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Insights – Government Executive: USPS Could Lose Its Relatively New Authority to Raise Rates Above Inflation Under a New Bill
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Another interesting article for postal customers, mail service providers and casual industry observers. Let’s be clear to recognize the combination of sound stewardship and politics which fuel the calls for Congressional legislation to re-examine the Postal Regulatory Commission’s model which...
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USPS Shipping Cost FAQs
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If you’re a commercial mailer of flats and periodicals, brace yourself. Customers are facing an unexpected and steep increase in USPS mailing rates sometime this summer — even while service standards remain miserably low.The first indication that something was seriously...
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USPS 2021 Mailing Promotions Calendar
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The Postal Service is pleased to announce that the 2021 Mailing Promotions Calendar has been approved. As in prior years, promotions provide incentives and discounts to commercial mailers who use specific techniques and technologies that increase customer engagement and drive...
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Prepare Now for 2021 USPS Price Hikes
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Mailers, it’s time to adjust your budgets for 2021. According to a press release from the USPS, prices for some mail categories are set to rise on January 24, 2021. The proposed prices were filed last week with the Postal...
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The Stimulus Package Includes Billions for the USPS … Here’s Why it Matters
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The $2 trillion dollar federal Cares Act helps workers, smaller businesses and industries survive the current pandemic. And the USPS is getting some relief as well, according to Al Root in Barron’s. “The government wants to ensure mail and packages...
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Finally, a Quorum at the USPS Board of Governors
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It’s happened, for the first time in almost five years. The Postal Service has enough members on its Board of Governors to reach a quorum. And that’s good news for an organization badly in need of urgent reform. According to...
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Will the USPS Go Broke in Five Years?
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Just how bad are things at the USPS? According to the news out of Washington, the Postal Service just reported a massive $2.1 billion net loss for Q2 of this year. To put that into perspective, that’s half of the...
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Is the USPS About to Penalize Efficient Mailers?
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“Move more of your mailings to High Density Flats; you’ll save money and so will we,” said the Post Office. “Done,” said many of us in the magazine and catalog industry, taking advantage of better rates for our customers, and...
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On the USPS, FSS and the Unending Red Ink
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Let’s say your business is in a quandary. Your internal processes are a mess, and you can’t afford to keep going the way you are or you’ll risk alienating your best customers. So you decide to raise their rates, making...
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USPS Far From Hitting Targets with FSS Investment
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The big question: Is the billion-dollar investment the USPS made into its Flats Sequencing System paying off?  The unsatisfying answer: They don’t know. As D. Eadward Tree explains in a recent post on Dead Tree Edition, “postal management doesn’t know...
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