USPS, expanding on its “summer sale” program announced earlier this year, is rolling out a similar mail discount program for the fourth quarter to encourage increased first-class commercial mailings, report BtoB magazine.
Read MoreThe US Direct Marketing Association originally predicted that direct mail volume would only fall 1% this year, but the organisation has revised that to as much as 10%, reports Brandweek.
Read MoreUSPS is seeking permission from Congress to enter new lines of business, hoping to boost revenue at a time when traditional mail volumes are posting double-digit losses, putting the Postal Service into a deep financial hole, reports Dow Jones Newswire.
Read MoreUSPS governor Katherine Tobin has been appointed deputy assistant secretary for performance improvement in the Department of Education’s Office of Management and will be leaving the postal governing board on 30 August.
Read MoreTo the industries, organisations and movements that have become globalised over the past several decades, one more can now be added: postal regulation. While postal reform continues to take varied shapes around the world – from fully privatised to government owned, from profit oriented and market driven to government subsidised and policy focused – two constants appear everywhere: a commitment to define and protect some form of universal service, and a need for effective regulatory oversight within the postal industry.
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