21st Century Post Office: Opportunities to Share Excess Resources
The U.S. Postal Service owns or leases more than 33,000 facilities with approximately 284 million interior square feet (SF). These facilities are in virtually every community throughout the country and...
View ArticleWhat would an optimized Postal Service infrastructure look like in the 21st...
This is the second topic in our “Five Elements of a Postal Solution” blog series. Link to last week’s topic. Link to the March 13 blog by Cliff Guffey. Link to the March 14 blog by Alan Robinson. Link...
View ArticleIs it Time to Redesign Post Offices?
Could post offices be redesigned to improve their appearance and ease of use, perhaps modeled after the pleasant, comfortable designs of other retail outlets? The business world has seen a recent...
View ArticleUnused Land Parcels – Sell, Hold, or Develop?
The U.S. Postal Service is one of the largest real estate owners in the United States with more than 8,600 facilities and 950 million square feet of land. (The Postal Service leases another 24,600...
View ArticleNaming Rights, Retail Ad Space and Other Ideas
Twenty years ago, when professional sporting teams started selling naming rights to their stadiums and arenas, many purists called it a low point in the commercialization of sports. But today, the...
View ArticleIs it Time to Consider New Uses for Facilities?
With a large network of facilities and post offices, and yet mail volumes in decline, the U.S. Postal Service finds itself with a good deal of unused capacity. The dynamics over closing and...
View ArticleMail Business, Real Estate Business, or Both?
In the late 1950s, McDonald’s executives discovered that being in the real estate business was more profitable than focusing solely on the food business. McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc had a business...
View ArticleGiving America a Voice: How Best to Cut Costs?
On Tuesday, we asked what Americans want from their Postal Service. In particular, should the Postal Service continue to serve all areas of the country even if it is not profitable to do so? We...
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