Dead Tree Edition--The U.S. Postal Service will not seek an "exigent" (higher-than-inflation) rate increase this year, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe told the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee today.... View More

InsideARM: Recently the United States Postal Service announced it will be seeking permission to increase postage by an average of 4% on most classes of mail in January 2012. This announcement comes less... View More

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service was recognized recently by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) with a 2010 Silver Award for outstanding international express mail service. The Postal Service was rated... View More

Today the Federal Register published our proposed rule on creating folded self-mailers (FSM) and other unenveloped mailpieces such as forms, statements, and official notices that will improve processing... View More

Mobile Marketing Watch: According to the latest research from comScore, Inc., in June 2011, 14 million mobile users in the U.S. (6.2 percent of the total mobile audience) scanned a QR or bar code on their... View More

While the Postal Service remains the cornerstone of a $1 trillion industry and will continue to be vital to the U.S. economy, the Postal Service will be insolvent next month due to significant declines... View More

August 11, 2011, Cambridge, MA - Window Book, Inc. will be showcasing how companies can be more profitable by mailing with its Smart Postal Solutions at GRAPH EXPO, September 11-14, 2011 in Chicago, IL.... View More

STAMFORD, Conn., Aug 10, 2011 -- Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes Inc., today introduced PB Discovery, a new online portal that will bring offsite eDiscovery... View More

STAMFORD, Conn., August 09, 2011 - Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced it is starting a new marketing campaign to promote its expansion into customer communications management (CCM). CCM encompasses... View More

Courier, Express & Postal Observer--On August 2, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued a Request for Proposal to produce a "Report on Peak Load Costs." Peak load costs are traditionally thought of... View More

Highlighting the W+D North America exhibit at Graph Expo '11 will be the North American introduction of W+D's new ConceptD, high speed inkjet envelope overprint press, and high performance, servo-driven... View More

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service ended its third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2011 (April 1-June 30) with a net loss of $3.1 billion, compared to a net loss of $3.5 billion for the same period in FY... View More

Postal News Blog--From C-SPAN's Washington Journal: Mark Acton talked about how the postal service decides which offices to close, when the closures are expected, how much the postal service is losing... View More

The Postal Service recently filed for a change to Reply Rides Free with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to let customers mail their qualifying pieces weighing up to 2 oz at the 1 oz price. If approved... View More

My Print Resource--A variety of factors--among them the need to offer customers one-stop shopping convenience and the U.S. Postal Service's efforts to get more Americans to use the mailstream--are pushing... View More

The Mailers Technical Advisory Committee has formed a new workgroup on "Enhanced Parcel Return Processes." Its first goal is to make return processing more efficient, reduce unnecessary handling and thereby... View More

Post&Parcel--Manilla, the digital mail service launched by publishing giant Hearst Corporation in June, now offers its users access to more than 1,100 service providers. The service at Manilla.com... View More

Rochester, NY, August 2, 2011 - Bell and Howell, LLC, provider of BCC postal and data quality solutions that optimize client communications, announces the release of the Accurant AIX 64 platform. It joins... View More

Encore Direct Marketing--Step 1. Know Your target Audience/Prospect Profiling the characteristics of your buyers is the first step to building a well-defined prospect list. Step 2. Determine Your Offer/Message... View More

Postal Explorer® (pe.usps.com) is your source for up-to-date mailing standards. The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) is fully searchable on Postal Explorer and features fly-out menus, cross-reference... View More