FIRST: Amazon Christmas Catalog
Anyone over the age of 40 has a special feeling for the words “Christmas Catalog” or “Wish Book”. Back in the day, Sears, Montgomery Ward, and JC [...]
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Amazon Free Shipping On Everything
Amazon will remove free-shipping minimums during the holiday season in a move against Walmart and other competitors … (click to read [...]
Informed Delivery Fraud Confirmed
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating fraudulent use of Informed Delivery in Orlando, with dozens of cases now being investigated … (click to read [...]
Tritek Vote-By-Mail Technology Powers Elections
The Correct Elect Vote-By-Mail Technology from Tritek automates ballot processing, with voter signatures detected and verified against a database of registered voters. [...]
Unmarked Montana Political Mailer Traced To NJ Printer
Last minute unmarked political mailers in Montana were sent by a NY printer in an effort to depress turnout in 2018 congressional elections, alleges a report in the Daily [...]
Fundamentals of List Buying & Selling
A PDF presentation by Heather Snead of the U.S. Postal Service that discusses how to get the names and addresses of individuals you want to mail with a walk through example [...]
Direct Mail Math: Formulas For Measuring Results
From the USPS: Here are the most commonly used mathematical formulas for analyzing direct mail campaigns, from Lecture: Direct Mail Math … (click to read [...]
Vendor Patent Case Against USPS Goes To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Alabama-based vendor Return Mail and a patent it filed for mail processing technology which the company claims the USPS [...]
How FBI Caught Mail Bomber
The person allegedly responsible for mailing more than a dozen mail bombs left fingerprints and DNA samples on the packages mailed to his targets according to the FBI [...]
Postal Surveillance System Watches Who Mails What
From Fast Company: The Postal Service photographs the outside of every piece of mail, and frequently shares images and metadata from mail with law enforcement. As law [...]
USPS Secure Destruction Mail Service Expanded to Flats
The USPS Secure Destruction (SD), a value-added mail service offering that was initially launched nationally on November 18th, 2014 for first class letter mail, will now be [...]
UPS SurePost & USPS Team Up For Last Mile Savings
From Shipware: The United States Postal Service has a long history of delivering packages in the United States, and what’s more, it delivers to most addresses in the [...]
Mail Service Provider (MSP) Terminology
The following vocabulary provided by the Office of the Inspector General details terms and definitions use by Mail Service Providers (MSPs): Sales Executive/Account [...]
2019 Rate Cuts For First-Class Mail
WASHINGTON, DC — The Postal Service is cutting First-Class Mail rates for additional ounces and raising the metered mail discount rate a nickel, as part of a pricing [...]
UPU Works To Meet USA Demands
The Universal Postal Union is working on addressing United States demands to change the terminal dues system and stop the subsidy of cross-border parcels, following receipt [...]
WAVE OF MAIL BOMBS TARGET OBAMA, CLINTON, BRENNAN, CNN, SOROS
Mail package bombs sent to former President Barack Obama and to Hillary Clinton on Wednesday October 24 were like the one sent to George Soros, a day earlier. The Secret [...]
USPS Announces 2019 Mailing Promotions
The Postal Service Board of Governors filed the 2019 Mailing Promotions with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on October 10th, 2018 and is subject to PRC approval. The [...]
2018 Holiday Shipping Deadlines
The Postal Service recommends the following mailing and shipping deadlines for expected delivery by Dec. 25 to Air/Army Post Office/Fleet Post Office/Diplomatic Post Office [...]
PostalOne! January 2019 Changes
The USPS issued the PostalOne! January 2019 release notes, to become effective January 27, 2019. Included in this document are the changes that are under consideration for [...]
Updated: Guide to Move Update
The USPS has issued an updated Guide to Move Update. The Move Update standard is a means of reducing the number of mailpieces in a mailing that require forwarding or return [...]
