Postalnews Blog: Washington, DC - The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued Order No. 536 in Docket RM2009-3 finding that First-Class Single-Piece and Presort mail have a worksharing relationship and... View More
The postal service developed a new product. It is called "Critical Mail". It is less than the cost of Priority Mail but has all the attributes, such as Full Delivery Confirmation Tracking and 2-3... View More
With the addition of 471 new ZIP codes - a 2-year project that ended this month - the free Carrier Pickup service offered by USPS is now available at 99.97 percent of all mail delivery addresses in the... View More
The Mailers' Technical Advisory Committee reminds us that beginning May 2011, to be eligible for automation discounts on your letter-size and flat-size mailpieces, you will need to start using the Intelligent... View More
Chanhassen, Minn. (Sept. 14, 2010) - IWCO Direct, a leading national provider of direct marketing solutions, has completed the move of Mail-Gard's second critical communications recovery center to its... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service, faced with the most dramatic mail volume drop in its history, today began contract negotiations with the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA). The current... View More
Media Daily News has reported that: The amount of money spent by U.S. marketers to gather online data describing digital audience characteristics, transactions and "clickstream" behaviors will more than... View More
At the Postal Regulatory Commission: The Postal Regulatory Commission has granted the Petition of the United States Postal Service Requesting Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed Changes in... View More
Postal News Blog--The U.S. Postal Service may have delivered 25 billion less pieces of mail this year than the year before, but that doesn't bother Envelopes.com one bit. At a time when emailing, text... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service's sustainability goals and plans were posted by the White House today on its new website, whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq. The website presents federal government... View More
From the Postal News Blog: The Commission will meet in CLOSED session at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2010 to consider Deliberations and Decision in Docket R2010-4, Rate Adjustment due to Extraordinary... View More
The more things change on Target Marketing's Top 50 Mailers list, the more they stay the same. As I write this, mail volume continues to plummet; the U.S. Postal Service reported a drop just shy of another... View More
By Monica Lundquist of Windowbook, posted on Presort.com--Traditionally, presort software focuses on sorting the mail, according to very specific sortation rules dictated by the USPS, after address verification... View More
OnMilwaukee.com--If you don't open that blue envelope, Valpak is hoping to hit you online or through your mobile device. While direct mail isn't a new concept -- Valpak began in 1968 -- the company has... View More
Dead Tree Edition has told its readers that "Thanks to its own witnesses, the Postal Service has blown its chances for getting exigent rate increases approved, a postal expert wrote this week." Read more!
As the Washington Post observes, "Having slashed costs in almost every way Congress will allow, the Postal Service now seeks concessions from its employees in labor negotiations that began last Wednesday.... View More
The Courier, Express, and Postal Observer wants to know: "By cutting hours, is the Postal Service trying to discourage retail business? Customers have to really want to use the Postal Service given the... View More
Postal News Blog--The National Association of Letter Carriers, in comments filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission, agrees with the Mailhandlers Union in suggesting that Maine Senator Susan Collins... View More
Presort.com--An analysis by Experian finds that direct mail is most welcomed by those aged over 65. However, the second most likely group to engage with mail are 15-24 year-olds, more than those aged 45-65.... View More