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Marketing Mail Rates Poised to Rise; Here’s What to Do Now

21 October 201921 October 2019|USPS

Marketing mailers, the rate changes are coming. The USPS has filed proposed 2020 rate changes with the Postal Regulatory Commission. If approved, they’ll go into effect on January 26, 2020. Already approved by the Board of Governors (which for the...

Finally, a Quorum at the USPS Board of Governors

06 August 201906 August 2019|USPS

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...

Big Changes Could Be Looming for Postal Customers

09 July 201909 July 2019|USPS

Always an area for speculation and consternation, the USPS is keeping us guessing on what will be included in their 10-year plan to Congress on long-time survivability. In the meantime, businesses should be prepared for some potential short-terms changes, including...

What Nordstrom Learned When they Cut Direct Mail from their Loyalty Program (Spoiler Alert: It Wasn’t Good)

30 May 201909 November 2021|Print, USPS

Oops.That’s the basic reaction from Nordstrom brass in their recent earnings call where they reported weaker-than-expected sales forecasts. “On Tuesday, Nordstrom cut its forecast for full-year sales and profit after reporting weaker-than-expected first-quarter results that were hurt, in part, by...

2019 Shipping Rate Increases at a Glance

28 May 201928 May 2019|USPS

It’s that time of year again when all the major shipping carriers announce their new rates. This year, according to Christopher Vaughn in Mailing Systems Technology, rates are going up across the board. “But in the case of USPS,” Vaughn...

Will the USPS Go Broke in Five Years?

23 May 201923 May 2019|USPS

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...

Is the USPS About to Penalize Efficient Mailers?

29 January 201929 January 2019|USPS

“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...

On the USPS, FSS and the Unending Red Ink

09 January 201909 January 2019|USPS

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...

USPS Far From Hitting Targets with FSS Investment

07 August 201807 August 2018|USPS

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...

Myth Busting the USPS Rate Justifications

08 May 201808 May 2018|Magazine, USPS

The USPS had done an excellent job of pleading their case for rate increased on periodicals. To the average U.S. consumer, there are several “facts” being bandied about that seem to justify rate increases for the magazine industry. But are...

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