Tag: USPS

UPS Chairman wants US Postal Service to operate appropriately in the competitive marketplace

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

UPS Chairman, in written testimony to the House Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Postal Service said that he wanted “to call attention to the request that Congress enact postal reform to ensure that the Postal Service ‘operates appropriately in the competitive marketplace.’ This criteria is critically important to UPS, and it is essential to ensure fair competition in competitive markets, which include Package Services, Priority Mail, Express Mail, and International Mail. The timely and efficient distribution of core mail services, such as First-Class Mail, Periodicals, and Standard Mail, plays a vital role in this country and it is important that reform enable the Postal Service to be successful in this critical mission.”

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US DMA optimistic that 2004 is the year for postal reform

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) expressed its appreciation to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representative’s Government Reform Committee whose Special Panel on Postal Reform and Oversight heard the concerns of the mailing community regarding the future of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The DMA and other stakeholders have long held that the viability of the world’s largest postal network, and those whose livelihoods depend on it, are in jeopardy unless meaningful postal reform legislation is enacted into law.

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USPS Ranks Number One in Consumer Trust Survey

Posted by | Feb 9, 2004 | |

For the second year in a row, the US Postal Service came out on top in a survey of which government agencies consumers trust most with their personal information. Sixty government agencies were examined in the survey. Not surprisingly, personal interaction with mail carriers was a major reason for the high ranking. “When we spoke with some of the survey respondents, they indicated that the reason for having the most confidence in the Postal Service was based on their personal relationship with their mail carrier,” said Dr. Larry Ponemon, director of the Ponemon Institute. “They associate the Postal Service with the friendly person who delivers their catalogs, birthday cards and holds their mail when they go on vacation. They told us that they trust their mail carrier and in turn the Postal Service.”

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US Customized Market Mail, Other Initiatives Doing Well, Official Tells MTAC

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

Mailers have been highly receptive to many new U.S. Postal Service initiatives, Anita Bizzotto, USPS chief marketing officer and senior vice president, said at the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee meeting Feb. 4 at the postal headquarters.

Customized Market Mail, a postal classification begun in August that lets direct marketers mail nonrectangular pieces, has resulted in 39 individual mailings totaling 500,000 to 1 million pieces, she said. Response rates for mail pieces using CMM have ranged from 4 percent to 20 percent.

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USPS service posts 1st quarter income gain despite mail decline

Posted by | Feb 3, 2004 | |

The U.S. Postal Service posted a net income of USD1.8 billion in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004, nearly a half billion less compared to a similar period last year. During the same period, expenses increased only 1.7 percent, despite the rising costs of health benefits, fuel and the expanding delivery network. In a report to the Postal Service Board of Governors today, Chief Financial Officer Richard J. Strasser Jr. said revenue for Quarter I was USD18.2 billion, down USD181 million, and expenses were USD16.4 billion, an increase of USD272 million over the same period last year.

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