UPS Announces Significant Partnership Expansion with USPS

"Q3 marked an important milestone for the company as we substantially completed the platform consolidation and the restructuring announced earlier this year in February," said Christopher North, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Now, Shutterfly, TinyPrints, and our Weddings business - representing the overwhelming majority of our Consumer customers - are on a single technical platform. Combined with our streamlined cost structure and sharpened focus, we're in a strong position to execute against our growth plan going forward." "Our Shutterfly brand and Shutterfly Business Solutions performed well in Q3. We continue to make good progress against our areas of strategic focus while maintaining strong cost control, and also closed a $500 million credit facility. And we're ready for the fourth quarter with a beautiful selection of holiday products for both Shutterfly and TinyPrints customers, and having significantly improved customer experiences both on the web and in our mobile app." Net revenues totaled $195.4 million, a 4% year-over-year increase. Consumer net revenues totaled $135.4 million, a 6% year-over-year decrease as anticipated, as we migrated TinyPrints customers to the Shutterfly Platform, and shut down Wedding Paper Divas in the quarter and MyPublisher earlier in the year. Shutterfly Business Solutions net revenues totaled $60.0 million, a 39% year-over-year increase. GAAP Operating loss totaled $35.8 million and Net loss was $25.6 million or $0.78 per share. Click Read More below for additional information.

Fourth Quarter 2023 Results: Net sales decreased 1.1% year-over-year, to $5.7 billion. The fourth quarter included net sales of approximately $164 million from the 14th week. Comparable sales, which compare the 13-week period ending January 27, 2024 versus the 13-week period ended January 28, 2023, decreased 4.3%. Operating income was $299 million compared to $302 million loss in the prior year. As a percentage of total revenue, operating income was 5.0%, an increase of 1,005 basis points year-over-year. Net income was $186 million, or $1.67 per diluted share. This compares to net loss of $273 million, or ($2.49) per diluted share in the prior year.

Bookstore sales posted another huge gain in September, with sales jumping 42.1%, to $881 million, over 2020, during which September sales were $620 million, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. While sales growth has slowed since spring, monthly increases remain substantially over those of the 2020 slump, when many bookstores were shut to in-store shopping for much of the year. For the entire retail segment, sales were up 14.7% in September. Sales are up 20.2% in the year to date.