If you can't get your catalogs and your packages delivered, you're pretty much out of business. That's why we've devoted this section to recent CATALOG AGE articles about the U.S. Postal Service and commercial carriers--and how to work most efficiently with them.

LIVE FROM THE ANNUAL CATALOG CONFERENCE: Easy Come, Easy Go? Postal Bill Markup Postponed Bad news, good news, bad news for the U. S. Postal Service. On the day after former Postmaster General Marvin Runyon died at 79, a postal reform draft... May 5, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution Finding Money in the Mail Catalogers are extremely detail-oriented when it comes to analyzing customer demographics, sourcing product, developing eye-catching layouts, writing... May 1, 2004 , Catalog Age Live From the DMA's Government Affairs Conference: Postal Reform May Still Have a Chance (Direct Newsline) Washington--A day after two House chiefs of staff declared that postal reform was dead on Capitol Hill until at least 2005, Sen. John... Apr 23, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution Live from Government Affairs Conference: The Shape of the Next Postal Rate Case (Direct Newsline) Washington--While a number of factors are yet unresolved, the next postal rate case could see increases of around 10%-12%, according... Apr 22, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution Live from Government Affairs Conference: No Postal Reform This Year (Direct Newsline) Washington--It doesn’t get more unequivocal than this: Asked whether postal reform would be considered by Congress this year, the chiefs... Apr 22, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution New USPS Direct Mail Ad Campaign Targets All But Catalogs In a forthcoming exclusive interview with CATALOG AGE, outgoing Direct Marketing Association president/CEO Bob Wientzen says he regrets never having... Apr 20, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution Postal Reform: Don't Hold Your Breath After the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service issued its recommendations for reform last July, mailers were optimistic that legislation... Apr 1, 2004 , Catalog Age PMG Warns of Steep Postal Rate Hike in 2006 In a joint House-Senate hearing on postal reform on March 23, Postmaster General Jack Potter told the panel that if the laws governing the U.S. Postal... Mar 24, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution Cataloger Seeks Credit Terms from USPS Could the U.S. Postal Service begin granting credit terms to mailers? It will if Chris Bradley, president/CEO of Portland, ME-based bedding cataloger... Mar 9, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution Mailers Urge House Panel to Reform USPS (Direct Newsline) Mailers urged Congress yesterday to adopt recommendations of the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service. In testimony before... Feb 12, 2004 , Catalog Age-Lead the Evolution