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Royal Mail widens access to its click and collect servicesInternetRetailing.netRetailers who are Royal Mail contract customers get direct access to the Local Collect through its API, which gives retailers access to all Post Office details and enables them to integrate the service to their website so that shoppers can choose …

Slate Magazine (blog) The secret life of food stamps might get less secretMarketplace.orgShould the public know how much money Wal-Mart, or that convenience store down the street, takes in through the federal food stamp program? Or does that amount to a retail trade secret? Those are the questions at the …

NBC4 Washington Fairfax Man Pleads Guilty to Producing $76000 in Counterfeit Postage StampsNBC4 WashingtonBrian Kim, 38, of Fairfax, was accused of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service by producing the stamps between January and October 2013. Kim owned and operated two packaging centers in Northern Virginia, one in Fairfax and the …

Slate Magazine (blog) The Secret Life of a Food Stamp Might Become a Little Less SecretSlate Magazine (blog)Should the public know how much money Walmart—or for that matter, the convenience store down the street—takes in through the federal food stamp program? Or does that information amount to a retail trade …

Royal Mail, Intertek, Weir, IAG, Action Hotels …Proactive Investors UKAnother downgrade for Royal Mail (LON:RMG), this time from Credit Suisse, which is now predicting fair value for the postal group is only just above last October's 330p float price. Problems looming include overcapacity in the UK parcels market … More: …

Survey reveals future of Modena post officeDaily Local News“(The) Post Plan was announced in May 2012 as a way to keep Post Offices across the country open by realigning retail window hours based on customer use,” said Ray Daiutolo, a spokesman for USPS. “The Postal Service stated that Post Plan …

Woodford buys Royal Mail for £2.4bn income fundCitywire.co.uk'This [Royal Mail] is fundamentally a very attractive, cash generative business. It has its challenges, not least the competitive threat in profitable, densely populated areas. But it has its opportunities too, such as slowly working to bring its cost … More: continued here

A meeting will be held Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the Ramsay Post Office in Silver Bow County to discuss proposed operating hours cutbacks. More: continued here

05/08/2014PostNL plans price rise for postage stampsExpatica NetherlandsPostNL plans price rise for postage stamps Postal firm PostNL has asked the Dutch consumer authority ACM for permission to raise the price of a postage stamp to offset the fall in turnover in the letter delivery market. The news comes shortly after …

The shipping companies are increasingly using US mail to send packages, and the post office is happy to deliver. More: continued here