Amazon Reportedly Inks Deal To Ship Over 1B Packages With USPS, Dragging Down UPS, FDX Stocks

Reuters reported, citing sources, that Amazon retained around 80% of its existing deliveries with USPS under the deal, overturning its plan to replace the Postal Service with its own nationwide delivery service.
Amazon logo displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland.
Amazon logo displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland.(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Anan Ashraf·Stocktwits
Published Apr 06, 2026   |   3:51 PM EDT
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Retail giant Amazon.com (AMZN) has reportedly inked a deal with the U.S. Postal Service under which the latter will ship more than one billion of its packages per year.

Reuters reported, citing sources, that Amazon retained around 80% of its existing deliveries with USPS under the deal, overturning its plan to replace the Postal Service with its own nationwide delivery service.

While shares of AMZN edged up 1% at the time of writing, shares of United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) and FedEx (FDX) moved lower.

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