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- A prerequisite for any business founder or other leader is a strong drive to stay ahead of the competition. Read More...
- You can’t please everyone and sometimes you can’t please anyone. That’s what happened when higher “temporary” U.S. postal rates went into effect Jan. 27, 2014. The U.S. Postal Service went to court to make the new rates permanent while a coalition of industry groups filed suit to overturn the higher fees. Before we get further into the legal ... Read More...
- What the New Postage Increases Mean for Business The Forever Stamp – New article on this innovative stamp. The price of a U.S. First-Class postage stamp increased keeps increasing as well as the price of the Forever stamp. These increases may not seem like much to individual consumers, but anyone familiar with the postage industry knows that ... Read More...
- The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is a trade organization which seeks to advance all forms of direct marketing. The DMA was founded in 1917. It is based in the United States, but its members include companies from 53 other countries as well. The DMA ( USA ) promotes direct marketing, informs consumers of the safeguards that ... Read More...
- Mail use has been changing over the past decade as businesses and consumers have moved to electronic communication and payment alternatives. Mail volume decline has accelerated with the recession, particularly among major users in the advertising, financial, and housing sectors. Mail volume has typically returned after recessions, but USPS’s 5-year forecast suggests that much of ... Read More...
- The U.S. Postal Service was created in 1775 under the direction of Benjamin Franklin and the Second Continental Congress. In 1840, Britain was the first country to formally introduce a system of postage stamps, but America was quick to catch on. The first U.S. postage stamps, issued seven years later in 1847, featured a picture ... Read More...
- Semipostals or “Charity Stamps” cost more than a regular First-class stamp and the difference in price is donated to a particular philanthropic cause. Semipostals have been around for a long time. Britain introduced a semipostal envelope in 1890 with the same idea of earning revenue for charity as our current semipostal stamps. The Australian province ... Read More...