Ep 162: US postal reform and Q2 results

Mark Fallon, President and CEO of the Berkshire Company, covers recent developments in postal reform, including recent Congressional hearings: An update on the underwhelming Postal Task Force Report UPS court action on postal pricing Politicians' awareness of core postal issues Is a crisis being manufactured? Some positives from the Senate Hearing USPS Board of Governors Calls to privatise the US Postal Service USPS's 10-year plan, or lack thereof 5-day letter delivery Is the USPS a letter company or a delivery company? Legislative reform for the US Postal Service (including a very silly bill that will go nowhere) Parcel lockers - including residential parcel lockers, and returns Carrier agnostic parcel lockers, and siting parcel lockers in post offices Q2 financials Parcel volume volumes and trends, the USPS's share of e-commerce parcels The need for complete rate reform Rules and definitions for letters - and why they make no sense in 2019