Post&Parcel--Congressional watchdogs have said dropping Saturday deliveries would save the US Postal Service a "significant" amount - but just how much was "uncertain". Without going as far as recommending... View More
The Direct Marketing Voice--Static QR Code: A square, two-dimensional barcode that, when scanned with a smart phone's reader app, directs people to a mobile-friendly website, launches a video, or serves... View More
WASHINGTON - Ronald A. Stroman will bring more than 30 years of professional experience in government, legislative affairs and leadership when he joins the U.S. Postal Service as Deputy Postmaster General... View More
Overland Park, Kansas -- March 28, 2011 -- W+D North America (W+D) and Kocher+Beck USA (K+B) today announced they have reached a long-term distribution, manufacturing and technology agreement. Under the... View More
Presort.com--WASHINGTON, DC-March 24, 2011-The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued its Advisory Opinion in Docket N2010-1 on a U.S. Postal Service plan to end Saturday mail delivery, collection and... View More
Bloomberg--The U.S. Postal Service would save $1.7 billion a year, not the $3.1 billion it projects, by cutting Saturday mail delivery, its regulator estimated. The Postal Regulatory Commission, which... View More
The Postal Service will conduct the first of a number of webinars planned to provide information and explain the benefits of "Every Door Direct Mail" - a new program designed to make Direct Mail easier... View More
The Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST®) and PostalOne!® Full Service Data Distribution systems will be upgrading to the latest IDEAlliance® Mail.XML® version 10.0 in June 2011.... View More
Courier, Express & Postal Observer--The quotes from Congressmen Darrell Issa and Dennis Ross that have been quoted in the press have all come from a press release of the House Oversight and Government... View More
Postal News Blog--The Postal Regulatory Commission has issued its long awaited advisory opinion on the US Postal Service's proposal to do away with Saturday delivery. The opinion doesn't make a yes or... View More
WASHINGTON - Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe today announced a newly redesigned Postal Service, one that is better positioned for growth, reflects further alignment within the organization to achieve... View More
Collaborating with the mailing industry, we implemented a Lean Six Sigma test study in April 2009 with the goal of finding a balance between design innovation and machinability of folded self-mailers (FSM).... View More
Post&Parcel--Pitney Bowes has linked up with financial services company TSYS to offer a new way for transactional mailers to sell advertising space on customer statements. The companies have partnered... View More
Presort.com--It's not the most exciting medium, perhaps, but I still believe it's the best way to generate new customers," is what Alan Rosenspan, president of Alan Rosenspan Associates, had to say about... View More
IMb Services Update - Server Upgrade Reminder. PostalOne!® Full-Service and Mail Quality reports will be unavailable to mailers from 5 p.m. CDT Thursday, March 24, 2011, through 6 a.m. CDT Monday,... View More
Marketing Daily: Spending more marketing dollars per vehicle than ever and facing an ever-more quickly metamorphosing media scenario, automakers need to be more cognizant than ever about what channels... View More
DMM Advisory: April 17 Mailing Services Price Change Update - Plant-Verified Drop Shipment . As a reminder, Mailing Services prices will change on April 17, 2011. Relative to that change, plant-verified... View More
Post&Parcel--The US Postal Service is to offer "Forever" postage to be used with its Priority Mail Flat Rate packaging from April 17. It said last week the move would allow it to offer bundles of pre-paid... View More
Postcom.org--PostalOne! Release 26.0.1.4 will be deployed to the production environment on Sunday, March 20, 2011, during the scheduled maintenance window from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. CDT and to the Test Environment... View More
Bloomberg--The U.S. Postal Service, which says it may run out of cash, needs chief executive officers of companies like Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) to convince Congress... View More