How the Catalog Fits Into the USPS’ Future

Simply put, the U.S. Postal Service can’t afford to have catalog businesses continue to go under. Consider the following:

* catalog postage accounted for approximately $3 billion in revenue for the USPS in its 2007 fiscal year, 4 percent of its total revenue;

* 21 percent of all priority mail revenue is catalog- or Internet-purchased merchandise; and