By David King, CEO, Fulcrum, DMNews.com, as posted on Presort.com--Relational databases - matching data by using common characteristics to better understand them - won the hearts and budgets of marketing... View More
Information Week has reported that "The U.S. Postal Service's Intelligent Mail service represents a new era for the 230-year-old mail system, which still delivers letters and packages by mule in rural... View More
The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that it is changing its policy that effectively banned cigarettes from being mailed to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The policy, which took effect at the end... View More
CNN Money has reported that "Stamps.com, the leading provider of USPS postage online and shipping software to approximately 400,000 customers, today announced that it will offer its Professional Shipper... View More
Fedex has said that it expects "continued softness in demand for our services in 2010, as shipping volumes are expected to remain relatively flat as the global recession persists, particularly in the first... View More
So while I won't hit you with chart after chart and stat after stat as to why Direct Mail is very much alive and kicking, I will share with you two recent articles I read that speak directly and fly squarely... View More
A special edition of the Postal Service's Business Mail Acceptance Newsletter concerning the procedures and standards for flats deflection testing has been posted on this site. From postcom.org
For one day, Monday, AUGUST 23rd, the Los Angeles NDC will be CLOSED. Please advise drop shippers of the following: - Closure is due to major facility work that will suspend ALL electrical power between... View More
The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is freezing hiring and promotions for all administrative positions at post offices, field offices and its Washington headquarters until further notice as it tries... View More
OnMilwaukee.com--If you don't open that blue envelope, Valpak is hoping to hit you online or through your mobile device. While direct mail isn't a new concept -- Valpak began in 1968 -- the company has... View More
Dead Tree Edition has told its readers that "Thanks to its own witnesses, the Postal Service has blown its chances for getting exigent rate increases approved, a postal expert wrote this week." Read more!
The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be implementing new standards for flats deflection. The USPS has announced that these new standards will be deferred once again, this time to June 7, 2010.... View More
The Courier, Express, and Postal Observer wants to know: "By cutting hours, is the Postal Service trying to discourage retail business? Customers have to really want to use the Postal Service given the... View More
Postal News Blog--Embracing electronic technology to promote the use of direct mail, the Postal Service has revamped the companion website to Deliver magazine, its publication for marketers. The new "how-to"... View More
Saturation mail offers mailers a low-cost alternative to targeting advertising messages geographically in local markets. To help mailers grow their business by providing an affordable mailing option and... View More
Presort.com--PostalOne!® Release 24.1.3 (September 19, 2010): PostalOne! Release 24.1.3 will bedeployed to production on September 19 during the scheduled maintenance window of 4:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.... View More
As the Washington Post observes, "Having slashed costs in almost every way Congress will allow, the Postal Service now seeks concessions from its employees in labor negotiations that began last Wednesday.... View More
In light of the introduction last week of Congressman José E. Serrano's new legislation - H.R. 4399, The American Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Act or "e-Drive" - MST and Parcel wanted to ask an... View More
