Live from the National Postal Forum: next postage increase nudged back
Boston–Depending on how you define “well into,” you may have reason to be encouraged about postal rates. In speeches at the National Postal Forum here
Rubin Response Cofounder Bill Rubin Dies Suddenly
Bill Rubin, who founded list brokerage/management firm Rubin Response in 1974, died of a massive heart attack on Sept. 18. He was 65. After years of working
T. Shipley, Reliable HomeOffice catalogs sold to Flax
Recognizing that consumer catalog marketing wasn
USPS posts promising financials but makes no rate promises
In its monthly meeting on Sept. 5-6, the U.S. Postal Service told its Board of Governors (BOG) that it expects revenue to grow 6% in fiscal 2003, to $70.4
USPS proposes flexible-pricing tests
The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors (BOG) on Sept. 6 put its money where its mouth has been. The BOG said it had approved the filing with the Postal
Russian Cataloger Turns Facilitator
In just six years, Moscow-based general merchandise cataloger Promopost Co. has built a $184 million business in Russia. Now the company is providing
UPS Guarantees Residential Ground Deliveries
Last month United Parcel Service rolled out a money-back guarantee on its standard ground delivery service to residences. Atlanta-based UPS is now issuing
IT Marketer Reenters Catalog Business
The $861 million GTSI, a Chantilly, VA-based provider of information technology solutions, has relied primarily on its 55-person field sales force and
Lists and Prospecting: To Add a Name, or Not to Add a Name?
When it comes to postal rates, less can be more. Specifically, mailing only nine catalogs into a particular carrier route can cost more than mailing 10,