Tag: Direct Marketing Association (DMA)

Clients and agencies slam Royal Mail pricing scheme

Royal Mail’s plans to introduce a new pricing system based on size – not just weight – have been attacked by both agencies and clients and will, according to one agency chief, “stifle creativity and damage the direct mail medium”.
The proposal, first revealed in Precision Marketing last month (PM April 5), has been put forward by managing director of business and consumer markets Gillian Wilmot. It is not known whether the Media Markets division supports the initiative.

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DMA Calls Presidential Postal Commission Premature

The Direct Marketing Association expressed concern yesterday over the decision by the Mailers Council to call for a presidential commission to study changes to the U.S. Postal Service.
In a letter to President Bush sent yesterday, Mailers Council executive director Bob McLean called on the White House to create a commission on postal reform to evaluate the USPS.

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DMA welcomes Postcomm proposals

The Direct Marketing Association has welcomed postal industry regulator Postcomm’s proposals to open up the market to competition. The plans, announced last month, will effectively result in Consignia losing its monopoly over the next five years.

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South African Post Office faces dispute over hike

THE SA Post Office was locked in an urgent industry meeting last night to thrash out differences over a proposed 12% to 15% increase in postal tariffs which has outraged a host of big and small mail users.
The SA Post Office is the third state-owned organisation, after Telkom and Eskom, to apply for an above-inflation tariff hike for this year, placing further pressure on SA’s inflation targets.

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