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Reading, Pa., independent shippers kick it into high gear for holidays.

Publication: Reading Eagle (Reading, PA)

Publication Date: 29-NOV-04
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COPYRIGHT 2004 Reading Eagle

Byline: Tony Lucia

Nov. 29--Like athletes preparing for a marathon, shipping centers are getting ready for the year-end onslaught of holiday packages and looking forward to getting past the home stretch.

Beverly Kimber, owner of Mail N Ship 4 U, Wyomissing, said that on a typical day between Thanksgiving and Christmas, she will ship 200 parcels, and up to 500 on the busiest days.

"Every year I say it's not going to be as much but every year it grows and grows," Kimber said.

That was true even in 2001, following the Sept. 11 attacks, said Brandon P. Gale, president of Associated Mail and Parcel Centers, a Napa,...

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