Potter: Future mail totals ‘very sobering’
The US Postal Service‘s management is releasing more details about the organization’s future business plan. In a video…
Quad/Graphics to buy minority stake in HGI Company
Catalog, magazine and retail insert printer Quad/Graphics will purchase a minority interest in HGI Company, a commercial printer.…
Postal Service sees $179M profit for December 2009, but net loss for quarter
The US Postal Service earned a profit of $179 million last December. However, it lost $297 million during…
Insurance-related direct mail steady in 2009: Mintel
Despite budget cuts and the growing use of social media, insurance companies maintained their use of direct mail…
TargetSpot debuts mobile audio ad platform
TargetSpot, an Internet radio advertising network, launched a mobile audio ad platform on February 23. The company will…
Valassis FY 2009 revenue falls 5.8%
Valassis‘ full-year 2009 revenues dropped 5.8% to $2.2 billion from $2.4 billion the prior year. Fourth-quarter 2009 revenue…
Bigeye Direct, Advanced Mailing to merge
Printing and mailing firms Bigeye Direct and Advanced Mailing Services announced February 16 that they will merge. Financial…
January retail sales up 0.5% over December: NRF
January retail sales improved slightly over the previous month, but declined year-over-year, according to the National Retail Federation.…
Strategic Holdings buys e-commerce merchant Buzzskin
Strategic Holdings Group acquired Buzzskin, an online marketing and e-commerce company focused on men’s grooming products, last week.…
Skittles sticks with social despite early setback
Last year, Skittles got an aftertaste it didn’t expect from a social media experiment. Critics pounced after Skittles…