Pennsylvania To Study Whether Notices Should Still Be Placed In Print Newspapers (mediapost.com)

10 Missions Media, the leading business-to-business publisher in the automotive industry, has acquired the automotive aftermarket division of Bobit Business Media, a deal that adds Modern Tire Dealer and Auto Service Professional to 10 Missions Media’s publishing portfolio that already includes FenderBender, Ratchet+Wrench, National Oil and Lube News, and ADAPT. In the deal, which closed June 11, 10 Missions Media also takes on ownership of Dealer Strategic Planning (DSP) 20 Group, a training operation for tire dealers.

Chico's FAS, Inc. announced that the Company is updating its outlook for the fiscal 2017 fourth quarter ending February 3, 2018. Based on results to date, the Company anticipates fourth quarter total comparable sales in the negative 5% to negative 7% range, an improvement on its previous outlook of negative high single-digits. As previously announced, approximately $30 million in sales from the 53rd week of fiscal 2017 are not included in the comparable sales calculation for the Company's outlook. Click Read More below for additional information.

The Postal Regulatory Commission released its advisory opinion on a Postal Service plan to revise the critical entry times (CETs) for some categories of Periodicals mail. The CET is the latest time a mailpiece may be tendered to the Postal Service and still have the day count when measuring that mail’s service performance. (Docket No. N2022-2). Specifically, the Postal Service proposes to standardize four of the five Periodicals CETs (i.e., CETs for all non-palletized Periodicals mail). Instead of the current CET range of 0800-1400 for the affected categories of Periodicals mail, the Postal Service proposes that all of those categories would share a CET of 0800. The Postal Service asserts that this change would “promote simplification of mail processing operations, and hence more effective allocation and use of processing personnel and equipment.” The Commission’s evaluation of the Postal Service’s proposal finds: *The proposed changes will likely enable the Postal Service to project more easily and accurately the Periodicals volumes and, therefore, will likely improve Periodicals processing. *The proposed changes are likely to result in more efficient use of the Postal Service’s equipment, particularly its bundle/package sortation machines. *A subset of affected Periodicals mailers have indicated that they will not be able to achieve the revised CETs and are likely to have an additional service day added to the delivery of their mailpieces. *The Postal Service has not analyzed how the expected impact on Periodicals mailers would affect Periodicals volumes, worksharing, or the recipients of Periodicals mail.