USPS Busiest Mailing/Shipping Week: Nearly 3 Billion Pieces of Mail
WASHINGTON — Many consumers are in a sprint to the finish in terms of getting their holiday gifts and greetings in the mail. This week is expected to be the busiest [...]
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FedEx’s Christmas Miracle: A Look At How It’s Done
Popular Mechanics goes inside FedEx operations to report on how it delivers millions of packages daily with e-commerce volumes soaring … (click to read [...]
UPS Says Number Of Packages Returned Peaks BEFORE Christmas, Reflecting E-Commerce Shift
1.5 million returns expected on National Returns Day, Dec. 19, setting a record for the sixth consecutive year; In December, more than 1 million returns expected daily [...]
Canada Postal Strike Continues As Union Contests Back-To-Work Law
The strike at Canada Post continues, with the postal union fighting the back-to-work law as unconstitutional … (click to read more) Related Link: GET BACK TO WORK: [...]
USPS 2019 Mailing Promotions Final Calendar Released
Here is the final calendar of all 2019 postal promotions mailers can take advantage of to get discounted postage rates … (click to read) Click for additional details on [...]
MAILCOM ’19 Call For Presentations Deadline December 15
Industry professionals and vendors who wish to give a presentation at the upcoming MAILCOM ’19 conference need to submit their proposal by December 15. MAILCOM [...]
Office Service Professionals (OSP) Certification
The MSMA has announced the Office Service Professionals Certification (OSPC). OSPC is a training and certification process for individuals involved with domestic and [...]
UPS Likes Idea Of USPS Renting Access To Mailbox
United Parcel Service CEO David Abney likes the idea of the USPS renting access to the mailbox and says it will help customer service … (click to tread more) The idea [...]
JLS Establishes Mail History Museum
As part of its 100 year anniversary, JLS Mailing Services is establishing a mail history museum which will be opened within the next year … (click to read more) [...]
Online Mailing Software/List Processing FACT SHEET
Mailers can utilize online mail processing software to comply with postal regulations, often at great savings. They can also speed list processing through online services as [...]
New Postage Statements Effective January 27, 2019
The U.S. Postal Service postage rate changes take effect January 27, 2019. New postage statements associated with the January 2019 price change are listed below. Customers [...]
USPS To Test “Informed Address” — A Delivery Number, No Physical Address
WASHINGTON, DC — December 4, 2018 — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is operating in an increasingly digital world where communication and marketing efforts often [...]
A Guide To Inkjet Ink Selection
Buskro offers a full suite of ink formulations with its family of inkjet printing technologies to optimize the print results on the widest range of substrates. Buskro ink [...]
OMG Fall Edition Print Deadline
Attention all mail industry equipment and service providers: the next print edition of the Official Mail Guide publishes in October. To have your company and/or products [...]
10% Discount On Inserter & Labeler Parts From Gentry
Gentry Parts, Inc. is offering OMG readers a 10% discount on in-stock inserter and labeler parts and chains. Gentry stocks parts for a wide variety of equipment including [...]
OP-ED: President Trump Is Right About USPS & Amazon
From The American Conservative: There’s nothing wrong with the Postal Service offering bulk discounts and pricing specials impartially, based on sound financial [...]
USPS Export Compliance Screening Checks Resume July 1, 2018
The U.S. Postal Service has extended the deadline for Export Compliance checks until July 1, 2018 to allow mailers and software providers time to make the required updates [...]
Spare Parts For Inserters, Labelers
Gentry Parts for inserters and labelers are available for shipment for the following manufacturers: Bell & Howell, Pitney Bows, CMC, Cheshire, Kirk-Rudy, Inscerco, [...]
OMG Digital Advertising: Buy, Sell, Trade, Help Wanted
Low-cost online digital advertising in the OMG can help you buy, sell, or trade just about anything in the mail industry. Weekly ad rates let you … … run a Help [...]
PB DMT President Sees Bright Future As Private Company
The announcement April 30, 2018 that Pitney Bowes is selling its production mail unit surprised business mailers who rely on PB technology in their high-volume mail [...]