Amazon weighs shift from USPS as contract talks falter

Amazon is drawing up plans to expand its own national delivery operations and potentially phase out its long-running reliance on the US Postal Service (USPS), after negotiations over a new shipping agreement stalled, as reported by The Washington Post. The e-commerce giant has been in talks with USPS over so-called “negotiated service agreements” - arrangements that set bespoke prices and delivery commitments for the agency’s largest shipping clients. Amazon had sought a fresh deal that would secure more ...