Postal Pain Continues With First-Class Mail Changes

| Jim Tierney

Don Landis, vice president of postal affairs for catalog printer Arandell Corp., has seen it all in the mailing industry. At least until now. With the U.S. Postal Service filing a change in service standards to combat an oversized network and alter how First-Class Mail is delivered, Landis foresees a potentially chaotic future for the USPS

Numbers Deceiving In UPS Rate Hikes

| Jim Tierney

UPS released its rate increases for 2012, including a net increase of 4.9% for UPS Ground packages and a net increase of 4.9% on all UPS Air services and U.S.-origin international shipments

Negotiations On Postal Union Contracts Extended

| Jim Tierney

The U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO (NPMHU) agreed to extend their negotiations deadline until midnight on Dec. 7, 2011. Although the two union …

More Order Fulfillment Could Be Outsourced: Report

| Jim Tierney

E-commerce and multichannel retailing are placing greater demands on order fulfillment practitioners, according to a new study released by third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Corp. The E-Fulfillment Trends Report focused on how companies address …