Allen Abbott

Joe Keenan is the executive editor of Total Retail. Joe has more than 10 years experience covering the retail industry, and enjoys profiling innovative companies and people in the space.

At the American Catalog Mailers Association's (ACMA) National Catalog Forum yesterday, assorted catalog mailers and suppliers voiced their concerns regarding the Main Street Fairness Act (aka the internet tax law) and discussed their options to help see that the bill isn't passed. Having already been passed by the Senate this past Monday, the next hurdle to the bill becoming law is its passage in the House. The ACMA and its members are fighting to make sure that doesn't happen.

In our April 21 edition, we caught up with Allen Abbott, EVP/COO at Paul Fredrick MenStyle, a Fleetwood, Pa.-based marketer of men’s apparel, who shared his views on where the U.S. Postal Service is headed and how catalog mailers fit into the picture. Here's part 2 of that interview. (For part 1, click here.) —Paul Miller

Historically, catalogers have relied heavily on printers and consultants to keep them abreast of postal matters. There have been, and will continue to be, plenty of exceptions, of course. One such exception is Allen Abbott, EVP/COO at Paul Fredrick MenStyle, a Fleetwood, Pa.-based marketer of men’s apparel. An active backer and member of the upstart American Catalog Mailers Association, Allen gives one mailer’s view of where the U.S. Postal Service is headed and how catalog mailers fit into the picture. Here's part 1 of that interview; part 2 will appear in our May 5 edition.

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