PLYMOUTH, MN—Action Mailing Services has acquired the assets of Bloomington, MN-based Denison Mailing Service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies have combined revenues of more than $8 million. Action Mailing Services specializes in mailing, fulfillment and digital printing services. Denison provides Action with greater high-speed in-line packaging and digital book publishing and finishing capabilities.
WASHINGTON, DC—Facing a potential loss of nearly $7 billion this fiscal year, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is exploring the closure or consolidation of nearly 700 locations nationwide in an effort to right its financial ship. The USPS sent a list of 688 offices to the independent Postal Regulatory Commission for review, according to The Associated Press.
NEW ALBANY, IN—A $1.2 million investment in hardware upgrades and the addition of 24 jobs highlights the expansion in digital printing capabilities for L&D Mail Masters, according to The (Jeffersonville, IN) Evening News and Tribune. Mail Masters provides direct mail marketing campaigns and boasts sales in excess of $21 million, according to the paper.
Days after announcing cost-cutting initiatives designed to save more than $100 million a year, Postmaster General John Potter told a House subcommittee that without aid, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will run out of money this year. The USPS lost $2.8 billion in 2008 and stands to fall deeper into the red this year, its business exacerbated by the weak economy and a drastic decline in mail volume.
IN THE wake of postal reform, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) started a new practice last year: annual rate increases. Last May, this May, and potentially every May in the foreseeable future, prices will change for most forms of mail and USPS services—usually upward.
DEPENDING ON your point of view, the news out of San Francisco is either devastating or a continued call to arms in the battle against Do Not Mail proponents and their efforts at passing legislation at the state and federal levels.
SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday calling on the state of California and the U.S. Congress to create a Do Not Mail registry. The board approved the resolution, sponsored by supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, by a 9-2 vote.
WASHINGTON, DC—Days after announcing cost-cutting initiatives designed to save more than $100 million a year, Postmaster General John Potter told a House subcommittee that without aid, the U.S. Postal Service will run out of money this year. The USPS lost $2.8 billion in 2008 and stands to fall deeper into the red this year, its business exacerbated by the weak economy and a drastic decline in mail volume.
The United States Postal Service has put out the following Request for Information (RFI) regarding proposals for a third party to manage its change-of-address (COA) program:
EVEN THOUGH mailing and database management services have been around since the 1980s, a substantial number of printers expanded into this highly technical (and profitable) market as competition heated up with the new millennium. Today, more printers are continuing to invest in these capabilities in spite of—or, perhaps, because of—the bleak economy. After all, the weaker the financial outlook, the more important it is for service providers to ensure a bigger bang for their clients’ shrinking print dollars.
