LONDON, Oct 1, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) is hosting its next executive briefing in the "Beyond the Envelope" series on October 2, 2003 in London to discuss how companies can enhance their customers' experience, better leverage resources and improve business security. The session, which is titled "Navigating in the Post Bubble Economy," will feature Matthew Bishop, Business Editor of The Economist. Bishop will offer insight on investment and growth, and why investment in technology is still required to reduce costs. The briefing is being held at the Dorchester Hotel and is limited to invitees only.

"Gaining new business and satisfying existing customers is top of mind for most companies," said Brian Baxendale, executive vice president of Pitney Bowes. "A critical process in this quest to grow business is the flow of customer communication. Customers demand accurate and timely communication, whether that communication is a bill, statements, new product offerings, direct marketing piece, customer service response or call center exchange. Businesses need to focus on their mail and document flow and take action to engineer the process so that it can deliver maximum results while reducing costs."

The 'Beyond the Envelope' series provides senior management at Fortune 1000 companies with information on a variety of business-critical communication issues and opportunities, including customized communication that increases shareholder value; innovation -- leveraging both physical and electronic mediums; securing your communication flow; and improved customer response and satisfaction. The series, which kicked-off on June 30th in New York City, includes live events, webinars and executive communications that stress the value of efficient, secure and effective communication flow.

"Our 'Beyond the Envelope' series has already received positive feedback from senior executives who have learned ways to better manage their critical -- but often overlooked -- flow of communication from participating in our roundtable discussion and web seminars," said Matthew Sawyer, Vice President Corporate Marketing, Pitney Bowes.

Other events in the "Beyond the Envelope" series will include industry experts from Pitney Bowes and recognized thought leaders like Clayton Christensen, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and author of, "The Innovator's Solution"; and Caspar W. Weinberger, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and chairman of Forbes.

For more information on the "Beyond the Envelope" series, please visit www.pb.com.

Pitney Bowes is the world's leading provider of integrated mail and document management systems, services and solutions. The $4.4 billion company helps organizations of all sizes engineer the flow of communication to reduce costs and increase impact, and enhance customer relationships. The company's 80-plus years of technological leadership has produced many major innovations in the mailing industry and more than 3,500 active patents with applications in a variety of markets, including printing, shipping, encryption, and financial services. With approximately 33,000 employees worldwide, Pitney Bowes serves more than 2 million businesses through direct and dealer operations.

    CONTACT:  Dan Burris, Pitney Bowes, 203-351-6477, daniel.burris@pb.com

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