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Dear Member: A belated Happy New Year! Thank you for your loyal support of ACMA. However, I must acknowledge my deep concern to our membership for the year ahead. We have high stakes battles on several fronts and without aggressive push-backs, it is not going to end well. I don’t want to be accused of […]
Member Exclusive: ACMA’s Legal Corner – State Taxes Outlook 2020
By Martin Eisenstein & David Bertoni Last year was a whirlwind year for state sales taxes. States seized on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair to require sales tax collection by remote retailers based on sales alone; an in-state physical presence is no longer a requirement. To date, all but […]
Phase One of US-China Deal: Key Provisions
Chinese Concessions to the US Intellectual Property: This chapter focuses on protecting U.S. company trade secrets, patents, and trademarks. It also concerns protecting U.S. companies against the sale and export of counterfeit and pirated goods. The Chinese have agreed to a number of longstanding commitments on IP issues. Tech Transfer: The Section 301 investigation largely […]
Member Exclusive: ACMA’s Legal Corner – CA Consumer Privacy Act Is Now Law: What Should You Do?
By David Swetnam-Burland The ACMA has received several inquiries from members on how to handle the policies now in force under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect on January 1, 2020. Chief among them are how best to act on and respond to consumer data deletion requests. In today’s ACMA Legal […]
Member Alert: USPS Announces 2020 Promotions
Dear ACMA Member: We wanted to alert you that late last week the Postal Service announced its promotions calendar for 2020. The USPS opened up registration for its first 2020 one, Tactile, Sensory & Interactive Engagement, yesterday and will host a webinar about the promotion this Thursday, December 19th, at 1pm Eastern. Click here to register. The requirements are posted here. The […]
ACMA Member Exclusive – October MTAC Recap
The following recap from the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meetings held October 29-30, 2019, at USPS HQs in Washington was compiled specifically with catalog interests in mind by ACMA VP & Deputy Director Paul Miller from reports by ACMA President & Executive Director Hamilton Davison and Members Nancy Cushman of Crate & Barrel and […]
ACMA Member Exclusive – August MTAC Recap
The following recap from the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meetings held August 27-28, 2019, at USPS HQs in Washington was compiled specifically with catalog interests in mind by ACMA VP & Deputy Director Paul Miller from reports by ACMA President & Executive Director Hamilton Davison and Member Nancy Cushman of Crate & Barrel. For […]
USPS Names Robert Cintron, 3 Others, to Executive Posts
Dear Member: The US Postal Service recently announced the following new roles for these postal executives: Robert Cintron has been appointed VP Logistics. This functional group combines Surface Logistics, Air Logistics, International Logistics, Systems Integration Support, Logistics Modeling and Analytics, and the Headquarters National Operations Control Center. A 34-year USPS veteran, Mr. Cintron had served as […]
ACMA Member Exclusive – June MTAC Recap
The following recap from the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meetings held June 18-19, 2019, at USPS HQs in Washington was compiled specifically with catalog interests in mind by ACMA VP & Deputy Director Paul Miller from reports by ACMA members Nancy Cushman of Crate & Barrel and Michelle Zalewski of ALG Worldwide. For some […]
ACMA’s Legal Corner – Fighting Back Against Class Actions: Website Terms & Conditions
By Martin Eisenstein & David Bertoni Catalog and online retailers are faced with enormous challenges in complying with a host of new state tax and privacy laws and regulatory requirements. Collecting the correct amount of sales tax or following the divergent requirements of various state privacy laws is a daunting task. Mistakes are easy to […]