Ending Saturday delivery "would be particularly harmful to small businesses, rural communities, the elderly, the disabled and others who depend on Saturday delivery for commerce and communication, " said Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, a union representing many mail carriers.
Ending Saturday delivery "would be particularly harmful to small businesses, rural communities, the elderly, the disabled and others who depend on Saturday delivery for commerce and communication, " said Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, a union that represents many mail carriers.
The president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Fredric Rolando, said the cutback is "a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect on the Postal Service and on millions of customers, " particularly businesses, rural communities, the elderly, the disabled and others who depend on Saturday delivery for commerce and communication.
Kidd and Dorsey went on to start a new company called DNet, which provided same-day delivery of e-commerce purchases.
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After DMS went public, the duo started dNet, a software company that aimed to enable same-day delivery for e-commerce purchases.
Startup companies, most of them in Internet content delivery or e-commerce, were getting funded and bursting on the scene by the dozens per week.
Although e-mail may have killed some letters, post offices stand to gain from becoming the delivery boys for electronic commerce, which is expected to rise within a few years to 15% of all retail sales.
Federal Express shares improved 8% after it reported its second-quarter earnings on December 15, saying that home delivery demand increased with online commerce orders.
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Both retail giants have recently made high-profile advances in the race towards same-day delivery, the holy grail of online commerce.
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The year should see investments doubling overall, with a focus on m-commerce and mobile services for food delivery, mobile learning, and even mobile dating.
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To improve technology access, Microsoft also announced the deployment of a pilot project with the Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communications and Kenyan Internet service provider Indigo Telecom Ltd. to deliver low-cost, high-speed, wireless broadband and create new opportunities for commerce, education, healthcare and delivery of government services across Kenya.
In the fourth quarter, the continued growth in retail sales, particularly retail e-commerce sales, supported growth in package delivery markets in the U.S. and several other countries.
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All four firms are adapting to diminished traffic in letters and important documents because of e-mail, and the growing demand for parcel delivery to end-consumers generated by e-commerce sites such as Amazon.
While more than 90% of retail is still in bricks-and-mortar storefronts, e-commerce retailers promise nearly unlimited inventory, fast delivery to customers' doors and lower prices.
The lower courts are in utter disarray on how to analyze a Commerce Clause challenge when faced with these different modes of delivery or business models.
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This puts Ann in a good position to meet client demand in terms of variety and delivery, which will lead to better sales through the e-commerce channel.
In addition to its traditional services of letter and parcel delivery, the Post Office now provides services such as e-commerce fulfilment, billing and customer management, logistics and warehousing.
Though they're clearly keeping mum on the subject, it does seem a delivery service would be in line with Google's recent moves in the commerce space, such as the acquisition of locker startup Bufferbox and e-commerce firm Channel Intelligence.
These personal transaction terminals will be tied into a delivery and payment system that promises to make 7-Elevens a depot for e-commerce.
Maytag launched its Web site in late 1995 and tested the e-commerce waters two years later by allowing consumers to preorder its Neptune washer online for delivery by local dealers.
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