Author: Steve Kearney

  • Informed Delivery® Wildly Popular

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    The most important innovation by the Postal Service to retain mail volume and remain relevant is growing organically at 3,000 new users per day. And when the USPS puts on a promotion, it can yield as many as 20,000 new customers in a single day. Over 2.25 million Informed Delivery® household customers are distributed across…

  • Karen Krigsman, Traci Lucien, and Joe Schick To be Honored with 2017 Luminaire Awards

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    June 16, 2017 – WhatTheyThink.com Press release from the issuing company Idealliance and Printing Industries Alliance will recognize industry leaders at Annual Franklin Luminaire Awards event in New York City on Oct. 18. Alexandria, Va. (June 15, 2017)—Idealliance and Printing Industries Alliance have announced that Karen E. Krigsman of J.Crew Group, Inc., Traci L. Lucien of…

  • AARP and QuadGraphics Execs Honored

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    Execs From Quad, J.Crew Group, AARP to Be Honored with 2017 Luminaire Awards June 15, 2017 – Printing Impressions ALEXANDRIA, Va. — June 15, 2017 — Idealliance and Printing Industries Alliance have announced that Karen E. Krigsman of J.Crew Group, Inc., Traci L. Lucien of AARP, and Joe Schick, recently retired from Quad/Graphics, will be honored with 2017…

  • Declaration of Michael Nadol to PRC on behalf of Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers

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    To download a PDF version of the declaration, click here. BEFORE THE POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001 STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM FOR REGULATING RATES AND CLASSES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS Docket No. RM2017-3 DECLARATION OF MICHAEL NADOL ON BEHALF OF ALLIANCE OF NONPROFIT MAILERS, ASSOCIATION FOR POSTAL COMMERCE, AND MPA—THE ASSOCIATION OF MAGAZINE…

  • Alliance Notes

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    June 14, 2017   Dead Tree Edition: Mailers’ Groups Blast NALC Deal Mailers Hub: Associations Issue Opinion Piece Critical of USPS/NALC Contract Linn’s Stamp News: Mail group trio attacks Postal Service’s new wage agreement Official Mail Guide: Mailer Groups: USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist Idealliance: Irresponsible CBA org: USPS—Spendthrift Monopolist MPA—The Association of Magazine Media: USPS…

  • Total Charitable Donations Rise to a New High

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    Giving USA: Total Charitable Donations Rise to New High of $390.05 Billion Giving by individuals grows nearly 4 percent, driving the rise in total giving; contributions to all nine major philanthropy subsectors increase—the sixth time in the last four decades CHICAGO [June 13, 2017]—American individuals, estates, foundations and corporations contributed an estimated $390.05 billion to…

  • USPS testing legal limits

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    June 14, 2017 The USPS is pushing the legal envelope in two ways. First, it wants to override the CPI price cap that is written into law. And second, it is likely to propose rate increases for 2018, even if it has no Governors to approve the decision. The Postal Service is now testing whether…

  • Rep. Trey Gowdy taking over chair of House Oversight

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    June 14, 2017 As Rep. Jason Chaffetz leaves Congress on June 30, Rep. Trey Gowdy, Republican of the 4th District of South Carolina, will take over leadership of the House Oversight Committee. This is the Congressional committee that is taking the lead in any possible postal legislation. Gowdy is not one of the group of…

  • USPS retirement obligations comparatively well-funded

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    June 14, 2017 Anyone worried about the prefunding of USPS retirement obligations should read our expert declaration by Michael Nadol filed in the PRC ten-year review. The Postal Service is very well funded compared to all other categories for both pensions and health care. And this is using very conservative, some would say pessimistic, assumptions…

  • Mail survey presents opportunities for USPS financial stability

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    June 14, 2017 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers members recently participated in the 2017 Mail Industry Survey that reveals important opportunities to improve the private sector’s use of the mail service provided exclusively by the USPS federal agency. You can download a free copy of the survey’s results here. Idealliance, the association for the Visual Communications…