The U.S. Postal Service will conduct a reduced-postage-rate test for high-volume first-class mailers. The discount program, which is similar to its summer sale for standard class mail, will go into effect on Oct. 1 and expire on Dec. 31.
Today we meet Katherine Sharma, director of new business development at Acculists USA in Ventura, CA, where she's been since the end of 2006.
“Least weak” may be damning with faint praise, but for exercise and fitness marketer Nautilus Inc., the cross-training sneaker fits.
Caribbean Travel + Life mailed an “Exclusive Charter Invitation” of a three-year subscription for $24.95. The Student Conservation Association is hitching its wagon to President Obama’s star – for at least one solicitation mailing. And the summer catalog from VitaCost offers a bevy of bonuses in return for orders in excess of $50.
Chico's FAS Inc. reported net sales of $419.9 million for the second quarter, an increase over net sales of $405.2 million last year.
Printer RR Donnelley reported net sales of $2.36 billion during the second quarter of 2009, down from $2.92 billion in second-quarter 2008. The printer’s net income fell from $148.8 million a year ago to $26.2 million.
HSN Inc. reported second quarter sales of $640.1 million, down 8% from the $695.8 million it racked up in second-quarter 2008. But the company turned a $249.8 million net loss from a year ago into net income of $13.6 million
The U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $2.4 billion for the third quarter, compared to a net loss of $1.1 billion last year.
Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of its assets and operations to Golden Gate Capital for $286 million in cash.
The Christian Science Monitor offers a charter subscription to its new print newsweekly. Legal thriller author John Grisham has lent his name in support of the Southern Poverty Law Center
