Postal Service Price Adjustments Set for April 17

The Postal Regulatory Commission has notified the U.S. Postal Service that price changes announced Jan. 13 satisfy the requirements of the law and will take effect April 17. The first U.S. Postal Service mailing services price change in two years will have minimal impact on retail customers who will continue to pay only 44 cents for a stamp. Price changes of note for retail customers include the following:

• First-Class Mail letters (1 oz.) remain unchanged at 44 cents,
• First-Class Mail additional ounces increase to 20 cents,
• Postcards will cost 29 cents,
• Letters to Canada or Mexico (1 oz.) increase to 80 cents, and
• Letters to other international destinations will remain unchanged at 98 cents.

"Postal Service products and services offer a great value to the American public,” said Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe. “For a very affordable price, you can send letters, bill payments, packages, and other mail across town or across the nation.”
The 1.7 percent average increase is at or below the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index — although actual percentage price increases for various products and services vary.
Prices will also change for other mailing services, including Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services and Extra Services. Larger volume business mailers will see price increases in a variety of categories. Detailed pricing information is available online at www.usps.com/prices.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

See also: Postmaster Announces Price Increases (Thursday, January 20, 2011)

Nourish Your Business With Promotional Products

by Owaine Schaub

Gifts are the simple stuffs that can help you to get closer to others, whether he is a human being or any business organization. If you have ever used the promotional products, you must know about its power to keep your company or business name in the top of the market. Hence, one needs to be very acute while selecting promotional products. If you are going to select gifts on behalf of your business then it would be more crucial because such gifts determine the actual status of your organization. The promotional products also determine your effort to bring excellent services at the door step of your customer.

There are numerous options available in the markets. You can choose to nourish your business organization. For instance, promotional bags, mugs and bottles, key rings and lanyard, desktop promoters t-shirts and clothing and pens are few options that you can be chosen as the promotional products of your business organization. Promotional pens are not new in the world of promotional gifts. These are very simple and common gift. You can also choose promotional fridge magnets and promotional pencils for the endorsement of your business in the market.

When you go to choose a perfect promotional item, keep in your mind that your item should not mess your budget. Before making a plan for endorsement of your business or organization with such campaigns, you must consider your budget as your business and personal life can also get affected if you even think to go over the budget. Printed pencils and pens are the best options to promote your business or company and to widespread the name of your company with such kind of endorsements. Before you go and buy anything, think first about the sort of promotional pencils or pens you are looking forward to gift your customers. If your budget is low, you can go for the pens available at cheaper rate with plastic body.

If you are on average budget, you can visit the popular section of mid-raged plastic bodied pens. You can also go to the sophisticated range of metal bodied pens to impress customer however, this will let you spend more. You must consider the quality of your gifts otherwise whatever you provide would not mean good to your customers and it can ruin your business status as well. For more details on such attractive promotional gifts, you can visit the site http://www.adxpressimprints.com. Thus, get ready to air your name in the market with attractive promotional gifts.

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Top 10 Sexiest Products for Valentine's Day

All's fair in love and promotional products, as the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) today released its annual top 10 list of hottest Valentine's Day business gifts and romantic giveaways.

A search for romantic giveaways in ASI's exclusive promotional products database reveals marketers are in hot pursuit of everything from chocolate lip balm and thigh-high socks to matchbook-style condoms and custom-made bobbleheads. For a YouTube video featuring a demo of some of the products, click here. For photos and info, click here.

"Marketers trying to sex up a ho-hum promotion need look no further than our top 10 list to find products that will make anyone go 'whoo-hoo' all year long," said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI. "Sex always sells, whether it's spread by a tasty lip balm or flashed on a necklace shouting 'sexy.'"

Top 10 sexiest Valentine's Day products:

1. Chocolate Lip Balm from Custom HBC. Flavored SPF-15 lip balm has hempseed oil, beeswax and other natural oils for smooth application.
2. Little Black Book of Sex Secrets from Peter Pauper Press Inc. The 160-page book by Dee Flower offers naughty tips, sexual oddities, potent positions and celebrity sex.
3. Edible Bubble Bath from Z Marketing Group makes a fun, romantic intimacy kit.
4. Thigh-High Socks from American Apparel are triple-striped, soft-knit and 26" long.
5. Feathered Bikini Top from Beistle. Adjustable Mardi Gras feathered bikini top.
6. Tongue and Lips Pin from Alight Promotional Products is magnetic and flashes.
7. Boy Briefs from Cafe Press are inspired by the classic men's briefs but made for style-conscious women.
8. Sexy Necklace from OTC/Lauren-Spencer Inc. displays the word "sexy."
9. Condoms from Stop N Go come in standard foil packaging with discreet matchbook-style packaging.
10. Bobblehead from Bobble Head Me comes with dark hair and a purple bikini. Custom dolls are 100% handmade by professional sculptors.

The $17 billion ad specialty industry is fueled by branded freebies (how many do you have?) and hundreds of thousands of American-made promotional T-shirts – there are enough produced annually to clothe everyone in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Now, businesses are going way beyond the best-selling logoed pen, with unique products like scented T-shirts that help launch catchy ad campaigns that capture consumers and deliver a positive return on investment.

According to a landmark study from ASI, ad specialties beat out prime-time TV, radio and print advertising as the most cost-effective advertising medium available.

For more information how to get these and more for your organization please contact us.

AdXPress carries over 750,000 promotional products.