis found. A series of events left USPS bracing for an uncertain future. First, its leader warned the agency could run out of cash by 2027, leaving it unable to pay employees … Read More

What’s fair is fair: The PRC issues a final order on the “appropriate share” issue

Steve HutkinsJanuary 11, 2023Blog, Featured

The Postal Regulatory Commission has issued what it surely hopes will be its final order relating to the institutional cost contribution requirement for Competitive products

In bid to drive up postal rates, UPS takes the PRC to the Supreme Court

SteveApril 5, 2019Slideshow, Story

UPS wants SCOTUS to revisit its historic Chevron decision.

USPS parcel growth slows as Amazon self-delivers more

SteveAugust 19, 2018Slideshow, Story

“The years of double-digit growth are going to be difficult to get back to, given the level of competition.” — Joe Corbett, USPS CFO

D.C. Circuit Court rejects UPS request for a rehearing on USPS costing case

SteveAugust 8, 2018Story

In May a three-member panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal by the United Parcel Service challenging a ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission concerning how the Postal Service determines the costs of its products.  On July 6, UPS requested a rehearing en banc, meaning that it asked the full D.C. Circuit, which currently has eleven active judges, to … Read More

The Postal Task Force Cometh: What to Expect

SteveAugust 7, 2018Slideshow, Story

On Friday of this week, the President’s Task Force on the Postal Service is expected to release its report.  Not much has been written about what it might say, but there are plenty of indications.

Deutsche Bank “Breaks Through the Noise” on Amazon and the Post Office

SteveAugust 5, 2018Content type, Slideshow, Story

Part 2 of “An Amazon Puzzle” takes another look at volumes, shipping costs, and the potential impacts of a rate hike on parcels.

An Amazon puzzle: How many parcels does it ship, how much does it cost, and who delivers what share?

SteveJuly 29, 2018Slideshow, Story

Many people at Amazon, the Postal Service, and the private carriers know the answers to these questions.  But they’ve all done an excellent job keeping the information to themselves.

UPS goes back to court on USPS costing methodology

SteveJuly 16, 2018Slideshow, Story

UPS says the Postal Service should be required to raise its parcel prices now so that it doesn’t turn into a parcel monopoly that can raise its prices later.

How to Privatize the Post Office: Piece by piece, step by step

SteveJune 24, 2018Slideshow, Story

Think it would take an act of Congress to privatize the postal system?  They’ve been privatizing the post office for four decades, piece by piece, step by step.  It’s called “piecemeal privatization,” and it works like this.

Inside the High-End Mailrooms Wealthy Residents Visit When They’ve Got Mail

SteveJune 8, 2018Blog

Some real-estate developments in New York, Florida and California are turning the lowly space into an attractive gathering spot; a hangout spot to chat over catalogs

Court turns back UPS bid to drive up USPS parcel prices

SteveMay 29, 2018Slideshow, Story

The winners are the small businesses that won’t pay higher shipping rates and consumers who shop online.

What’s Amazon worth to the Post Office? It could be a cool billion

SteveMay 21, 2018Slideshow, Story

As the following back-of-the-envelope analysis will suggest, the Postal Service could be making as much as a billion dollars a year off the Amazon deal.

Amazon and UPS have been quietly fighting over the post office’s cost structure — long before Trump

SteveApril 7, 2018Blog

CNBC: President Trump isn’t the only one questioning the post office’s pricing strategy. UPS, the shipping giant, has been in a back-and-forth with Amazon in recent years over the post office’s cost structure, which has direct impact on how the Postal Service sets its package shipping prices, according to public documents filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). In a … Read More

When Titans collide: UPS petitions the PRC to change USPS costing methodologies

adminOctober 25, 2015Story

BY MARK JAMISON The United Parcel Service is very concerned that you might be paying too much for a postage stamp.   If you’re wondering why UPS would be worried about something like that, it has to do with the way postal rates are set.  According to the law, each USPS product is supposed to cover its share of the … Read More

What can Brown do for you? Congressman Ryan’s UPS Express

adminAugust 14, 2012Story

Congressman Paul Ryan, who may be our next Vice President, hasn’t had much to say about the U.S. Postal Service.  He has a statement on his website about the agency’s financial problems, but it basically just nutshells the bills put forward by Darrell Issa and Stephen Lynch.  The only thing of substance in the statement is Ryan’s rejection of the … Read More