PRLog reports that, "According to sources present at the Postal Service's Innovation Symposium, there was apparent dissatisfaction with the postal service's overall customer service and the inability of... View More
WASHINGTON - Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes are set to celebrate six years of unprecedented success in the expedited shipping industry, making their mark in a crowded marketplace by delivering a unique... View More
WASHINGTON - Contract negotiations with the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU) and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) expired at midnight Sat., Nov. 20. While negotiations... View More
STAMFORD, Conn., November 22, 2010 - Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, Inc. (PBGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), today announced the opening of the Pitney Bowes Federal... View More
By Pat McGrew, EDP, Kodak, on outputlinks.com Last time around, the discussion revolved around what it takes to prepare for a communication strategy that involves both print and pixel components, such... View More
Courier, Express and Postal Observer--Last week the Postal Regulatory Commission announced on its website that it has funded six studies examining the social value of mail. The Commission's studies provide... View More
WASHINGTON - Embracing electronic technology to promote the use of direct mail, the U.S. Postal Service recently revamped the companion website to Deliver, its magazine for marketers. The new "how-to"... View More
Postcom.org notes that in a contribution to AmericaPost, Lyle Ryter, a long-time veteran of Capitol Hill and student of things postal, offered the following: "At the inception of every new Congress, public... View More
Dead Tree Edition--Because the Postal Service is seeking a ruling on how to calculate its rate cap, mailers will probably have to wait a few weeks before learning what rate increases are in store for next... View More
Larson & Associates Marketing Blog--A saturation mailing can be a valuable tool when you are looking to reach a broad based audience in a local area. "Carrier route saturation" is a class of Standard... View More
Dead Tree Edition--I need to clarify my statement from yesterday (See USPS's Action Delays Announcement of New Postal Rates) about how quickly the U.S. Postal Service can implement rate increases that... View More
Dennis J. Toner was welcomed to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, meeting in open session, in Washington today. He was appointed a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service by President Barack Obama... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service today reported its 2010 financial results, showing a net loss of $8.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30. Excluding charges to income primarily resulting from... View More
Postal Affairs Blog--Industry sources are reporting difficulties with USPS Performance Based Verification, specifically MERLIN profiles. This seems to be a ripple effect from the PostalOne! Release 25... View More
The Associated Press has reported that "Sticking stamps on all those holiday or birthday cards could become a thing of the past. The Postal Service wants to test the idea of letting greeting card companies... View More
Presort.com--Charities need to consider the cost of not cleaning their data following a campaign as it is often greater than that incurred by doing so, according to Macmillan Cancer Support's head of supporter... View More
Postcom.org posted the following DMM Advisory Update: Upcoming DMM Change: Attachments on Letter-size Mail. An upcoming change in the December 6 update of the Domestic Mail Manual will allow attachments... View More
Ruth Goldway, chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, speaks with Direct Marketing News' news editor Frank Washkuch about how the US Postal Service can improve its financial situation as well as... View More
EUS Marketing Blog--The U.S. Postal Service has developed two options for the use of the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMB): full-service and basic. The basic option is very similar to the current POSTNET... View More