The Editor’s Take: Weighing in on the New Catalog Group

Likewise, what’s good for Standard letter mailers isn’t always the right thing for catalogers — who account for about 75 percent of Standard mail flats — especially when it comes to setting postal rates.

Both trade groups have always had sharp people in place. Nobody knows postal better than Jerry Cerasale, the DMA’s postal lobbyist, or PostCom’s tireless president, Gene Del Polito — and that includes many U.S. Postal Service executives.