PostNet Receives 2013 Mail Innovations Award From U.S. Postal Service: DENVER - PostNet, the nation's first Neighborhood Business Center offering printing, marketing and design solutions for small businesses, received a Mail Innovations award from the U.S. Postal Service at the 2013 National Postal Forum on March 18. PostNet was recognized for its exemplary participation in Every Door Direct Mail, a direct mail service from the U.S. Postal Service.
Launched in 2011, Every Door Direct Mail enables businesses to efficiently reach all residences in a designated area.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Mailstream Meets the Inbox
Where the Mailstream Meets the Inbox: The convergence of print and digital has been much-discussed in recent years, but what exactly does that mean? There are of course QR codes, near field communications (NFC) and augmented reality solutions—all in various stages of market maturity. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is working on solutions of its own. The goal: to digitize mailboxes.
McClatchy Buys Tru Measure
McClatchy buys Tru Measure: Sacramento, Calif.—Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. has acquired Tru Measure, a digital marketing company that measures online ad effectiveness. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Email Open Rates Up, Click Rates Fall
Email in Q4 2012: Open Rates Up, Click Rates Fall: The average email open rate increased to 27.4% in Q4 of 2012, representing the highest rate in at least 2 years, finds Epsilon. Click rates remain near a 2 year low at 4.5%.
InfoTrends: Big Data, Customer Experience & Personalization
InfoTrends Explores How Big Data Powers Customer Experience Personalization: Weymouth, MA - There continues to be plenty of hype in the business and technology media about the potential that ?big data? has to help companies glean meaningful insights, make better decisions, develop useful products, and deliver exceptional customer service. Many enterprise marketers have been clued into the power of big data years before the hype caught on, amassing an incredible amount of data on everything from target audiences to campaign performance, all in effort to improve the effectiveness of their customer acquisition and engagement activities.
Washington Post Imposes Paywall
Washington Post to establish paywall: The Washington Post will begin charging users to access its website after they've viewed 20 articles or multimedia features a month. The paywall is expected to go into effect this summer, although no fee structure has been announced.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
NewPage Rumford Looks for Tax Break
The Rumford Paper Mill is paying $2 million more in property
taxes than the next highest NewPage mill, according to recent statistics
released by the mill.
The Rumford Paper Mill pays $4.4 million annually in
property taxes, which is the highest annual property tax of all eight NewPage
mills, and $2 million more than the Escanaba mill in Michigan, the mill with
the next highest property tax, said mill spokesman Anthony Lyons."The Escanaba mill and the Wisconsin Rapids mill are much more modern and newer than our mill," Lyons said. "Yet somehow, their tax rates are much lower than ours in Rumford. Something has to be done."
WA Extends Biomass Tax Break to Mills, with Caveat
Winning a tax break could become a lot harder to do at the
Washington state Capitol soon.
In both the Democrat-run House and Republican-leaning
Senate, bills have passed unanimously this year either to set a new standard
for an existing tax break or to lay out expectations for new ones. The House is
taking the stricter position, demanding specific goals for job creation or retention,
proof that goals are being met, and an expiration date.And in what House Finance Committee Chairman Reuven Carlyle says is an Evergreen State first, a bill extending a fuel-tax break for lumber and paper mills - mostly on the economically hard-hit Olympic Peninsula - will require a company to repay tax favors if it takes the money then pulls up stakes and leaves the state for China, Brazil or even Idaho.
Nippon Port Angeles/Labor Sign Contract
Nippon Paper Industries USA implemented a labor contract
with about 130 members of the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers
Local 155 without union approval, company and union officials said (Port Angeles, WA mill).
They said workers remained on the job Monday at the plant,
which produces paper for telephone books and newspapers, including the
Peninsula Daily News.Plant manager Harold Norlund said the union was warned two months ago that if an agreement was not reached, Nippon would implement it on its own.
Shandong Tralin Converts Coated PM
China's Shandong Tralin Group
has halted production on the sole 80,000 tonne/yr coated fine paper (CFP)
machine at its Gaotang mill in Liaocheng city, Shandong province, aiming to
overhaul it to produce food packaging.
According to the firm, the
rebuild of the PM has almost wrapped up. The machine will now mainly produce
coated ivory board grades such as cupstock at a rate of 100,000 tonnes/yr.
Holmen to Close 200M mtpy Newsprint PM
Holmen cuts 180 jobs
Holmen Paper intends to cease production on PM 51 at Braviken Paper Mill outside Norrköping, Sweden during the third quarter of 2013. The mill’s product mix will be improved when the proportion of newsprint shrinks by 200 000 tonnes. At the same time, staff will be cut by 180 persons.
Holmen Paper intends to cease production on PM 51 at Braviken Paper Mill outside Norrköping, Sweden during the third quarter of 2013. The mill’s product mix will be improved when the proportion of newsprint shrinks by 200 000 tonnes. At the same time, staff will be cut by 180 persons.
Sale of MeadWestvaco's Headquarters Explored
NewMarket Corp. explores possible sale of Meadwestvacoa s corporate headquarters building:
The NewMarket Corp. is exploring the possible sale of one of Richmond’s newest corporate headquarters buildings.
Bruce Hazelgrove, a spokesman for the company, said it has retained HFF Inc. (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler), to check into the possibility of selling the 310,000-square-foot, Class A office tower on South Fifth Street that is home to Fortune 500 company MeadWestvaco Corp.
MeadWestvaco, a global packaging giant, moved its headquarters from Stanford, Conn., to Richmond in 2006 and moved into the building in late 2009. Since then, Hazelgrove said the building’s owner, NewMarket Corp., has “had so many inquiries that we felt we owed it to our shareholders to look into it.”
The NewMarket Corp. is exploring the possible sale of one of Richmond’s newest corporate headquarters buildings.
Bruce Hazelgrove, a spokesman for the company, said it has retained HFF Inc. (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler), to check into the possibility of selling the 310,000-square-foot, Class A office tower on South Fifth Street that is home to Fortune 500 company MeadWestvaco Corp.
MeadWestvaco, a global packaging giant, moved its headquarters from Stanford, Conn., to Richmond in 2006 and moved into the building in late 2009. Since then, Hazelgrove said the building’s owner, NewMarket Corp., has “had so many inquiries that we felt we owed it to our shareholders to look into it.”
Google Drops Tagline of Paperless Campaign
Michael Makin: Google Drops Tagline of Paperless 2013 Campaign: Printing Industries of America’s President and CEO Michael Makin thanked CEO Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt for reconsidering the message of the Paperless 2013 campaign. The following message from Michael Makin has been sent to the Printing Industries of America membership:Dear members,
It may have taken months, but I am pleased to report that as a result of the protest by Printing Industries of America—along with other groups such as Two Sides—Google has corrected its misleading claims made as part of its ill-conceived Paperless 2013 campaign. While the campaign to reduce office paper use will continue, its offensive tag line “Save money. Save time. Save trees” has been eliminated!
It may have taken months, but I am pleased to report that as a result of the protest by Printing Industries of America—along with other groups such as Two Sides—Google has corrected its misleading claims made as part of its ill-conceived Paperless 2013 campaign. While the campaign to reduce office paper use will continue, its offensive tag line “Save money. Save time. Save trees” has been eliminated!
Time Inc. CRO Steps Down
Paul Caine Steps Down as Time Inc. CRO: Shortly after Time Warner announced the spinoff of Time Inc. one senior executive has already taken flight: after 23 years with the company, former chief revenue officer Paul Caine is leaving Time Inc. to become the CEO of Dial Global, Inc., an independent syndicator of audio content
Complex Media Acquires Sole Collector
Complex Media Acquires Men’s Apparel Media Company, Sole Collector: Complex Media, a multimedia network of entertainment, sports and lifestyle properties, has acquired Sole Collector, a consumer sneaker website, iPad monthly and quarterly print magazine.
RRD Closes Second Ohio Plant
RR Donnelley & Sons Co. told the state of Ohio it
expects to close its Sycamore Township facility and lay off 57 workers.
The Chicago-based commercial printing firm said the layoffs
could start May 13 and be complete by the end of the month.
Cabela's Pursues Omnichannel Growth
http://risnews.edgl.com/retail-best-practices/Cabela-s-New-Chapter-of-Omnichannel-Growth85374?rssid=Article85374
Cabela's has set its focus on leveraging technology investments for 2013 and beyond. It will make three key technology enhancements including price optimization, SKU profitability and the many segments of omnichannel fulfillment.
Cabela's has set its focus on leveraging technology investments for 2013 and beyond. It will make three key technology enhancements including price optimization, SKU profitability and the many segments of omnichannel fulfillment.
In the next 12 to 16 months, the
retailer will deploy three different technology enhancements: the first being
price optimization, second is around net SKU profitability, and third is
omnichannel fulfillment.
44% Book Purchases from e-Tailers
http://www.bowker.com/en-US/aboutus/press_room/2013/pr_03182013.shtm
The rise in e-book reading in the U.S. and U.K. over the last three years has been a key driver in the market share gains of e-retailers, according to research being released this month by Bowker Market Research. In the U.S., e-retailers accounted for 44 percent of book purchases by volume in 2012, up from 25 percent in 2010. In the U.K. the rise has been somewhat less dramatic but still significant, up from 25 percent in January-November 2010, to 38 percent in the same period in 2012.
The rise in e-book reading in the U.S. and U.K. over the last three years has been a key driver in the market share gains of e-retailers, according to research being released this month by Bowker Market Research. In the U.S., e-retailers accounted for 44 percent of book purchases by volume in 2012, up from 25 percent in 2010. In the U.K. the rise has been somewhat less dramatic but still significant, up from 25 percent in January-November 2010, to 38 percent in the same period in 2012.
Plastic Bags: What a Difference a State Makes
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20130301/NEWS/130309988/plastic-bags-remain-under-fire-in-california
While California legislators plan to once again consider a bill that would ban single-use plastic bags across the state, local communities are continuing to plow ahead with their own bag ordinances.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/14/4703384/legislator-wants-to-keep-cities.html
The Republican from Muenster recently filed "The Shopping Bag Freedom Act," a bill intended to block plastic-bag bans in Austin and other Texas cities.
While California legislators plan to once again consider a bill that would ban single-use plastic bags across the state, local communities are continuing to plow ahead with their own bag ordinances.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/14/4703384/legislator-wants-to-keep-cities.html
The Republican from Muenster recently filed "The Shopping Bag Freedom Act," a bill intended to block plastic-bag bans in Austin and other Texas cities.
Washington Examiner Relaunched as Weekly Magazine
Washington Examiner Daily to Relaunch as Weekly Magazine: Denver-based Clarity Media Group is announcing some changes to its Washington Group portfolio, which includes the Washington Examiner, conservative magazine The Weekly Standard and Red Alert Politics. The Examiner will transition from a daily news format to a weekly print magazine offering coverage and commentary on politics and policy.
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