With the end of the holidays within sight, the Winona post office is preparing to wind down after another holiday crush. More: continued here

abc7news.com eBay tests same day delivery in SFabc7news.comSAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In this age of instant gratification, overnight shipping isn't fast enough anymore. That's why a handful of companies, including the Bay Area's own eBay are getting into the business of same-day delivery in big cities like San … More: …

Christmas stamps in short supply at some post officesJoliet Herald NewsJOLIET — Jacque O'Brien walked out of the Joliet Post Office on Wednesday morning with some black-and-white, heart-shaped stamps that would have to do for the Christmas cards she had yet to mail. The post office had been out of …

EBay Inc., owner of the world’s largest Internet marketplace, is teaming up with Macy’s Inc. (M) and Toys ‘R’ Us Inc. as it goes after revenue from shoppers who are out and about, not just online, during the holidays. More: continued here

MediaPost Communications eBay Declares It Doesn't Need Ads In AppsMediaPost CommunicationsEbay-App-B If you can get the commerce dollars to flow, then the ad revenue is a trickle by comparison, eBay appears to be declaring about the mobile ecosystem. In an interview with All Things D's Tricia Duryee, eBay's President of …

CTV News Brad Duguid's Christmas Cards Without Stamps Prompt Staffer's ResignationHuffington Post CanadaBrad Duguid announced one of his staffer's has quit after a report by CTV London that some of the minister's Christmas cards were sent out using a "franking" sticker (not pictured) usually available only to federal members of …

If you are looking from special Christmas theamed stamps to send out your Christmas cards, you may be out of luck. More: continued here

All Things Digital Mobile Ad Experts Downplay eBay Ad SnubMediaPost CommunicationsThe report this week that eBay — considered a leader in the mobile space — will stop running ads in its applications doesn't come as a ringing endorsement for mobile advertising. Devin Wenig, eBay's president of global marketplaces, told AllThingsD …

EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay and Retailers the Beneficiaries of Gun Control DebateEcommerceBytes (blog)There's an episode of the television sitcom Seinfeld where character Elaine goes on a shopping spree to purchase a form of birth-control that's being taken off the market. That phenomenon is a little like what's happening for gun owners …

Newtown, Conn.'s post office has been receiving a deluge of letters, cards, care packages and drawings from around the world in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. More: continued here