Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
The Postal Service has released an industry survey regarding a reduction of mail delivery to five days: Despite very aggressive cost cutting, the Postal Service is projecting financial losses for this and the next several years. This is due to a significant decline in mail volume and a major requirement to ...Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Amazon has opened up its Kindle platform to blog publishers allowing them to sell subscriptions in the Amazon Kindle Store. The Kindle Blogs service auto-delivers updates throughout the day via Kindle's Whispernet (the Sprint EVDO network). The cost of a subscription currently costs between .99 cents and $1.99 per month with ...Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Should a printing company attempt to become a "marketing services provider?" Recent posts, both here at PrintCEO and at the Digital Nirvana blog, have triggered a lively discussion about this question. Cary Sherburne's interview of Sugarbush Media Solutions' CEO Mark Parent at WhatTheyThink provides another interesting perspective on this issue. There is ...Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
"I reluctantly request that Congress remove the annual appropriation bill rider, first added in 1983, that requires the Postal Service to deliver mail six days each week." stated Postmaster General John E. Potter said in testimony before congress today. The request comes as the Postal Service is looking at another loss ...Thursday, August 7th, 2008
The USPS announced yesterday that they will be ready for Intelligent Mail Barcodes in May 2009. Speaking to the Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee here today, Tom Day, Senior Vice President, Intelligent Mail and Address Quality, said the Postal Service will be ready for mail bearing Intelligent Mail barcodes next May as ...Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
There has been a lot of coverage in the press of an independent trucker strike. It appears that if a strike is taking place its not well-organized and limited to certain areas of the US. Many truckers also appear to be undecided on if a strike is an effective route ...Monday, February 4th, 2008
American Business Media is reporting that advertising coupon mailer ValPak has called on the Postal Service to enforce postal law that requires mail revenues to cover its costs, saying the Commission should exercise its authority to find the Periodicals rates illegal and direct that they be increased by a double-digit ...
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