COUNTDOWN: International Mailers Wait As UPU Vote Nears
If The UPU Does Not Change Terminal Dues, The U.S. Will Withdraw Leaving Mailers Without Access to the Existing Global Postal System GENEVA, Switzerland — An Extraordinary [...]
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Melissa Introduces Mailers Online PRO For High Volume Postal Discounts
Melissa announced Mailers Online PRO, optimized for high volume mailers to quickly and easily process USPS and Canada Post compliant mailings and presort for maximum USPS [...]
New Full Color Inkjet Printer For Envelopes, Documents
Kirk-Rudy, Inc. announced the new FireJet 4C inkjet printer, a low-cost alternative to toner-based digital color printers that delivers high-speed color printing at near [...]
USPS Plus One Marriage Mail Program Details Released
The USPS has released details and pricing of its Plus One marriage mail test. Plus One is an addressed advertising card that may be mailed as an add-on piece with a USPS [...]
How Harrisburg, PA Does More With Less Processing Mail
The City of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania processes over 1,000 payments a day. These revenue sources vary from real estate and school tax bills to utility payments and parking [...]
Pitney Bowes To Sell Software Solutions Business to Syncsort
Pitney Bowes Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Software Solutions business to Syncsort for $700 million in cash. The transaction is [...]
Philadelphia Mail Delivery Problems Rise
An analysis finds mail delivery problems have spiked in Philadelphia by as much as 75% … (click to read [...]
United Business Mail Acquires LSC Commingle Operations
United Business Mail (UBM) has acquired LSC Communications’ commingle business for $11.25 million in cash. The transaction includes LSC’s commingle facility located [...]
OMG Fall Edition: List Your Company, Products, Services
Make sure your company, products and services are included in the upcoming Fall 2019 Edition of the Official Mail Guide. The top decision-makers in mail communications, [...]
Research Explains Mail User Habits; To Be Featured At MAILCOM Fall
MAILCOM Fall ’19 attendees will hear a feature presentation from Markes Lucius, USPS Manager, Market Research and Insights on how mail is being used by businesses and [...]
A Digital Revolution to Testing Direct Mail
By Andy Bear Executive Director of Strategy Quad Marketing Solutions Testing is essential to direct mail success. Adequate testing includes examining which headlines, copy, [...]
Rural-Urban Divide A Key Postal Issue
From the OIG: The post office in America began as an urban enterprise, even though cities were smaller than they are today and were home to only a small share of the [...]
Help Wanted: Top Mail Industry Jobs
Here are current industry job listings as of August 26, 2019: Postal Services Director / University of South Carolina Director of Printing and Mailing Services / University [...]
MANAGEMENT VIDEO: Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe
This 12 minute video offers insights on how to be a better [...]
Remittance Mail Service Improving
The 2019-1 Spring Phoenix-Hecht Postal Survey of remittance mail produced widespread improvement. Fifty-seven percent of sites who participated in both the Fall 2018 and [...]
Weather, Terrain Affect USPS Productivity OIG Finds
A new study from the OIG found that the most important external determinant of postal productivity is weather. Other factors include regional differences in real wages and [...]
CBD Oil Shipping Regulations Announced
The USPS has released Cannabidiol (CBD) shipping regulations … (click to read [...]
Pre-Owned Mailing Equipment Resource
Mailers looking for pre-owned mailing equipment options should check out SMS Direct, Inc.’s line of Flowmasters, Inserters, Feeder/Accumulator/Folders, Inkjet [...]
Goodbye Laser: Johnson & Quin Converts Direct Mail Production to Inkjet
NILES, IL — It is the beginning of a new era at Johnson & Quin, a full-service direct mail production and mailing services company. With 143 years of printing [...]
Drop Shipping Update: New TDM Website
Truck Direct Mail (TDM) is the easy way to use NDC – SCF destination entry drop-shipping for maximum postage savings and faster in-home dates – all from a simple, secure [...]
