How is it that a simple five-digit ZIP code provides any insight into who you are? After reading my recent article on how stores often ask for our ZIP codes to build marketing profiles, Michael ...

The postal service may be in a financial vise right now, but fifty years ago it created an economic legacy–one now reportedly worth billions of dollars a year. On July 1, 1963, it introduced the ...

You probably know your ZIP code by heart but do you know what it stands for? It turns out that the five or so digits point to some pretty specific information about you and where you live in the US.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- They are the five numbers that stand for home. Since 1963, ZIP codes have been a part of just about every piece of mail that travels through our system. But what do those numbers ...