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USPS has already introduced shipping price hikes that came into effect in January 2026, including a 6.6 percent increase for Priority Mail, 5.1 percent for Priority Mail Express, 7.8 percent for Ground Advantage and 6 percent for Parcel Select.
The online retailer saw a 9.8% year over year growth in parcel deliveries, compares to the 6.6 billion parcels handled by the USPS, which has faced an 8.3% decline.
Several House Republicans who played a critical role in passing reform legislation in 2022 said they were skeptical of providing further assistance to USPS.
Major domestic parcel carriers are achieving high on-time performance levels even as volumes surge during the holiday peak shipping season, according to an analysis of customer shipments released by ShipMatrix on Monday. Ninety-eight percent of express ...