Tag: USA

Pitney Bowes ranks among Top Ten 'Green' outsourcing vendors

Posted by | Sep 11, 2007 | |

Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes Inc. has been selected as one of the top ten-ranked outsourcing vendors for environmental stewardship, according to a recent Brown-Wilson Group independent study of industry decision makers and analysts. PBMS also ranked first in the category of “Document Processing Outsourcing.”

Vincent De Palma, executive vice president and president, PBMS, explained that environmental stewardship is a key priority for the company. “Environmental responsibility is the right thing for the environment, for our customers and our shareholders.”

De Palma, who presides over the company’s outsourcing unit, stated that a commitment to protecting the environment is also practiced on-site at its 1,600-plus customer locations throughout the U.S.

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DHL selected as the exclusive courier services provider for the state of Florida

Posted by | Sep 11, 2007 | |

DHL announced that the State of Florida Department of Management Services renewed its contract with DHL as the exclusive courier services provider for all State of Florida agencies and institutions. The State of Florida will continue to leverage DHL’s comprehensive portfolio of domestic services – Same Day, Express, and Ground delivery – for deliveries within the State and nationwide.

Thirty-seven State agencies will use DHL for shipping standard letters, reports, boxes, and time sensitive shipments – including government institutions approved to take advantage of State contracts, the Florida State Lottery, State colleges, schools and local and county governments,

Through the new contract, DHL will provide several customized services for the State of Florida including a special visibility program to identify time-sensitive State of Florida shipments and a dedicated 1-800 customer service line for State users. DHL’s regional sort center in Orlando enables the State of Florida to take advantage of one-day delivery of all ground shipments within the State.

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U.S. Ad Volume Recedes for Second Consecutive Quarter, Internet, Magazines Rise

Posted by | Sep 11, 2007 | |

U.S. measured media as spending fell 0.3 pct to USD 72.59 billion during the first half of 2007, as the ad economy shrunk for the second consecutive quarter this year, according to estimates released this morning by ad tracking firm TNS Media Intelligence. The pattern is significant, said TNS MI President-CEO Steven Fredericks, because it is the first time since 2001 that spending declined for two consecutive quarters – a trend economists look at closely for signs of recession. “While the protracted downturn in automotive spending has been a prime contributor, the overall results reflect weakness across a wide range of industries and advertisers,” Fredericks stated. “Given the uncertainties about near-term economic growth and consumer spending, we expect core ad spending will continue to face challenges during the second half of the year.”
Not all media are suffering as a result of the downturn. Internet display advertising maintained its growth leadership position, registering a 17.7 pct increase to USD 5.52 billion. TNS MI does not currently track online search advertising, which is believed to be fueling even greater growth in the online sector.

Consumer magazines posted a 6.9 pct gain to USD 11.50 billion in advertising. Outdoor expenditures were up 3.6 pct to USD1.90 billion and Cable TV followed with a 2.8 pct increase to USD8.38 billion.

Broadcast TV media continued to experience weakness in the second quarter and turned in significant half-year declines. Network TV expenditures fell 3.6 pct to USD11.84 billion, while ad spending on Spot TV dropped 5.4 pct to USD 7.29 billion. Syndication TV was down 5.3 pct to USD 2.00 billion.

Newspaper and radio media also saw widening losses during the second quarter. For the half-year period, ad spending in Local Newspapers plunged 5.7 pct to USD 11.09 billion on a reduction of 4.7 pct in space sold. Marketers lowered their radio advertising budgets by 2.7 pct , to a total of USD5.14 billion.

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Letter Carriers Union Ratifies New Five-Year Contract

Posted by | Sep 11, 2007 | |

Rank-and-file members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) overwhelmingly ratified a new five-year National Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service covering city delivery letter carriers throughout the nation.

The vote for ratification was 104,346 to 11,895 according to Joseph DeRossi of NALC Branch 41, Brooklyn, New York, chairman of a special Ballot Committee that supervised the tabulation.

The tentative settlement, reached by negotiators on July 12, had been endorsed unanimously by the NALC Executive Council.

The contract includes general wage increases of 8.85 percent over the term of the agreement, along with semi-annual cost-of-living adjustments, and new protections against contracting out of letter carrier work by the Postal Service to private firms and individuals.

NALC President William H. Young applauded the 89.8 percent approval vote by the union membership.

The agreement provides a 1.4 percent wage increase retroactive to November 25, 2006; a 1.8 percent increase in November 2007; 1.9 percent in November 2008; 1.9 percent in November 2009, and 1.85 percent in November 2010.

The contract runs until November 20, 2011. The NALC represents all 222,000 city delivery letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service in the 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.

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Redbox buys two kiosk technology patents

Posted by | Sep 11, 2007 | |

No. 1 kiosk-based DVD rental company, Redbox says its purchase of two technology patents will protect its business model going forward.

One patent, called “Automated Merchandise Dispensing and Retrieval System,” is for a system that allows consumers to rent DVDs from any of its 4,800 kiosks and return it to another one. A second patent, called “Article Dispensing System,” is for a system that allows Redbox’s field team to restock kiosks more efficiently by inserting a pre-packed unit each week.

Redbox VP of marketing Gary Lancina said the company implemented the patents on June 26 and June 28.

Redbox is the largest kiosk-based rental operator and the fourth largest among all home video rental companies, behind Blockbuster, Netflix and Movie Gallery.

Each automated kiosk offers 500 DVDs of new releases for $1 each per night, which can be paid with a credit card or debit card. If a movie is not returned in 25 days, the credit card is charged $25 and the renter becomes the owner.

Jointly owned by McDonald’s Corp. subsidiary Coinstar, the automated change counter, Redbox has kiosks in grocery stores, McDonald’s restaurants and other retailers.

It’s nearest rival, TNR Corp., which operates MovieCube kiosks, counts about 2,000 kiosks machines in various grocery outlets. DVDPlay has more than 1,000 machines in the U.S. and Canada.

Redbox said this summer it rented 11 million movies between June 2006 and June 2007.

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