Postal Articles
Potter to Resign as PMG; Mail Groups OK With Legacy
Industry groups are not expecting any dramatic changes to the U.S. Postal Service in the wake of Postmaster General Jack Potter’s announcement Tuesday that he plans to step down. Those groups generally expressed approval of the job Potter has done since 2001....
Keep Your Niche Mailings on Target
In the last few days, I've received direct mail pieces for cruises, retirement services and senior living products. I've also been served up Spanish-language web banners and local cable TV commercials. The problem is, I'm not retiring any time soon and I really don't speak Spanish very well....
Union Blasts New Royal Mail Privatization Effort
Expected plans to privatize Royal Mail, the U.K.’s postal service, are already running into opposition....
USPS Reports $764 Million Loss for July
The U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $764 million for July on revenue of $5.3 billion, according to preliminary reports filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission. ...
Deutsche Post Acquires Nugg.ad
Deutsche Post has acquired online marketing platform Nugg.ad AG for an undisclosed sum....
Financing Battle Heats Up as USPS Posts Loss
The U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $3.5 billion for the third quarter compared with a net loss of $2.4 billion last year and said it foresees “a liquidity problem” next year as the battle over postal financing heats up....
USPS Fights Back vs. Motion to Dismiss Rate Hike
The U.S. Postal Service has asked the Postal Regulatory Commission to deny a motion to dismiss the USPS’s request to increase postal rates an average of 5.6% next year....
USPS to File Rate Case Tuesday: Mail Groups Question Legality
Mailer groups expect the U.S. Postal Service to file a case for an exigent postal rate increase Tuesday....
Royal Mail Names Greene CEO, May Revive Privatization
Royal Mail Group has named Moya Greene chief executive. Greene, currently president/CEO of Canada Post Corp, will take up the post in the middle of July. ...
Mail Delivery to Haiti Resumes
The U.S. Postal Service resumed international mail service to Haiti Tuesday....
PRC Sets Hearings to Review Delivery Cut Proposal
The Postal Regulatory Commission will hold public hearings on the U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to cut Saturday mail delivery. They will be held in Las Vegas, NV; Sacramento, CA; Dallas, TX; Memphis, TN; Chicago, IL; Rapid City, SD and Buffalo, NY....
PRC: Fix Postal Pensions Before Cutting Mail Delivery
Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway warned against cutting universal mail service until Congress considers possible changes to the U.S. Postal Service funding of employee pensions and future retiree health benefits. ...
USPS to Test Product Sampling by Mail
The U.S. Postal Service plans to test-market product sampling beginning next month in the USPS’s first such test....
USPS Keeps Pushing Five-Day Plan
The U.S. Postal Service is hoping that public sentiment and the Postal Regulatory Commission might help persuade Congress to allow the USPS to drop Saturday mail delivery. ...
Potter Teases Five-Day Postal Delivery Plan to Senate
The U.S. Postal Service would continue to accept and drop-shipped bulk mail as well as deliver and receive express mail seven days a week, despite its forthcoming plan to stop Saturday delivery. Testifying before the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government last week, Potter gave an overview of what the USPS plans to propose later this month to the Postal Regulatory Commission. ...
PRC Expects Postal Five-Day Plan This Month
The Postal Regulatory Commission is expecting the U.S. Postal Service to submit a plan for eliminating Saturday delivery later this month. ...
USPS Proposes Delivery Cut, Rate Hike in 2011
The U.S. Postal Service Tuesday proposed a number of changes to keep it operational over the next 10 years including a “modest” but unspecified exigent rate increase in 2011 and cutting out Saturday mail delivery....
USPS Narrows Losses
The U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of $297 million for the first quarter, compared to a net loss of $384 million in the prior year....
USPS Overpaid Pension Fund by $75 Billion: Report
The U.S. Postal Service has overpaid its pension obligations to the Civil Service Retirement System by $75 billion and the method for calculating this amount was unfair, says a new report from the postal service’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG)....
Royal Mail Launches Direct Mail Postage Sale
Following the lead of the U.S. Postal Service, Royal Mail has launched a sale on direct mail rates in the U.K. ...
Mailing Groups Say New Postal Forum Won't Be a Bully Pulpit
A group of industry trade organizations has launched www.postaljournal.com, a Web site they hope will serve as a discussion forum to exchange ideas about the future of the U.S. Postal Service....
UPS To Raise Rates In 2010
Parcel shipping firm UPS will raise its rates in 2010. The new rates will take effect Jan. 4....
USPS Posts $3.8 Billion Loss for Year
The U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of $3.8 billion for 2009, compared to a $2.8 billion net loss in the prior year....
Royal Mail Strike Called Off
The U.K. Communication Workers Union, which represents about 120,000 British postal workers, has called off strikes for Fri. Nov. 6th and Mon. Nov 9th as it reached an interim agreement with Royal Mail, according to the union....
Royal Mail Strike Goes Ahead
The U.K. Communication Workers Union has begun its three-day strike against Royal Mail....
