Although eliminating Saturday delivery has been heavily debated, reducing delivery to 5 days a week may not be enough. There has been some discussion of whether the viable model for the U.S. Postal Service... View More
Direct Marketing News has a story on "Valpak, the deliverer of the Blue Envelope of coupons to millions of households each month, will reveal a daily deals e-mail newsletter and website in November. Kim... View More
Presort.com--Rochester, NY - BCC Software, a leading developer of postal and data quality technology solutions that optimize client communications, will be partnering with its parent company, BÖWE... View More
Presort.com--PostalOne!® Release 24.1.3 (September 19, 2010): PostalOne! Release 24.1.3 will bedeployed to production on September 19 during the scheduled maintenance window of 4:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.... View More
QuickPrinting.com--Contrary to conventional wisdom among customers and even some printers that direct mail is "junk" mail, or "old" technology, or incompatible with environmental stewardship, print and... View More
So while I won't hit you with chart after chart and stat after stat as to why Direct Mail is very much alive and kicking, I will share with you two recent articles I read that speak directly and fly squarely... View More
The Courier, Express and Postal Observer reports, FedEx's earnings announcement and conference provided some insights into the parcel market and the increasing integration of the Postal Services delivery... View More
From CityMail's Blog--10. Vertical rules on the address side of postcards that crimp address space. (Talk about a good way to ensure your piece won't be delivered!) 9. Use of incorrect wording on the mailing... View More
By Christopher Hosford at BtoBOnline.com, as posted on Presort.com--Much of the attention on the U.S. Postal Service these days looks at its money-losing ways, as both consumers and businesses increasingly... View More
A special edition of the Postal Service's Business Mail Acceptance Newsletter concerning the procedures and standards for flats deflection testing has been posted on this site. From postcom.org
Information Week has reported that "The U.S. Postal Service's Intelligent Mail service represents a new era for the 230-year-old mail system, which still delivers letters and packages by mule in rural... View More
PORTLAND, OR - In his annual state of the business address to the mailing industry, Postmaster General John E. Potter today stressed that long-term sustainability for the Postal Service will be achieved... View More
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