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	<title>BB Direct Blog - Direct Mail and Direct Marketing Talk &#187; Direct Mail and the Economy</title>
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		<title>Direct Mail Outlook Optimistic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic DM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion - Misc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Direct Mail and the Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy Outlook Positive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/archives/direct-mail-outlook-optimistic.php"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/thumbnail-for-excerpts/tfe_no_thumb.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a>As I&#8217;ve been asking around about the future holds for direct mail service providers and have been getting the general consensus that business is good.  This week a slump in retail sales and the USPS considering shorting their delivery days to 5 per week, it&#8217;s no wonder many are concerned.  But in conversations I&#8217;ve had this week, I mostly hear about the ice, snow, and blistering cold.  I do hear that acquisition mail (those campaigns to cold prospects) are down, but listening to the voice of mail service providers throughout...]]></description>
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