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Postal Service Losses Continue in First Quarter; Profitability Dependent on Comprehensive Legislation and Network Size Reductions

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Postal Service ended the first three months of its 2012 fiscal year (Oct. 1 – Dec. 31, 2011) with a net loss of $3.3 billion.

Shipping Services Business Continues to Grow
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United States Postal Service Ranked No. 1 in the World

WASHINGTON — A review of the performance of universal postal service providers by the Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) firm ranks the U.S.

The Best Post Service Among Top 20 Largest Global Economies
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U.S. Postal Service Launches Express Mail Flat Rate Box Overnight Domestic Shipping Up to 70 Pounds for $39.95

WASHINGTON— Expanding on the success of its line of Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes, theU.S. Postal Service has introduced the first Express Mail Flat Rate Box.
 

Expanding on the success of its line of Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes, the U.S. Postal Service has introduced the first Express Mail Flat Rate Box.
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U.S. Postal Service Launches ‘2nd Ounce Free’ New Pricing for Commercial Mailers Adds More Value to Mail

WASHINGTON— High-volume commercial mailers spoke, and the Postal Service listened.

Effective this week, businesses mailing First-Class Mail automation, presort letters using “2nd Ounce Free” pricing can mail letters weighing up to 2 ounces at the 1-ounce postage rate.
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USPS Labor Contract Negotiations with Two Major Unions Reach Impasse

WASHINGTON — Separate contract negotiations with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO (NPMHU) have come to an impasse.

Seventy-nine percent of Postal Service costs are linked to wages and benefits.

ConsumerBase Introduces New B2B Lists to Its Roster

ConsumerBase added four new B2B Mailing Lists to its roster this month.

New files are added to ConsumerBase’s database daily with updates and improvements to existing lists.
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'As The Exigency Case Turns'... USPS's Exigency Rate Case Appears to be Dead

Per the PRC order, this includes "all information, materials, and testimony on which the Postal Service would rely to demonstrate that its Exigent Request satisfies the causal nexus of 'due to,' as

Yesterday, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued an order requiring the US Postal Service to complete the submission of its entire case to the PRC.
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Postal Service Progresses With Operational Efficiencies Proposal to Change Service Standards Filed with PRC

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will move forward with its proposal to change service standards.

“The U.S. Postal Service must reduce its operating costs by $20 billion by 2015 in order to return to profitability,”
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Postal Service Announces Shipping Prices for 2012

WASHINGTON — Postal Service customers will be able ship a box for overnight delivery anywhere in the country for one price regardless of weight (up to 70 lbs) starting Jan. 22, 2012.

First-Ever Express Mail Flat Rate Box Debuts When Prices Change January 22
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Senate Postal Bill Marked Up; Exigency Rate Case Re-emerges…Or Does It?

This week, the fate of the US Postal Service has continued to make national headlines.

On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Reform marked up its bipartisan “21st Century Postal Service Act”
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Postal Inspectors to Resume Enforcement As Amnesty Period Expires

Washington, DC – Postal Inspectors today announced that, effective November 26th, they will resume their efforts to recover missing and stolen Mail Transport Equipment (MTE) and also seek prosecuti

Postal Inspectors launched the Equipment Recovery Project
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Postal Service Adjusts Mailing Services Prices for 2012

WASHINGTON — Beginning early next year, it will cost just a penny more to mail letters to any location in the United States, the first price change for First-Class Mail stamps (Forever stamps) in m

Penny Increase in Price of Forever Stamps First Since May 2009
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House's Ross-Issa Postal Reform Act Passed; Unclear If Language Calling for Catalog Rate Hikes Has Been Struck or Remains Intact

Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the Ross-Issa Postal Reform Act (HR 2309), with a number of amendments, by a 22-18 vote.

2011 Directory of Major Mailers

The 2011 Edition of Major Mailers is your insider’s guide to the companies spending over $50 Billion in direct mail efforts. If you are a supplier of direct mail or email services, the Directory of Major Mailers (print edition or online) will be your path to new business and success.

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Catalog Strategist’s Toolkit

Everything you will need to start a new catalog or manage an existing catalog more profitably. All the areas are covered-—from creative to production to merchandising to managing to testing and measurement. And it's by Katie Muldoon, one of the leading catalog experts of the past thirty years.

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2011 DMA Statistical Fact Book

DMA 2011 Statistical Fact Book

Get answers to your most pressing questions in this powerful collection of DMA's most frequently requested data, statistics, benchmarks, projections, and analysis in one easy-to-read resource.

This year’s reference book contains 11 revised chapters: Internet; Social Media; Mobile; Consumer Demographics; Email; Direct Marketing Overview; Direct Mail; Financial Services; Catalog; Nonprofit; and USPS Information, giving marketers the most current and accurate data needed to successfully plan and navigate integrated, multichannel marketing campaigns.

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