The U.S. Postal Service’s ride-along program has generated $15 million in revenue since is inception in February of 2000, said Vito Fortuna, a sales specialist with the agency’s New York metro area direct marketing team, at a “Power Breakfast” sponsored by the team here yesterday.
The purpose of the breakfast was to present mail-based marketing strategies to publishers and direct marketers in the New York area.
Stamps.com announced that customer acceptance of its printable postage service called NetStamps continues to be strong. In the first 6 weeks following launch, the company sold over 330 thousand NetStamps label sheets.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service Inc said on Tuesday it had reached a five-year contract deal with unionized mechanics and other workers at its in-house airline. The tentative contract calls for ‘industry-leading wages’, runs to Nov. 1, 2006, and is retroactive to August.
Read MoreGreyhound PackageXpress (GPX), a division of Greyhound Lines, Inc., is expanding its shipping services with United Parcel Service’s Authorized Shipping Outlets (ASOs) to offer its customers more convenience and additional shipping options such as next day, second day, three day, ground service and international shipping service to more than 200 countries.
“GPX is a reliable and economical alternative for package delivery and the additional services enables us to serve our customers more efficiently,” said Dave Phillips, vice president, GPX. “Our offerings of UPS services is now in nine states with this expansion and we plan to expand the service to all major U.S. markets.”
According to Newsday “the four major package delivery companies – UPS, Federal Express, Airborne Express and DHL – paid nearly $7.3 million in parking tickets in New York City from June 2001 to this past July, according to city records.”
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