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...

As eCommerce firms and shippers prepare for the Holiday Package Shipping Season, three major package delivery companies have announced their temporary package rate adjustments for the 2022 – 2023 Peak Holiday Season. The United States Postal Service filed notice with...

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...

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...

“The purpose of accounting, one of my favorite professors used to say, is to give people the information they need to make decisions,” writes the always insightful D. Eadward Tree in Publishing Executive. “Postal accounting, however, is more like a...

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...