Direct Marketing News--The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been granted permission by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to allow direct mailers to pay postage via credit rather than requiring prepayment,... View More

PostalOne!® Release 29 successfully deployed to production on January 8, 2012. Identified known issues, with business workarounds as applicable, are posted on RIBBS® under the Major/Minor Release... View More

Post & Parcel--The US Postal Service has been given the green light to allow its major direct mail customers new ways to pay for their mailings. The US Postal Service has been given the green light... View More

REMINDER: PostalOne!® Release 29.0 Deployment will require an extended maintenance window from 8 p.m. CST on Saturday, January 7, 2012, through 10 a.m. CST Sunday, January 8, 2012. During this maintenance... View More

San Francisco Chronicle--$1.4 billion. That's how much money the U.S. Postal Service paid FedEx to deliver mail via cargo jets in fiscal 2010. FedEx carries express, priority and first-class mail on its... View More

CTPost.com--Mr. Obama, are you ready to be the president who oversaw the dismantling of the U.S. Postal Service? Because that is what the Postmaster General Pat Donohoe and his executives are doing. Reducing... View More

MIAMI & LONDON, January 4, 2012 - The U.S. Postal Service's recent decision to eliminate next-day delivery of first-class mail could cost typical large U.S. companies up to $100 million each year by... View More

REMINDER: PostalOne!® Release 29.0 Deployment will require an extended maintenance window from 8 p.m. CST on Saturday, January 7, 2012, through 10 a.m. CST Sunday, January 8, 2012. During this maintenance... View More

When it comes to mailing, there are two essential types of software: presort software and post-presort software. Mailers who use presort software alone often do not realize the benefits and the tremendous... View More

PostalOne!® Release 29.0 Deployment will require an extended maintenance window from 8 p.m. CST on Saturday, January 7, 2012, through 10 a.m. CST Sunday, January 8, 2012. During this maintenance window,... View More

Courier, Express & Postal Observer--The Postal Service has put up a placeholder for the GoPost log-in page. This is what the body of the page now looks like. It looks like their marketing campaign... View More

Mailers who wish to request a refund for an overpayment of postage should contact their local Post Office®, unless the refund request is for a mailing presented under a Special Postage Payment System... View More

EUS Marketing Blog--The rapid adoption of smartphones has led to an explosion of QR codes as a convenient way to link the physical world of print to the virtual world of immediate information. A recent... View More

Postal News Blog--Late last month, the USPS told mailers it would no longer honor "In-Home Delivery Dates" on bulk mailings. According to Postcom, though, it's changed its mind: Been usin' "In-Home Date"... View More

In the month of December, four price change-related Federal Register Notices were published. All four final rules are available on the Postal Explorer® website at pe.usps.com. The effective date of... View More

WASHINGTON - Customers from two fast-growing U.S. populations - Spanish and Chinese speakers - will now be able to track packages, look up ZIP codes and learn about U.S. Postal Service products and services... View More

Windowbook--Join us for a Webinar on December 27! Discover how easy it can be to ship domestic and international packages through the U.S. Postal Service! Window Book's powerful Postal Package Partner... View More

Multichannel Merchant--Merchants always want to find ways to reduce costs. Now, with several post offices and mail processing centers set to close next year, and mailers unsure if they will bear additional... View More

A review of the performance of universal postal service providers by the Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) firm has named USPS the best postal service within the world's top 20 largest economies for access... View More

DURHAM, NC - Dec. 16, 2011 - Bell and Howell today announced that President Leslie F. Stern has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Stern, 54, replaces George Marton, who is retiring from the company... View More