Advertising, marketing and publishing groups blasted the U.S. Postal Service's request to increase postal rates an average of 5.6%, accusing the agency of everything from poor timing to ineffective operations and suicidal tendencies.
“The Direct Marketing Association strongly believes that a postal rate increase at this time will cause mail volumes to decrease even further and irreparably harm the financial viability of the Postal Service going forward,” said Linda Woolley, DMA exec VP-government affairs, in a statement....
