Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The courier, express, and postal industry is the largest segment of the transportation marketplace worldwide. This blog will provide a personal perspective on the challenges faced by firms in the industry as they serve an increasingly competitive market.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Optimizing the Postal Service Network and 6-day Delivery

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One of the benefits of the 6-day to 5-day proceeding is that it provides an enormous amount of data relevant for trying to understand the Po...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Smart Post - What Does its Success Suggest for Letter and Flat Mailers

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In my previous post, I noted that FedEx volumes for Smart Post exceeded the Postal Service's measured volumes for Parcel Select.   This ...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Is there a Problem with RPW Parcel Select Volumes?

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In a recent post illustrating the importance of the Postal Service , I noted that FedEx Ground had 28% of its volume delivered by the Postal...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

Insights from the DMA's Jerry Cerasale and Nonprofit Mailers's Tony Conway

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In the most recent Postcom Radio podcast, Gene Del Polito covered a wide range of current topics with Jerry Cerasale, V.P. of Government Re...

Leaving the Mailstram: Saturation Advertising

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This blog had previously reported on the actions of Valassis to use alternative delivery for its saturation advertising products.  Last mon...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Saving The Public Enterprise Model - Who Pays?

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Tomorrow, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will receive testimony on three reports detailing changes requiring congressio...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Postal Policy: Now its Congress's Turn

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Now that the Government Accountability Office report is out it is time for Congress to get down to the serious business of re-evaluating the...
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Alan Robinson
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Alan Robinson is the President of the Direct Communications Group and an associate of Analytic Business Services (AnaBus). He has over twenty years experience helping firms and government officials deal with the regulatory, policy, marketing, and management issues associated with changes in competition within transportation, parcel delivery and postal markets. He can be reached at alan.robinson@directcomgroup.com
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