 WASHINGTON DC ~ Bipartisan plan announced by the United States Senate this week would throw a lifeline to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) while keeping a six-day mail delivery for at least the next two years. ~ Associated Press reported.
Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee will look at the proposal next week. In this new proposal, along with many other things, encourages cuts in employee staff and refunding the nearly $7 billion in overpayments USPS paid into the Federal Employee Retirement System. This inturn could be used to offer early retirement to a large number of postal workers. Add Comment 
USPS ANNOUNCES POST OFFICE REPLACEMENT MODEL 07/26/2011
 As more customers choose to conduct their postal business online, with their smartphones and at their favorite shopping destinations, the need for USPS to maintain the largest retail network in the country diminishes.
To that end, the Postal Service today announced it is taking the next step in rightsizing its expansive retail network by conducting studies of approximately 3,700 retail offices to determine customer needs. As part of this effort, the Postal Service also has introduced a retail-replacement option for affected communities around the nation  2D QR Code / Scan Me The benefits of using QR Codes
In my opinion QR Codes are the biggest innovation to hit the print world since color ink! The reason I say this is that recent reports show many sites have more people access websites from mobile devices than from a PC. QR Codes are for print what hyperlinks are for online. Imagine a simple little scan from a mobile device and your client, prospect or participant will land directly on your product or service that you desire. “It’s that simple”! No more typing into a small phone QWERTY keyboard is enough incentive to put a QR Code on every direct mail piece you can. The “KEY” QR Code use is to make it simple for your audience. With the enormous amount of smart phones on the market, which is rapidly growing the QR Code will be around for a very long time. Canada Post Employees Back-To- Work Tonight 06/27/2011
 Canada Post Employees Back-To- Work Tonight
USPS To Begin Accepting Mail Destined For Canada Tomorrow Back-To-Work Legislation was passed by Canadian Government Sunday night. Canadian Postal employees will be back on the job beginning tonight at 8:30 p.m. The USPS will begin accepting mail for Canada, June 28th, 2011. Mail being held in the USPS network since the lockout began is now being released and transported into Canada. Canada Post and Union at an Impasse 06/23/2011
 Canada Post and Union at an Impasse
A Vote on Back To Work Legislation Coming Soon United States Postal Service is still not accepting any mail to Canada except for GXG (Global Express Guaranteed®). Legislation was introduced earlier in the week to the Canadian Government to force workers back to work. With the contract negotiations between the union and Canada Post at a standstill, The Canadian Government will now begin the discussion and voting process to move forward. Canada Post has notified the USPS that the Canadian Government has agreed to work through the weekend if necessary to bring this legislation to a vote. We will await the results of the vote and Canada Post's anticipated return to normal operations. Once Forum Printing has that information we will update you as to when we will again be accepting shipments to Canada.  CANADA POST SUSPENDS OPERATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
USPS CONTINGENCY PLAN Canada Post announced last night that they are suspending service nation-wide effective immediately and until further notice. USPS officials have been in constant contact with Canada Post and will continue to closely monitor the strike situation and work on contingency plans to keep as much mail flowing into Canada as possible. At this time, the Postal Service will continue to accept and process mail destined to Canada. If Canada Post is unable to end the strike by COB tomorrow, June 16, 2011, all mail service to Canada will be suspended with the exception of Global Express Guaranteed (GXG).  2011 Mobile Barcode Promotion
The Mobile Barcode Promotion was approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission on May 17, 2011. Mobile barcodes are two-dimensional barcodes that can be read by any smartphone with a 2d barcode reader application. These mobile barcodes, when scanned, can direct an otherwise passive customer to take immediate action – make a purchase, register for an event, or download a coupon. Program Goals The Mobile Barcode Promotion was designed to build awareness of mobile barcodes and demonstrate to mailers how mobile barcodes can increase the value of mail, while "blurring" the lines between online and offline marketing. How does the Program work? The Mobile Barcode Promotion runs July 1, 2011 through August 31, 2011, providing business mailers with an upfront three percent discount on Standard Mail and First-Class Mail® letters and flats that include a mobile barcode.  Another winter storn has slowed or stalled mail delivery in many upper midwest communities. March snow storms can produce a lot of wet heavy snow that can really slow things down. This snow storm has produced a lot of it and closed many highways and forced much of the mail to come to a halt as well. Click here to read all about it in The Forum of Fargo Moorhead.  Printing Impressions 400 provides the printing industry’s most comprehensive ranking of the top leading printing companies in the United States and Canada.
Forum Communications Printing ( Printing plants in Fargo, West Fargo, ND & Detroit Lakes, MN) moved up in the ranking from prior year not from more sales but from other printers losing dollar volume from the poor economic conditions! |  Industry NewsCategoriesAll  Follow Us On Twitter Like Us On Facebook ArchivesNovember 2011 | ||
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