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Would 40,000 Fewer Postal Jobs Be A Good Thing?

In Shreveport, LA, television station KSLA is reporting that as many as 40,000 postal employees could lose their jobs.
“Lavelle Pepper with the post office in Shreveport says they too are feeling the affects of the same disease hitting the country… a struggling economy. ‘We employ about 685,000 people. If we do layoffs it would include [...]

12Nov2008 | PGM | 2 comments | Continued
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The Check Is Less Often In The Mail

The check is not in the mail — at least as not as often as it used to be.
Figures from the Federal Reserve show that “the number of checks paid in the United States has fallen from 42 billion in 2001, to 37 billion in 2003, and to 30 billion in 2006.”
Whoops. That’s 12 billion [...]

10Nov2008 | PGM | 2 comments | Continued
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One Daily Newspaper Goes Electronic — What About The Rest?

If you’re a Postal Service executive, union leader or letter carrier you might want to look closely at the latest announcement from the Christian Science Monitor:
“The Christian Science Monitor,” says the paper, “plans major changes in April 2009 that are expected to make it the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a [...]

3Nov2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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How Mail Order Changed America’s Shopping Habits

In an age when the Internet is growing, highways are crowded and shopping centers have gone upscale, more and more people are turning to mail-order and the convenience and bargains it offers.
The current interest in mail-order shopping is hardly new. Mail order has been popular for more than a century, in large measure because direct mail [...]

27May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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Mail Means 8,300,000 Jobs Inside Our Borders

One of the largest industries in America is virtually unknown, yet it anchors more than 8,300,000 jobs and is related to the production of goods and services worth $1.2 trillion. (For details, see the 2008 Economic Jobs Study Final Report)
Our Founders had vision: the postal system in this country is so important that [...]

25May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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Ad Mail Hits Record in 2007, Still-Higher Growth Seen in 2008

New figures from advertising authority Robert Coen show that advertisers used mail at record levels in 2007.
Mail spending rose 4.0 percent in 2007 to $60.998 billion, according to Coen, senior vice president, director of forecasting with Universal McCann, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world,
In the December 2007 issue of his “Insider’s Report,” [...]

23May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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It Means Too Much To Be Called “Junk”

Advertising mail gets a bum rap, especially from those who call it “junk mail.”
“Junk” suggests that advertising mail benefits no one, that it is useless and without worth. But the truth is that advertising mail provides important values. It fuels economic growth by generating sales. It provides jobs for people in every state. It’s vital [...]

23May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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How Do You Stuff A Shopping Mall Into A Mailbox?

The average shopping mall is a big place with lots of stores and acres of parking. But even the biggest malls can’t match the array of choices you’ll find each day in America’s mailboxes.
Fact is, more than 10,000 catalogs are produced every year. They’re created by businesses in every state and used by families and [...]

23May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued