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Tick tock. The clock may be running out on the U.S.
Postal Service. In his blog, “The Art of Art,” Art van
Bodegraven speculates that poor service could be the
undoing of the post office’s last-mile delivery service—a
segment that once looked to be USPS’s savior. In the
meantime, Amazon, FedEx Corp., and UPS Inc. are building out delivery services that will compete with the Postal
Service’s offering. Read the May 24 entry at http://blogs.
dcvelocity.com/the_art_of_art/.
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