Amazon on Sundays

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sapna/amazon-will-start-sunday-deliveries-in-new-york-and-los-ange

This article explains that the world's largest online retailer has made a deal with the United States Postal Service so that packages will now be delivered on Sundays as well as every other day of the week.

Because the U.S Postal Service has lost billions of dollars throughout the past few years now that sending mail is less prevalant. Amazon charges $79 a year for it's Prime Users who pay for 2-day express shipping, so Amazon wants to be able to ship packages on Sunday to fulfill that request of the customers.

This year in particular is a smart time for Amazon to partner with the U.S Postal Service because like the article states there are six less days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, so the competition for purchasing gifts is going to be higher than average. Amazon made this deal at the perfect time because people will be more likely to make purchases from Amazon knowing that they can receive packages on Sundays rather than waiting extra days to receive them. People will also be more likely to join the Prime Membership so that they can receive the 2-day express shipping during the holiday season, and can receive these packages on a Sunday if they were purchased on a Friday.

I thought this article was interesting because the Internet that changed the Postal Service so much, is now mingling with them again, attempting to find a happy medium between the two different outlets. The Internet, or Amazon specifically, is not only trying to help themselves, but is also trying to help the Postal Service earn back some of the money loss it has acquired over the last few years, to once again becoming successful, and a reliable, easy way to receive purchased goods.