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WASHINGTON— The U.S. Postal Service is making it
easy now for retailers and customers shipping footwear to
"strut their stuff" this summer, with the introduction of a
new Priority Mail Shoe Box that will accommodate almost
any brand and size shoe.
Designed to meet the needs of footwear and clothing
retailers, along with direct-to-customer businesses, the new
Priority Mail box allows shippers to simply slide in a boxed
pair of shoes for easy shipping. The box measures 7-1/2
inches by 5-1/8 inches by 14-3/8 inches, is self sealing, and
— as with all Priority Mail packaging — is available at no
additional cost to Priority Mail shippers.
The new box also is convenient for anyone who needs to
mail shoes as a gift or for repair. And, for the ultimate in
convenience and ease of use, customers can use Click-NShip
— offered online through USPS.com — to print a
shipping label with postage and use Carrier Pickup online
notification to let their local Post Office know their package
is ready for pickup when their letter carrier delivers their
mail the following day.
"Consumers are purchasing more clothing, shoes, and accessories than ever through the mail, and shoes are one of the hottest growing items in this category," says Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Anita Bizzotto. "This packaging offers a quick, easy, and convenient solution for our customers in an important and growing market segment. With the Priority Mail Shoe Box, one size does fit all."
The new Priority Mail Shoe Box is available online at www.usps.com/shippingsupplies in packs of 10, or — for larger orders — by calling 1-800-610-8734.
Since 1775, the Postal Service and its predecessor, the Post Office Department, has connected friends, families, neighbors and businesses by mail. It is an independent federal agency that visits more than 144 million homes and businesses every day and is the only service provider delivering to every address in the nation. The Postal Service receives no taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but derives its operating revenues solely from the sale of postage, products and services. With annual revenues of $70 billion, it is the world’s leading provider of mailing and delivery services, offering some of the most affordable postage rates in the world. The U.S. Postal Service delivers more than 46 percent of the world’s mail volume— some 212 billion letters, advertisements, periodicals and packages a year— and serves seven million customers each day at its 37,000 retail locations nationwide.
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On Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at 2:30est, Mr. Jim Cochrane, Manager of Package Services, for the U.S. Postal Service, and his staff, will be available in the Shipping and Insurance forum on here.
This is a rare opportunity to ask questions to the package service group from headquarters and learn the benefits of shipping through the postal service as well as discuss the new priority boxes.
If you are unable to attend, please post your questions in the other threads discussing the chat. We will copy them into the official thread on Tuesday.
Thank you in advance for participating!
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Welcome everyone! We are pleased to bring you Mr. Jim Cochrane and his Package Service Team from the U.S. Postal Service.
We would also like to thank Jim and his team for taking time out of their busy day to field questions from here members.
Mr. Cochrane and his team are available to answer your questions for 1 hour. Any questions that we are unable to respond to, due to time constraints, will be answered later in the day.
Thank you for attending! We will now turn it over to Mr. Cochrane and his team.
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Thank you so much Candi,
We are really excited to be here today. We look forward to answering your questions.
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Following is a question posted by someone who could not attend.
Q - Will you let us know what the dimensions of the new priority box are?
A - The dimensions of the new Priority Mail Shoebox are: 7 1/2” x 5 1/8” x 14 3/8” .
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I just wanted to say that I've been quite pleased with the flat-rate Priority boxes that have been available for the past few months. Thanks.
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Another early question...
Q - Why limit them to pictures of shoes when they can really handle other product as well?
A - There has been an explosion in online and catalog shoe sales and the shoe industry is one of the fastest growing segments of the apparel market. The Priority Mail Shoebox was created to meet the unique needs of shoe shippers. It is designed to fit 90% of existing shoeboxes—the retail shoebox will slide right in. Quick, Easy, Convenient!
P.S. There is no requirement to use this attractive, whimsical box only for shoe shipping.
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Thank You! The customer response has been quite positive.
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what is the weight limit on the box?
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Thanx for Carrier Pick-up! Would it be possible to put other shipping supplies in the USPS store; i.e., Airmail? My local PO doesn't carry them.
Thanx!
kitty