A Postal Boondoggle
Talk about poor management -- from
The Washington Post:
Postal Service to launch new clothing line in 2014
First the end of Saturday mail, now a new clothing line. The U.S. Postal Service is taking unprecedented steps to make itself relevant and profitable these days.
The cash-strapped agency announced plans on Tuesday to launch a new line of all-weather apparel and accessories sometime next year.
Move over, upscale North Face. Or should it be the grittier Carhartt brand that worries?
The Postal Service chose �Rain Heat & Snow� as its own brand name, alluding to its unofficial motto: �Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.�
The article mentions that:
The Postal Service introduced a limited retail line in the 1980s that included items such as T-shirts, mugs and neckties, all sold exclusively in post offices. Betts said the agency discontinued those products after lobbyists complained to Congress that the organization was directly competing with private businesses and that it was not established to sell merchandise.
Time to get some new management in there. They exist due to a Constitutional clause (
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7) so it's not as though we could sell it off to Fed-Ex or something...
Posted by DaveH at February 20, 2013 9:53 AM