US Postal Service Is Mailing 110 Million 'Holiday Shipping and Mailing Guides'
Wednesday, 15 November 2006
Running out of time? Running out of patience? Check the mailbox this week and open the Postal Service's Holiday Shipping and Mailing Guide for helpful solutions to some of the season's challenges.
The guide is filled with customer-friendly information on the Postal Service's most popular products, services and time-saving features, including free package pickup, Click-N-Ship labels and desktop postage, options for mailing across the country and overseas and recommended mailing deadlines.
"Everyone can use a little extra help around the holidays. We know that customers want more choices and convenience to help manage their time, especially this time of year," said Anita Bizzotto, chief marketing officer and executive vice president. "The Holiday Guide is one more way for us to help families enjoy the best the season has to offer."
The six-panel guide is designed to resemble the popular hobby of scrap-booking, with borders of holiday ornaments and tree lights, ribbons and bows, and snowmen and snowflake cutouts.
The Postal Service issued its first guide in 2004. Independent consumer research showed that nearly 40 percent of those surveyed remembered receiving and seeing the guide and that more than two-thirds of those consumers used the information in the guide.
More than 110 million copies will be delivered to every residential household this week.
All of the information contained in the Holiday Shipping and Mailing Guide also can be found at USPS.com/holiday, with links to each of the products and services, including: