Short Cuts

Patrick Furey has been named president of the Dallas office of Brann Worldwide. Furey has held executive positions at Rapp Collins (part of the Omnicom Group), Caribiner International and Doner Advertising, where he was responsible for strategic planning.

The U.S. Postal Service will now give its Parcel Select service customers discounts for merchandise returns if they pick them up at the same postal facilities at which they drop off packages and not have the USPS personally return them to the mailers.