Presort.com--FAIRFIELD, NJ-Dec. 14, 2010-Redi-Mail Direct Marketing, a company specializing in relationship marketing campaign management across a variety of media channels, announced the installation... View More
Dead Tree Edition--Postal rates for the majority of mail are likely to rise about 1.8% early next year because the Postal Regulatory Commission has sided mostly with the U.S. Postal Service in a dispute... View More
Presort.com--It is estimated that 5.2 million pieces of direct mail will be sent to the deceased this December, according to suppression service Millennium, causing damage to a brand's reputation. The... View More
Postal News Blog--Forbes weighs in on postal finances today with a commentary by Lisa Hershman, CEO of a "business education and research firm". Lisa's article starts out promisingly enough: As troubled... View More
WASHINGTON - Business mailers across the nation will receive a special holiday gift from the U.S. Postal Service this season with the issuance of two, new, First-Class Mail Forever stamps on coils. The... View More
Intelisent--All Reply mail must be transitioned from using POSTNET to using the Intelligent Mail barcode by May of 2011 in order to qualify for automation discounts. The USPS is offering little to help... 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
Rochester, NY - BCC Software, a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL company and a leading developer of high-performance postal and data quality technology solutions that optimize client communications, announces the... View More
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - In a move that is expected to help businesses grow - especially small businesses who currently don't use the mail because they can't afford it - and... View More
Multi-Channel Merchant--Catalogers received some good news today when the U.S. Postal Service filed for an inflation-based rate increase that would reflect less than a 1% rise in Standard Mail flats. Read... View More
Recognizing ongoing concerns about mailers' readiness for broader adoption of the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb®), the USPS® has decided that automation discounts for mail with POSTNET barcodes... View More
from Window Book Postal Concierge--The United States Postal Service® announced several new mailer incentive programs for 2011, geared toward increasing mail volume and revenue. The incentive programs... View More
Summer Sale Returns. The Federal Register final rule on the upcoming 2010 Standard Mail® Incentive Program (aka 2010 Summer Sale) was posted today on Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com. The Sale will... View More
Kansas City, Mo. - Tension Envelope Corporation celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, marking it as the oldest family-owned and operated company in the envelope industry. Founded on March 17, 1886,... View More
From the DMM Advisory--Today, we notified the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that we will change prices for our Mailing Services products, which include First-Class Mail®, Standard Mail®, Periodicals,... View More
From Patrick R. Donahoe regarding POSTNET barcode: "We heard concerns that we were moving too fast on discontinuing POSTNET coding, and we will continue to offer the automation prices for mail with POSTNET... View More
Dead Tree Edition--In announcing rate increases yesterday, the U.S. Postal Service actually managed to win praise from many mailers. It's not that the new rate structures scheduled to take effect April... View More
Direct Marketing News--The exigent surcharge's expected demise next April is, of course, a good thing for mailers. Even better, the CPI-U (urban consumer price index), which is used to set the percentage... View More
TMR Direct--Every business I know of is looking for a little competitive advantage. There are so many messages out there in the marketplace that some companies will grasp at anything that helps them stand... View More
Presort.com--In this electronic age, there are those who are asking whether the U.S. Postal Service has outlived its usefulness. The Postal Service is sinking under the weight of mounting debt - losing... View More