Presort.com--There is a financial truism that every American family knows instinctively and every economist knows by rote: When goods are priced too high or services lose value, people cut back on spending.... View More

Postal Employee Network--As national deployment of flats sequencing system (FSS) equipment continues, DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe emphasizes that communication is key to successful implementation. This means... View More

The Washington Post--If a key Senate Democrat has his way, the U.S. Postal Service could soon end Saturday mail deliveries, close thousands of post offices and open new ones in grocery stores. The agency... View More

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