Dead Tree Edition--The U.S. Postal Service and Discover Financial Services have reached a deal giving Discover incentives to increase its mail volume during the next three years. The arrangement could... View More
Global Address Data Association--After many years as a database administrator, a direct marketer, a publisher and consultant, I have developed an expertise in international addressing. Most of my customers... View More
Presort.com--from Grayhair Software--In this bulletin, we are highlighting two key items from last week: the swearing in of the Postmaster General and the recent USPS® price change. The new Postmaster... View More
Scott Gerschwer, OutputLinks--The high volume transaction output industry (HVTO) needs a healthy postal system in order to maximize the value of its communications. Studies indicate that a healthy mail... View More
Enhanced Online News--Imagitas Inc. and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have completed a 10-year renewal of their successful MoverSource Alliance, a partnership built around a set of products that... View More
The following is a perspective by postal commentator Gene Del Polito. The views expressed are solely the author's. It's getting tiresome. For the past two years, people within what is euphemistically called... View More
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Jan. 19, 2011 - DYMO Endicia®, a leading postage technology solution provider enabling more than $6B in shipping and mailing postage, was named a Finalist today by the 5th annual... View More
Pushing the Envelope--Coopetition, is a buzzword cropping up in many business publications these days. Basically, it means that competing firms look for ways to cooperate with each other, rather than compete... View More
According to DM News, "Recent data suggests consumers will be viewing both the physical and online worlds through their mobile devices as the norm, not the exception. Technology like 2D codes can be used... View More
From Patrick R. Donahoe regarding POSTNET barcode: "We heard concerns that we were moving too fast on discontinuing POSTNET coding, and we will continue to offer the automation prices for mail with POSTNET... View More
Multi-Channel Merchant--Catalogers received some good news today when the U.S. Postal Service filed for an inflation-based rate increase that would reflect less than a 1% rise in Standard Mail flats. Read... View More
Dead Tree Edition--In announcing rate increases yesterday, the U.S. Postal Service actually managed to win praise from many mailers. It's not that the new rate structures scheduled to take effect April... View More
Karen Cornelius was installed as the first female president of Mail Systems Management Association (MSMA) effective January 1, 2011 after beginning as a Regional Director in 2000. She is employed as the... View More
Recognizing ongoing concerns about mailers' readiness for broader adoption of the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb®), the USPS® has decided that automation discounts for mail with POSTNET barcodes... View More
From the DMM Advisory--Today, we notified the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that we will change prices for our Mailing Services products, which include First-Class Mail®, Standard Mail®, Periodicals,... View More
Presort.com--Marketing mailing lists can be an efficient way to increase a company's revenue. The mailing list is the most important ingredient in creating a successful campaign. Small and large businesses... View More
Post&Parcel--Postal regulators in the United States held their first public forum yesterday on potential reforms to the country's postal legislation as enacted in 2006. An informal hearing by the Postal... View More
Post&Parcel--Pitney Bowes has appointed Ian Davidson as president of Global Mailing Solutions (GMS). Davidson will now oversee the development, growth and profitability of the division throughout Europe.... View More
Intelisent--All Reply mail must be transitioned from using POSTNET to using the Intelligent Mail barcode by May of 2011 in order to qualify for automation discounts. The USPS is offering little to help... View More
Postal News Blog--Although the union is "increasingly frustrated" at the slow pace of contract negotiations, bargaining is continuing, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced. After briefing the Rank... View More