When mailing things, cost counts. This is especially true if you are sending lots of care packages to a deployed service member, or mailing stuff to a family stationed overseas. Sometimes, the United ...

33rd Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends: Puzzling path forward Logistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market conditions, an evolving regulatory ...

When you take a package to the post office or a private shipping company or order something online, you face a variety of shipping options. Some of these are affected by how much your item weighs, its ...

Question: Is the U.S. Postal Service discontinuing the use of flat-rate boxes? I can’t find them anywhere. I’ve looked at the Ala Moana Post Office for the past three weeks, and they haven’t had any.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Postal Service on Monday said it and online auction company eBay Inc. are now offering co-branded Priority Mail flat-rate boxes for $7.70 each, regardless of ...

UPS and FedEx also have one-rate boxes that are similar to the USPS flat rate ones. Simple rate ground shipping for UPS runs from $10.85 for extra-small packages to $27.60 for extra-large packages ...

In a complex parcel shipping world, simple is good. Hence the concept of a shipper cramming 50 or 70 pounds of stuff into a box and paying one rate no matter its contents, its origin or its ...

Dec. 19—Question : Auwe ! Our post office usually has stacks of flat-rate boxes in the lobby, free for the taking, but last week there were none. Question : Auwe ! Our post office usually has stacks ...