AMAZON ANNOUNCES A DEAL WITH US POST OFFICE


It may seem like we have a fascination with Amazon and more specifically their distribution model as it relates to industrial real estate nationwide… This is our third post this year about the massive online retailer. The fact is, Amazon is impacting commercial real estate in a big way right now.

I ended my August 28th blog post with “And who knows, maybe the US Postal Service would make an interesting acquisition for the logistics giant.” Well Amazon hasn’t acquired the US Post office, but they have cut a deal! Just when you thought you would be seeing less of the US Post Office at your door on the weekends, Amazon cut a deal to have them visit your home on Sundays.

Read the article for yourself here: http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/11/news/companies/amazon-seven-day-delivery/index.html?iid=HP_LN

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