According to DMA, a division of ANA (Association of National Advertisers), in 2016, more than 100.7 million adults in the U.S. made a purchase from a catalog. Not only are all age groups receptive to receiving catalogs, with over 42% of catalogs that are delivered in...
Fiscal Year 2019 Integrated Financial Plan for the USPS
Integrated Financial Plan The United States Postal Services released their Integrated Financial Plan (IFP) for the Fiscal Year of 2019 last month. The IFP forecasts a repeat of the 2018 financial challenges for the USPS in 2019, resulting in a net loss of $6.6...
Catalog Content Marketing in a Digital World
Content is marketed to customers on a daily, hourly, and even minute to minute basis. (Hello social media!) In fact, according to Red Crow Marketing, Americans are subjected to 4,000 to 10,000 ads each and every day. That’s a lot of irrelevant content at our...
Marketing to Customers Through Images
Consumers today are busier than ever and often wear many hats, taking on many different roles. So how can you grab their attention when they feel the demands of their day-to-day workload, then arrive home to a mailbox that is overflowing with direct mail? The...
Fall into the Holidays
Americans are settling into the fall season earlier than ever, with Dunkin’ Donuts rolling out their pumpkin spice lattes on August 27th, and Starbucks doing the same just one day later, releasing their pumpkin spice products on August 28th. Consumers barely had a...
USPS Third Quarter Results and South Dakota vs. Wayfair
USPS News The USPS third quarter results are in, reporting a total revenue of $17.1 billion, which is an increase of $402 million, or 2.4 percent, compared to the same quarter last year. The USPS’s net loss for the third quarter came in at $1.5 billion. This is a...