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Rivals UPS, USPS Partner for Delivery

Published on June 29, 2006 | Email this article

An agreement between the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and the United Parcel Service (UPS) has expanded the relationship between the two, increasing the number of cities to which UPS delivers First Class and Priority mail on behalf of the USPS. Previously, UPS delivered First Class and Priority mail to 16 cities, but the new contract, which begins July 1 and lasts three years, with a possible two-year extension, calls for delivery to 98 cities, writes Multichannel Merchant.

UPS planes will start carrying USPS mail as soon as this weekend, according to Marketplace, which added that private carriers such as UPS offer more efficient services that could eventually bring prices down. Customers of the USPS will see no change in the way their mail is delivered, the Postal Service has said.

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