Forget about the seventh day for rest; the seventh day is now for shopping!
“We are moving toward a society where e-mail and social media have caused the week and weekend to blur,” said Jonathan Gruber, a professor of economics and labor at MIT.
Amazon announced a new partnership with The United States Postal Service today. The USP will now be making Sunday deliveries for the web based company on Sundays starting in New York and Los Angeles with other cities to follow. “We’re excited about the potential of the rapidly growing e-commerce market and what it means for the Postal Service,” declared Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
This partnership comes at a fortuitous time for both organizations. With the holiday shopping season being six days shorter this year than last due to the calendar, the online retailer hopes to provide a relevant convenience for customers, while The USPS, who announced earlier in the year they were cutting Saturday mail deliveries in many areas, hopes to simply keep their doors open.
Amazon’s new partnership not only will keep them relevant during the increasingly competitive holiday shopping season, the company’s new Sunday shipping agreement is predicted to gain sales throughout the rest of the fiscal year as well. According to Amazon, customers who opt for Amazon Prime, their $79 a year subscription service that offers free 2-day shopping, video streaming, and more, buy twice as much as those who don’t. Because Amazon can now have a consumer’s products shipped to their home before they would ever have a chance to make it to the store during a regular week, Amazon intends to see an increase in overall sales with a particular increase in Amazon Prime sales.
While this new deal is mutually beneficial for Amazon and The USPS, it also opens the door for other companies to partner with courier services to offer this type of convenient delivery. One such courier service company that already has many partnerships country-wide is A1Express. The San Jose Courier can help companies and consumers ensure their e-commerce deliveries are made quickly to the front door.