{"id":9543,"date":"2014-12-23T08:45:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T13:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=9543"},"modified":"2014-12-23T08:45:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T13:45:33","slug":"video-christmas-holidays-means-big-business-for-usps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/12\/23\/video-christmas-holidays-means-big-business-for-usps\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Christmas holidays means big business for USPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"dateline\"><strong>(NBC)\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; 12.22.14 &#8211;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The U.S. Postal<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"itxthook1p\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\"><span id=\"itxthook1w\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\">Service<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>has been busy the past couple of weeks year thanks to a surge in online shopping.<\/p>\n<p>An aggressive<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"itxthook2p\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\"><span id=\"itxthook2w\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\">campaign<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>to take on its private sector rivals.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service is on track for another record <span id=\"itxthook3p\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\"><span id=\"itxthook3w\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\">holiday <\/span><\/span>season with package volumes already exceeding forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just a lot. 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