PRC holds hearing on universal service

Ellen Keohane July 08, 2008

The Postal Regulatory Commission is holding a public hearing on the universal postal service obligation on July 10 from 10am-12pm at its hearing room in Washington, DC.
 

USPS reorganizes to support IMB implementation

Ellen Keohane July 01, 2008

The US Postal Service announced some major organizational changes on July 1 designed to make the agency more competitive and responsive to its customers' needs. "The goal is to make us more nimble, make us more focused and to manage our products more aggressively," said Postmaster General Potter during a conference call with reporters this morning.
 

Postmaster Potter to catalogers: "You got hammered"

Ellen Keohane June 30, 2008

The catalog industry has faced a number of challenges in the past couple of years, admitted Postmaster General John Potter at an American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) forum in Washington, D.C. on June 27.
 

Learn how prospects read mail

Dean Rieck, copywriter, Direct Creative June 30, 2008

I'm forever amazed at how out of touch some marketing people are with the way real people interact with ad messages. Take direct mail, for example. To hear some marketing gurus talk, you'd think people camped out beside their mailbox waiting for the mail truck to pull up.
 

Postmaster Potter to catalogers: "You got hammered"

Ellen Keohane June 30, 2008

The catalog industry has faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years, admitted Postmaster General John Potter at an American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) forum in Washington D.C. on June 27. "Quite frankly, you got hammered," Potter said in reference to last year's rate increase.
 

Catalogers debate the value of mail preference services at ACMA forum

Ellen Keohane June 27, 2008

Cataloger Crate & Barrel's John Seebeck, direct marketing business director, said industry self-regulation is the best approach to the potential threat of do-not-mail legislation during the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) forum in Washington, DC on June 26.
 

PRC seeks comment on updated USPS service performance measurement plan

Ellen Keohane June 25, 2008

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) is seeking public comment on the most recent draft of the US Postal Service's proposed service performance measurement plan. The plan was published in the Federal Register today.
 

IWCO Direct consolidation expected to increase production

Chantal Todé June 25, 2008

IWCO Direct, a provider of direct mail production services, is closing its Melville, NY, facility and relocating all equipment assets to its North Carolina and Minnesota facilities, ostensibly to produce greater postage savings through increased scale at these facilities.
 

USPS submits network plan to Congress

Ellen Keohane June 23, 2008

The US Postal Service submitted its network plan, which outlines the agency's initiatives to produce better and more efficient operations and customer service, with Congress last week.
 

Floods slow delivery, service

Ellen Keohane June 23, 2008

With severe flooding resulting in evacuations throughout the Midwest, marketers and mail delivery services have taken steps to respond and adapt to the changing conditions.
 
 
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