Direct mail

Citipost Global launches milestone-tracked international mail service
Citipost International rebranded as Citipost Global earlier this year, while separately launching Velociti, its new milestone-tracked international letter service.

Marketing heavyweights champion direct mail in new Marketreach campaign
Marketreach has launched the latest iteration of its B2B advertising campaign, Totally Mailed It.

UK ad spend rose 10.4% in 2024
UK ad spend showed strong growth in 2024, rising 10.4% to a total of £42.6bn. Growth of 6.3% is predicted in 2025, and 5.6% in 2026, with forecasts downgraded slightly thanks to the destabilising...

Paul Brough becomes Mail Users’ Association chair
Paul Brough has become the new chair of the Mail Users’ Association (MUA), an organisation that represents the interests of the UK's large users of mail.

Mail read rates hit all-time high in Q4 2024
Over three-quarters (77%) of mail was read or looked at in the crucial Q4 trading period, according to the latest quarterly results from JICMail, representing an all-time-high reading of this...

Direct mail advertising spend jumps 13%
Direct mail advertising spend returned to growth in the third quarter of 2024, beating the country’s overall average of advertising spend of 9.7%, according to the latest figures from the Advertising...

Changes to USO now up for consultation
Ofcom has confirmed its proposed changes to Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation including a reduced Second Class service, a relaxation of delivery targets, and a revamped bulk mail access...

JICMail launches new report on ‘super touchpoints’
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail launched a new report that highlights the ‘super touchpoint’ powers of direct mail, at a breakfast event held in London yesterday (29 January).

Direct mail ‘uniquely effective’, says Ogilvy UK’s Sutherland
The vice chairman of advertising and marketing agency Ogilvy UK has hailed the power of direct mail in a popular LinkedIn post that has attracted well over 300 comments at the time of writing.

Bakergoodchild launches new SaaS platform
Bakergoodchild is poised to go live with a new software platform to simplify production of direct mail jobs.

Mail most influential marketing medium for winning election votes
New nationally representative research from Marketreach has revealed that mail is more likely to have had an influence on voting intention than any other marketing channel across all ages.

JICMail and Origin conduct mail measurement pilot study
JICMail and ISBA’s cross-media measurement programme Origin are conducting a mail measurement pilot study.