Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: Smart Post - What Does its Success Suggest for Letter and Flat Mailers

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: Smart Post - What Does its Success Suggest for Letter and Flat MailersIn my previous post, I noted that FedEx volumes for Smart Post exceeded the Postal Service's measured volumes for Parcel Select. This implied that FedEx Ground, UPS and other parcel consolidators used other postal products, most likely Standard Mail Parcels, to handle the parcels that they want delivered less than 1 pound. The attention that Smart Post received from analysts raised some additional questions that suggest that there may Postal Service revival strategies that are not the focus of the current discussions about future business models for the Postal Service.