Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The courier, express, and postal industry is the largest segment of the transportation marketplace worldwide. This blog will provide a personal perspective on the challenges faced by firms in the industry as they serve an increasingly competitive market.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Time for bold moves

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The Postal Service now faces its greatest financial challenge since I first began writing about Postal Finances in 2001. The combination of...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Is the Postal Service as Good as UPS and FedEx?

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Recently, the Postal Service proudly announced its latest service performance results. Overnight service was 97 percent on-time, u...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Secular and Cyclical Trends

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As with all businesses, the Postal Service must react to both secular and cyclical trends. Over the past two decades, the Postal Service b...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The Challenge of Declining Single-piece Mail Volumes

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One of the purposes of this blog is to present the postal community with the facts on the ground and provide some guidance on why those fact...
Monday, July 7, 2008

Early Retirements at the Postal Service

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Today, the PostCom website reported that Bob McLean, Executive Director of the Mailers Council, notified the Council members that the Posta...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Postal Regulatory Commission Universal Service Obligation and Monopoly Study

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In the next few weeks, the mailing community will be asked by the Postal Regulatory Commission to begin providing comments for its study of ...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The Level Playing Field

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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued the report " Accounting for Laws that Apply Differently to the United States Posta...
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Alan Robinson
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Alan Robinson is the President of the Direct Communications Group and an associate of Analytic Business Services (AnaBus). He has over twenty years experience helping firms and government officials deal with the regulatory, policy, marketing, and management issues associated with changes in competition within transportation, parcel delivery and postal markets. He can be reached at alan.robinson@directcomgroup.com
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