The 2021 "Holiday Sales Season" is coming! The U.S. Postal Service will temporarily increase prices!

It is learned that according to data from the National Retail Federation, Americans spent as much as 789 billion US dollars during the "holiday sales season" in November and December 2020, an increase of 8.3% from the same period in 2019, more than double the average increase in the previous five years.

NRF predicts that total U.S. retail sales will grow by 10.5% to 13.5% in 2021, and are expected to be between $4.44 trillion and $4.56 trillion. Among them, e-commerce sales are expected to grow by 18% to 23%, and are expected to be between $1.09 trillion and $1.13 trillion.

A peak sales season like the "holiday sales season" means a surge in e-commerce transactions and parcel volume, which will put tremendous pressure on the US logistics system. It is reported that the US Postal Service has announced plans to temporarily increase prices from October 3 to December 25. If approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the federal agency that oversees postal services, the US Postal Service's Priority Mail Express business service prices will increase by an average of 2.3%, and Priority Mail business service prices will increase by 5.3%. In addition, the US Postal Service also announced that starting October 1, the delivery time of first-class mail will be extended by one to two days.

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