It will be the end of an era at Shropshire’s only Royal Mail sorting office this Christmas. More: continued here

It’s easy to poke fun at the poor post office these days. The service started by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 lost $5 billion this year—the seventh year of red ink in a row. Americans sent 44.3 billion fewer pieces of mail this year than in 2008, according to a recent …

Adweek US Post Office Ads Have Never Really Delivered the GoodsAdweekIt's easy to poke fun at the poor post office these days. The service started by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 lost $5 billion this year—the seventh year of red ink in a row. Americans sent 44.3 billion fewer pieces of …

WWLP 22News Cuts in food stamps leave more people turning to pantriesTribune-Review1 and cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formerly known as food stamps, affecting 85,502 households in Allegheny County. Staff at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank still is working to understand the extent of …"60 percent …

Clayton County Register Holidays highlight the value of rural US Post OfficesClayton County RegisterThough closing is a very real threat for many post offices in rural areas, Guttenberg Postmaster Nancy Ungs doesn't expect it's something the city will have to deal with anytime soon. “We're the largest city in the …

Dallas Morning News (blog) Faster than Amazon? eBay Now delivery service for major retailers expands to …Dallas Morning News (blog)Basically eBay Now offers same-day delivery from a broad group of retailers that include Home Depot, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Target, AutoZone, Babies R Us, Toys R Us, Office Depot, Guitar …

Boston Herald Post office hopes to find a few elves to aid SantaBoston HeraldAt Boston's Fort Point Post Office, there are the brightly colored, traditional letters to Santa up on the wall — the cute ones, from little kids asking the jolly old elf not to wake up their new …

'E-shop' the Hill — Capitol Hill Etsy/eBay/etc. online shopping open threadCHS Capitol Hill SeattleIt's also coming up on crunch time so you might want to bring technology to play in finding gifts for loved ones. There are lots of Capitol Hill-based artists, crafters and creators to choose from online. Below, …

Royal Mail seals place in FTSE 100 after listingReuters UKAround 40 million Royal Mail shares should change hands in trade worth nearly 250 million pounds ($410 million) in the fortnight around the quarterly reshuffle, analysts said. It is to be joined in the FTSE 100 .FTSE by Ashtead (AHT.L), which …

eBay Throttling Leads to LayoffsEcommerceBytes (blog)A few months ago, I confronted a Top Level eBay Rep with data on throttling. At first the rep was left speechless and then began to tell me I need to speak to the Vetting Department – and when I asked if that was confirmation …