Merchants participating in bulk parcel return service extended option of absorbing return postage costs

In a move to make it easier to conduct business with the mail order industry, the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors approved a service enhancement that will provide some merchants the option of absorbing return merchandise postage costs for opened and returned parcels.

'This is a win-win situation for the mail order industry, consumers and the Postal Service," said Anita I Bizzoto, vice president of marketing systems. "Similar to our Merchandise Return Service, where customers are not charged for returning merchandise to the merchant, the same can now be said for a new group of mailers and their customers."

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