Its first-class mail volume dropping, the Postal Service hopes to substitute marketing material, even as consumers seek ways to block the catalogs and credit card applications.
Seeking Revenue, Postal Service Plans To Deliver More Junk Mail
By RON NIXON, New York Times
Wed, 09/19/2012 - 7:59pm
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