FedEx announced their price changes earlier than expected this year during an investor relations call. Price increases will vary based on the type of service, but on average prices will increase around 3.9%. You can find a breakdown of the increases on the PARCEL magazine site. These prices may have shippers looking to other providers [...]

address correction · address quality · Fedex · shipment rates

After an exhaustive testing cycle with mailers, USPS has updated their design requirements for Folded Self-Mailers (FSM). The new design requirements are complicated, but that’s actually a good thing for mailers. By offering many design choices, USPS encourages mailers to be creative with their mail piece design while keeping the designs compatible with mail processing [...]

direct mail · direct marketing · DMM Advisory · mail piece design · mail preparation · USPS

Each quarter, USPS invites representatives of the mailing industry to Washington DC for the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee, or MTAC. This August the meeting used a new schedule that allowed for more topics to be covered. At times there can be conflict and a little silliness at MTAC, but this time both USPS and Industry [...]

barcodes · direct mail · Full-Service · Intelligent Mail · mail preparation · MTAC · PostalOne! · POSTNET · USPS