Postal Affairs Blog--This post has been recreated in its entirety from the Mailing and Fulfillment Service Association's top-notch publication, PostalPoints. It was written by industry expert and MFSA... View More
Courier, Express & Postal Observer--In the FY11 third quarter, the Postal Service reported growth in nearly all parcel and express products that equalled or exceeded industry growth rates. The growth... View More
The Federal Register published two of our notices on the proposed Mailing Services price change. On October 18, we filed notices of a Market Dominant Price Adjustment for both domestic and international... View More
WASHINGTON - The Postal Service will release its FY 2011 financial results on Nov. 15 during an open session meeting of the Board of Governors. Following the meeting, Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett... View More
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Paul Steven Miller, Nominee for Governor, Board of Governors of the United States Postal... View More
Syracuse, New York, October 24, 2011 - IMS Inc. (Immediate Mailing Services, Inc.) announced today that it has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) for the Volly secure... 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
Overland Park, Kansas, USA, October 24, 2011 - Two of W+D North America's most innovative products received special awards granted by an international panel of experts during the recent Graph Expo '11... View More
Folio: It appears the United States Postal Service has had a change of heart. After issuing a request to the Postal Regulatory Commission in July to raise postal rates in January 2012 over 4 percent (considered... View More
Today the Federal Register published our final rule, introducing a new competitive product called First-Class Package Service, which replaces and removes First-Class Mail® commercial base and commercial... View More
DM News has reported that "Direct marketers and catalogers are preparing to face paper cost increases this fall, while also planning for a possible significant postal rate increase in January. Marketers... View More
The Mailers Technical Advisory Committee has formed a new work group focusing on "Physical Location Defaults and Redirections Review." Currently maintaining and determining the correct drop ship location... View More
The mail industry in the United States now appears to be "too fragile" for the US Postal Service to raise its postal rates by above-inflation amounts, US Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said on Wednesday.... View More
USPS MTAC co-chair Stephen Kearney declares, "The 2010 Census mailings begin in a few weeks - a historic volume of approximately 447 million mailpieces will be entered into the system. We want to assure... View More
Postal News Blog--Twitterer @nonprofitpostal has been providing updates from today's MTAC meeting. A few minutes ago he tweeted the answer to the question of whether the USPS would have to shut down next... View More
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
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