The Secret Weapon at Christmas for the Post Office: Sundays - Wall Street Journal
Both United Parcel Service Inc. and rival FedEx Corp. struggled with a flood of last-minute deliveries over the holidays, with varying degrees of success. But public-sector rival U.S. Postal Service said Friday it thinks it did just fine.
The secret to success? Sunday delivery.
“The key for us is the seven-day a week delivery,” said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe during the Postal Service’s quarterly earnings call with journalists. “If we hadn’t delivered on Sunday, we would have carried heavy volumes into Monday and that would have been problematic.”
Both United Parcel Service Inc. and rival FedEx Corp. struggled with a flood of last-minute deliveries over the holidays, with varying degrees of success. But public-sector rival U.S. Postal Service said Friday it thinks it did just fine.
The secret to success? Sunday delivery.
“The key for us is the seven-day a week delivery,” said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe during the Postal Service’s quarterly earnings call with journalists. “If we hadn’t delivered on Sunday, we would have carried heavy volumes into Monday and that would have been problematic.”
