Direct mail is the focal point of a new advertising campaign the U.S. Postal Service have launched. The campaign demonstrates just how influential mail can be in a multi-channel marketing campaign and will appear in major marketing and business publications.
Read MoreFedEx and its pilots have started negotiations over new work rules, but both sides hope to avoid a nasty fight like the slugout four years ago.
“Both sides right now understand that they have to live with each other. They realise also that a strike or a conflict will hurt them both,” said Gary Chaison, a professor of labor-management relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
Read MoreThe U.S. International Trade Commission found that in addition to postal competition, U.S. express delivery companies are impeded abroad by unfair postal competition, inefficient customs practices, costly restrictions and tough barriers against entering new markets in the first place.”We believe this study, which highlights the importance of reducing foreign barriers to express delivery services, now can be used by U.S. negotiators in ongoing and future trade negotiations to obtain strong commitments for our industry,” UPS spokesman David Bolger said.
Read MoreTNT Logistics in North America has announced that it has expanded its range
of services provided to BMW Manufacturing Co. in South Carolina, North
America. Beginning April 2004, TNT Logistics will manage the transportation
of finished parts from BMW’s supplier network to its parts distribution centres
(PDCs) located throughout the United States.
The U.S. Postal Service’s Carrier Pickup program expands next week for a total of 204,000 city and rural carrier routes, Postmaster General John E. Potter told the postal service’s Board of Governors at its monthly meeting. Carrier Pickup lets customers go online to request next-day package pickups. There is no pickup fee because packages are picked up from customers as part of the carrier’s normal delivery route. Packages must be prepared with the appropriate postage and ready to go before they are picked up.
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