FIRST CLASS MISTAKE: PRC Finds 2020 Rates Too High
WASHINGTON, DC — The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) found the USPS charging First-Class Mail 2020 rates above its lawful price cap authority and remanded the rate [...]
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GLAZER: 2019 Industry Trends & Highlights
By Gordon Glazer, CMDSM, CMDSS, MDP, MDC — Shipware This is an excerpt from the CHARTS article which appeared earlier. — A lot of changes have occurred in the [...]
Canadian Islanders Mad Over U.S. Customs Opening Their Mail
People on a small Canadian island near Maine are having their mail opened by U.S. Customs in search of marijuana legally purchased in Canada. The mail must transit the U.S. [...]
Real-Time Display Of Your Operations
A great new product for displaying critical numbers for a single process or operation-wide performance — including production lines. Called the SmartCount Edge, the big [...]
PB Intelligent Locker Partnership with Luxer One
STAMFORD, CT — Pitney Bowes Inc. has announced a partnership with Luxer One, a leader in intelligent locker and parcel management solutions. The solution generated by [...]
Print is the New Digital Champion
By Travis Seaton Cohereone Frequently in our client engagements, we uncover “turf wars” that exist between siloed marketing groups who fight for their share of the budget [...]
2020’s Modern Office Workflow Trends
by Eboni Franklin Worthington Direct The modern office exists in a vast array of different layouts, each designed to improve the workflow of today’s hyper-connected [...]
5 Reasons Catalogs Work!
By Lois Brayfield, CEO J.Schmid Over the last several years, we’ve seen catalogs come and go. And we’ve seen many retailers jump into the game, spend a LOT of money [...]
Corrugated Packaging Sees Ecommerce Growth
The eCommerce packaging market is forecasted to experience growth during the next five years. Global eCommerce sales grew by over 22% in the year 2018 alone, and according to [...]
NEW PUB 199: Intelligent Mail Package Barcode Guide
The USPS has released an updated Publication 199: Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb) Implementation Guide for Confirmation Services and Electronic Verification System [...]
Postal Center International Unveils New Production Facility
WESTON, FL — October 30, 2019 – Postal Center International (PCI) officially opened its state-of-the-art Weston corporate headquarters and fully integrated production [...]
Heavy Weight Mail Processor Empowers Mailers
Engineering Innovations updated Champ Heavy Weight Mail Processor features an exclusive Smart Class Conversion system to take on mail of varying sizes and weights [...]
PB Installs 100,000th SendPro C
Pitney Bowes Inc. announced it has reached the milestone of 100,000 SendPro C installations in less than 24 months since its launch. The SaaS-based, multi-carrier, all-in-one [...]
USPS RETURNS FACT SHEET
USPS has developed a new automated verification and payment method for Merchandise Return Service (MRS) and Scan Based Payment (SBP) returns which is branded as USPS Returns. [...]
Mailers Online PRO Processes Up To 1M Records Per Mailing
The online service for processing mailing lists can now handle up to one million records per mailing. Mailers Online PRO lets mailers quickly process USPS and Canada Post [...]
Should You Presort Your Own Mail?
The best way to save money on mailing is lowering your postage costs. Mailers realize savings by taking advantage of workshare postage discounts offered by the US Postal [...]
How Mailroom Improved Inbound Document Scanning
EXL is a global operations management and analytics company based in New York. As part of its service offerings, the company provides mailroom and document services to [...]
New Address Change Service (ACS) Guides Released For Mail & Parcels
The Postal Service has updated its Address Change Service (ACS) guides for mail and parcels, effective October 18, 2019. Now available are these new ACS guides: Traditional [...]
Google Drones Deliver Packages In Virginia
From the Associated Press October 18, 2019: A Google affiliate started using drones Friday to deliver customers’ Walgreens and FedEx purchases in a test being run in a [...]
USPS ANNOUNCES 2020 POSTAGE RATES
Minimal Hikes for Mailing Products in 1.9% Range; Shipping Products Up 3-4%; No Change in Price of Metered Mail, Forever Stamp WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service [...]
