PRINT CHANNEL: Postal/Catalog Distribution
Postal Officials Vow to Help MailersThe catalog industry is broken, according to Robert Bernstock, president of shipping and mailing services for the U.S. Postal Service. Huge postage rate... USPS Officially Studying Five-Day Delivery OptionBolstering U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter’s prediction that five-day mail delivery will become a reality, the U.S. Postal Service has launched an internal study to examine the feasibility of eliminating Saturday mail delivery nationwide.... PRC Makes Summer Mail Sale OfficialThe Postal Regulatory Commission unanimously approved the summer sale for Standard Mailers, which will start July 1 and run through Sept. 30. ... Live From the ACMA Forum: Death Knell for Slim-Jims?It looks like the slim-catalog might be dead. Or at least, near death.... Live From the ACMA Forum: H.R. 22 Should Be Law By Year’s EndNanci Langley, vice chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, told attendees at ACMA's Forum that passage of H.R. 22 would help both the U.S. Postal Service and catalogers.... Live From the ACMA Forum: Potter Predicts Five-day Mail Delivery Will Be RealityU.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter told attendees at the National Catalog Advocacy & Strategy Forum that he is convinced his proposal for five-day mail delivery will become a reality.... Live From the ACMA Forum: Where Are All The Catalogers?The Wednesday morning opening session at the second annual National Catalog Advocacy & Strategy Forum drew about 60 people.... Live From the ACMA Forum: Catalog Industry BrokenThe catalog industry is broken, according to Robert Bernstock, president of shipping and mailing services for the U.S. Postal Service. Huge postage rate increases have crippled many catalogers, he told attendees at the second annual National Catalog Advocacy & Strategy Forum... PMG Potter Appoints Two OfficersPostmaster General Jack Potter has announced the appointments of two new officers to senior U.S. Postal Service positions.... USPS, ACMA Comment on Summer Catalog Mail SaleThe U.S. Postal Service did not issue any press release or make any announcements on its plans for a summer rate break on postage for any increased standard mail volume for some standard mailers. But the idea of a "summer sale" is not exactly a new one... Summer “Sale” for Catalog Mail?The U.S. Postal Service apparently soon plans to announce a “summer sale” on postage for any increased standard mail volume for many standard mailers. ... The Next Postal Rate Hike: Less than 1%?If the current inflation trend continues, catalogers may see a postal rate increase of less than 1% in 2010, according to Dan Blair, chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission.... Catalog Postal Rates To Rise 2.3%It seems that the U.S. Postal Service is trying to give catalogers a break. ... Printers, ACMA Head Defend Five-Day Postal DeliveryWhile many consumers and businesses were outraged at Postmaster General John E. Potter’s Jan. 28 appeal to Congress to let him reduce postal delivery, a few catalog industry watchers are supporting Potter.... PRC Chairman Blair Addresses Five-Day Delivery ProspectPostmaster General John E. Potter’s appeal to Congress last week to allow the U.S. Postal Service to cut back to five-day delivery has a lot of mailers—and consumers—up in arms.... |
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