LITTLE ROCK—Some Office Depot locations in Arkansas are among the nearly 1,100 Office Depot stores across the nation now offering U.S. Postal Service shipping and mailing products. Office Depot is the first national retailer to offer Postal Service shipping products and services, allowing the USPS to compete head on with UPS.
Office Depot has stores in El Dorado (1601 North West Avenue), Hot Springs (400 Cornerstone Blvd.), Benton (1621 Military Road), Conway (201 Skyline Drive Suite 61), North Little Rock (4000 McCain Blvd), Little Rock (2600 Cantrell Road and 11400 West Markham Street), Jonesboro (3009 East Highlands Drive #A), Fayetteville (3180 North College Avenue), Rogers (4600 West Walnut Street), Springdale (4139 West Sunset Avenue), and Fort Smith (5318 Rogers Avenue).
Each location offers Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes and envelopes, Priority Mail service, Express Mail service, Parcel Post, stamps, Delivery Confirmation and Signature Confirmation.
“We’re excited to extend some of the best shipping values in the country to Office Depot customers, at a time and place that’s convenient to them,” said Paul Vogel, president, Mailing and Shipping Services for USPS. “Small businesses, especially, will be able to compare shipping companies side by side and see for themselves that Postal Service prices are very competitive and affordable.”
Priority Mail Flat Rate shipping is one of the best options for small businesses and consumers alike. With flat-rate boxes, customers pay one, low rate to any state without worrying about weighing the package — and there are no surcharges when using Postal Service shipping products.
The partnership with Office Depot is one more example of how the Postal Service is adjusting products and services to better fit the changing needs of its customers, while finding creative solutions to generate much needed revenue.
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no direct support from taxpayers. With 36,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 28th in the 2009 Fortune 500.
