USPS Fallout: 7 Businesses that May Hit the Skids

USPS Fallout: 7 Businesses that May Hit the Skids

Catalog and direct mail marketers

How do you get customers? By mailing them a catalog filled with enticing products. But if bulk rate postage continues to rise to cover the shortfall in first class mail, fruit catalog merchants like Harry & David could die on the vine. Some catalog retailers also depend on the Postal Service to reach rural areas and deliver to far-flung places like Alaska and Hawaii, as well as overseas.

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