SPOTLIGHT ON NCOF

| MCM staff

This month, George Mollo, president of Nanuet, NY-based consultancy GJM Associates talks about what you must know about your inbound freight costs.

Five Tips for Lowering Shipping Costs

| Colleen Paulson

Ensuring that you do not overpay on your small-package shipments can seem like a monumental task. Carriers such as FedEx, United Parcel Service, and DHL charge significantly more for residential shipments. Using the U.S. Postal Service is often a less expensive option, but delivery can take significantly longer, with fewer tracking options.

Five Tips for Lowering Shipping Costs

| Colleen Paulson

Ensuring that you do not overpay on your small-package shipments can seem like a monumental task. Because of the extra expense incurred in residential deliveries, shippers such as FedEx, United Parcel Service, and DHL charge significantly more for residential shipments.

Expedited-Mail Provider Offers Money-Back (Times Four) Guarantee

| Jim Tierney

In light of the sizable price increases contained in the pending rate case for Standard Mail flats, the category affecting most catalogers, plans for cost-cutting options are in full swing. One way, perhaps, catalogers can reduce costs is to use expedited mail service from Atlanta-based MailExpress

Softening the Blow

| MCM staff

No matter how much you read about the expected postal rate changes, if you’re like most other mailers you’re still seeking the answer to one question:

The Shape of Parcel Efficiency

| MCM staff

If the sweeping changes of the pending postal rate case could be summed up in one sentence, it would be this: How much you pay for postage depends on