Margery Weinstein

October Deliverability Hurt by Election Mailings

| Margery Weinstein

If your October sales were softer than expected, the glut of political mailings may be to blame. According to New City, NY-based mail tracking service U.S. Monitor, direct mail pieces in October took an average of 9.84 days to reach customers, compared with 8.65 days in October 2003.

Toying with the Election

| Margery Weinstein

This presidential election is a joke at least to Bradenton, FL-based novelty gifts cataloger Johnson Smith Co. The company’s catalogs, which include The

Keeping A-OK with OSHA

| Margery Weinstein

Section 5 (a) (1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), states

Minor Incidents

| Margery Weinstein

As the wine and spirits industry waits to hear a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that will determine whether states will continue to regulate mail