BUY IT. STAMP IT. MAIL IT.
GREETING CARDS ON SALE AT MORE LOCATIONS FOR GRADS AND DADS
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| One of the 1,500 Post Offices participating in the greeting card program. |
With thousands of students graduating from schools and colleges across the country, and with Father’s Day approaching next month, customers are looking for a convenient way to purchase and send a special greeting card.
How’s this for shopping convenience? Buy a graduation or Father’s Day card at one of the Postal Service’s retail locations that offers greeting cards, stamp it, mail it and you’re done.
USPS had been offering greeting cards in select areas to determine if customer interest warrants expanding the program nationwide.
Already, the program’s success has prompted USPS to expand its test to another 1,000 retail locations, in addition to the 500 offices that initially offered greeting cards.
“Sending greeting cards is as American as apple pie,” said Tim Healy, vice president, Retail Products and Services. “And customer response has been very positive. We have cards for almost any occasion or celebration, and now they’re even more widely available.”
More than half of the 7 billion greeting cards sold in the United States each year are sent through the mail. “Greeting cards and the mail are directly connected,” said Healy. “There’s no better place to sell them than at our Post Offices.”
Greeting cards also are the most popular gift for Father’s Day. According to greeting card company Hallmark, an estimated 110 million cards are purchased annually to honor dads.
