Bryan Yurcan

The US Postal Service will delay implementation of the Standard Mail Move Update noncompliance charge from May 11 to January 4, 2010, in a notice filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission.

InfoGroup Inc. today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its subsidiary Macro International Inc. to ICF International. The company acquired Macro International when it purchased research firm Opinion Research Corporation in December 2006.

The recently redesigned comparison shop­ping engine, Shop.com, not only includes social networking tools, a price-drop alert, and a new entertainment-focused category, but also has set its demographic sites on tar­geting "busy women." "When our CEO Ken Goldstein and I started with Shop.com, we both realized that female demographic was being underserved, especially by shopping comparison sites," said Mondy Beller, its SVP of marketing.

As many industries are evolv­ing to face a new digital age and differing ways people consume information, many so-called list companies also are doing more than simply offering list broker­age services − a move some in the industry say is required for their continued survival. Last week, Worldata, a Boca Raton, FL-based list management company, launched a new corpo­rate division, Worldata Research, as well as a companion Web site, ListPriceIndex.com, which will be the Web presence for the research division.

The market for children's clothing is still holding steady, but it carries its own challenges: competition and changing customers.

With a $2.8 billion loss last year, decreasing mail volume, and a suggestion by Postmaster Gen­eral John Potter that the agency may run out of money this year, the venerable US Postal Service is facing uncertain times.

Internet retailer Amazon.com is closing order-fulfillment centers in three states. The centers are in Munster, IN; Chambersburg, PA; and Red Rock, NV, and would affect 210 employees, according to Patty Smith, Amazon's director of corporate communications.

Media and marketing services company Valassis Inc. and Fraser Papers have settled all legal disputes between the two companies on undisclosed terms. Fraser Papers filed a lawsuit against Valassis in the United States District Court, District of Maine, on December 8, alleging breach of contract for failure to pay for the purchase of specialty paper. Valassis filed an answer and counterclaim in January against Fraser Papers for breach of contract related to alleged defective paper purchased in 2005.

Direct and interactive marketing company Worldata launched a new corporate division, Worldata Research, this week. The company also launched a companion Web site, ListPriceIndex.com, which will be the Web presence for the research division. Worldata Research will provide free industry research, as well as custom research services for key clientele, according to Worldata president Jay Schwedelson.