Originally founded in 1978 as the publisher of The Commerce Register , a 13-volume directory of manufacturers in the northeastern states, Commerce Register Inc. is a data processing service bureau. It specializes in providing both standard and custom solutions to the direct mail marketing community. The firm provides an array of services, such as bulk mail center sorting, personalized mailings, gender coding, e-mail broadcasting, printing, choice mail and many more. Its clients range from small to large, from consumer cataloguers and large magazine publishers to business-to-business mailers.