USPS filed on Friday a notice to the Postal Regulatory Commission to test market “Mail Works Guarantee”. Her are excerpts from the notice: The United States Postal Service hereby gives notice that it intends to conduct a test of an experimental market-dominant product. The experimental product is the “Mail Works Guarantee.” The top advertisers in […]
In a report issued Dec. 23, 2010, the USPS Inspector General’s Office (OIG) echoed what the APWU has been saying for years: Worksharing discounts for large mailers mail are too high. The OIG’s study (Report Number MS-AR-11-001 [PDF]) echoed the results of a March 2010 report by the Postal Regulatory Commission [PDF], which concluded that […]
United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Susan M. Collins For Immediate Release December 2, 2010 BROAD COALITION SUPPORTS SENATOR COLLINS’ POSTAL REFORM LEGISLATION Sen. Collins’ Bill Would Help USPS Adapt to Digital Age, regain better financial footing Washington, DC – Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security […]
Postmaster General Jack Potter is an official lifetime member of the Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC). The group — which includes representatives of more than 100 commercial mailers and mailing associations — extended that honor to Potter at its quarterly meeting this week, as members recognized the PMG for his career-long support and dedication to […]
A European company mails bags of fake blood to prospective clients to emphasize its unrelenting work ethic. Some marketing agencies promise to give blood,sweat and tears to clients. But Touch Branding has been intent on backing up that claim with a branding effort — including an edgy mail campaign — built around a bold message: […]
Washington, DC – The Affordable Mail Alliance – a growing coalition of non-profits, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, major trade associations, consumer groups, and citizens representing the vast majority of the mail sent in the United States – today announced the addition of its one thousandth member group. Formed in response to the US Postal […]
STAMFORD, Conn., August 23, 2010 – Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) today announced it is offering a new tabletop, dual-head tabber system for U.S. mailers. The Pitney Bowes W360 Multifunction Tabber System provides several tabbing applications and stamp affixing in one solution to help mailers meet the latest United States Postal Service (USPS) tabbing regulations and […]
“The Affordable Mail Alliance – a growing coalition of nearly 1,000 non-profits, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, major trade associations, consumer groups, and citizens representing the vast majority of the mail sent in the United States – submitted further comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday. The comments focused on last week’s hearings at the […]
Press Release Printing Industries of America’s members from across the country are gathering on Capitol Hill next month to oppose an emergency postal rate hike proposal that would dramatically bust caps on postal rate increases imposed by Congress in 2006. The USPS is petitioning to raise rates higher than allowed by current law, claiming that […]
Press Release Affordable Mail Alliance Responds to USPS Earnings Report Washington, DC – The Affordable Mail Alliance today responded to the United States Postal Services’ earning report. The report contends that the USPS will not have the capital to continue opeartions into FY 2011. This claim is false. As the Postal Service said just a […]