Save the Post Office--The Network Rationalization plan to consolidate some 260 mail processing plants may be running into problems. Not all the plants were approved for consolidation, so this week the... View More
Shipping services are growing. Chief Marketing/Sales Officer Paul Vogel says this growth is helping to bring more revenue to the Postal Service. "Through March, USPS shipping services revenue is up 20... View More
Please join the Association for Postal Commerce for a free webinar on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 2:30 Eastern as Shahrom Kiani, General Manager AddressVision Inc. explains the requirements and constraints... View More
Today marks the first day of registration for the 2012 Mobile Commerce and Personalization Promotion at http://gateway.usps.com. The promotional pricing program will be available to mailers from July 1... View More
Post&Parcel--Canada Post has recorded its first loss after 16 consecutive years of profitability, with declining mail volumes and last summer's strike action contributing to a $327m loss before tax... View More
Time--The latest proposal to save the financially strapped United States Postal Service would allow it to ship beer and wine, overturning a Temperance-era law that has been on the books for more than a... View More
On Friday, April 30, the Federal Register published our Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) final rule that will add standards allowing customers to include business-related color images, such as corporate... View More
Durham, N.C., April 30, 2012 - Bell and Howell, a leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and digital messaging, today announced it has received an honorable mention award for Technology... View More
Window Book--As we mentioned in an earlier E-tip, the United States Postal Service® (USPS®) plans to retire the POSTNET barcode in January 2013 and require the use of the Intelligent Mail barcode... View More
April 25, 2012, (Essex, CT) - PostalVision 2020, the provocative conference that challenges policy makers and technology experts to reexamine the role of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in today's... View More
SFGate--April 26 (Bloomberg) -- United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest package-delivery company, fell the most in four months after first-quarter profit trailed analysts' estimates amid slowing... View More
PostalOne! ® Major Upgrade Outage - The major database technology upgrade will be completed during an extended maintenance window from 6 p.m. CDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012, through 6 p.m. CDT on... View More
Post&Parcel--Postal reform legislation passed by the Senate yesterday falls short of what is needed to restore long-term viability at the US Postal Service, its governors and CEO have said. The Postal... View More
April 26, 2012, Toronto, ON - Crawford Technologies has published a controversial new white paper that challenges what some of their competitors are claiming. Several companies have issued misleading documents/articles... View More
The following statements are in response to today's vote by the U.S. Senate to approve S 1789, the 21st Century Postal Reform Act. Statement of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service... View More
Washington Post--The final bill (S. 1789) is expected to pass the Senate but faces an uncertain future. The House has yet to begin consideration of a different version of a postal bill, which seeks to... View More
April 24 , 2012, Toronto, ON - Crawford Technologies has been listed for the first time as one of Canada's top Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies by Branham300, a comprehensive listing... View More
Post&Parcel--The US Court of Appeals has ruled that regulators do have the power to require the US Postal Service to increase rates for its Standard Mail Flats service to cover its costs. But, the... View More
ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Postal Service's new self-service parcel locker, dubbed gopost, was unveiled today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony witnessed by hundreds of shoppers and retailers at the Ballston... View More
WASHINGTON li> On May 12, local communities across America will be asked to join the U.S. Postal Service and its letter carriers to combat one of this nation's growing problems - hunger. About 50 million... View More