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The U.S. Postal Service has proposed service standards for its market-dominant products, something it must establish by Dec. 20.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. will acquire Cardinal Brands Inc., a designer, developer and manufacturer of business forms, for $130 million.

Canada Post has launched Direct Marketing Online (www.directmarketingonline.ca), a service designed to give small and medium-sized businesses online access to marketing tools once reserved for big-budget enterprises.

The Communications Workers Union, the labor group for U.K. postal workers, said Tuesday that it has called off strikes against Royal Mail as it mulls over a draft agreement reached last Friday.

Shelly Lazarus well remembers when she first considered taking the top spot at OgilvyOne. Her friends thought she was crazy to leave her position managing the prestigious American Express account to delve into the world of direct marketing.

Several years ago the InterContinental Hotels Group ripped up the strategy for its mailings to loyalty members and started from scratch.

Commerce Planet Inc. will acquire Iventa Corp. for an undisclosed sum.

Harte-Hanks Inc. has signed an agreement giving it the option to acquire Information Arts Ltd., a U.K. analytics services provider, in the future.

A joint venture of Gordon Brothers Retail Partners and Hilco Merchant Resources has submitted the winning bid in the auction to acquire the operations of Bombay Co. Inc., the direct marketer and retailer and that filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy late last month.