GLAZER: 2019 Industry Trends & Highlights
By Gordon Glazer, CMDSM, CMDSS, MDP, MDC — Shipware This is an excerpt from the CHARTS article which appeared earlier. — A lot of changes have occurred in the [...]
2019
USPS Files International Rate Notice With PRC
The USPS laid out its plans for setting rates for Inbound E-Format Letter Post in a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission. The notice did not include rates, but the [...]
Direct Mail Award Winners
The U.S. Postal Service has recognized Frederick Yocum and The Standard Group with the Next Generation Campaign Grand Champion Award for their ability to create exceptional [...]
Pitney Bowes, Royal Alliances, and Intelisent Win Data Driven Award
The U.S. Postal Service has recognized Pitney Bowes, Royal Alliances, and Intelisent with the Data Driven Excellence Award for utilizing the Informed Visibility platform to [...]
Stamps.com Changes Do Not Impact PC Postage Accounts, Mail Processing
Stamps.com’s will no longer enjoy preferential discounts from the U.S. Postal Service. But that will have no effect on mailer use of PC Postage or how mailers process [...]
Stamps.com Spurns USPS After Post Refuses To Grant Preferential Discounts
For years Stamps.com enjoyed preferential postage rate discounts negotiated under Negotiated Service Agreements (NSAs) with the USPS. Critics have complained that the [...]
OPINION: Taxpayers Win as USPS Gives Stamps.com the Boot
From The American Conservative: “To most trying to mail a letter, the price to be paid is listed at the local post office. That price, now set at 55 cents, has gone up [...]
118-Year Old Printer McCormick Armstrong To Close
McCormick Armstrong, the 118-year-old Wichita,KS printing, mailing, and fulfillment company will cease operations … (click to read [...]
USPS Governors, PMG Support Trump’s UPU Pullout
At the February 8 meeting of the Board of Governors, Chairman Robert Duncan said the board supports President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Universal Postal Union [...]
IRS Faces Huge Mailroom Backlog
Internal Revenue Service operations were crippled during the government shutdown that ended the first week of February with millions of mail pieces unprocessed, according to [...]
Get Ready for Higher International Postage and Service Disruptions
by Merry Law President of WorldVu LLC “If the U.S. were to withdraw from the UPU, it would lose access to global processing and coding systems that make international mail [...]
Deutsche Post Offers Service That Converts Mail To Email
Deutsche Post is now offering a service that opens mail, scans it, and then emails it to customers. The only catch: the customer gives up privacy … (click to read more) [...]
New Mailing Rates Bring Challenges, Opportunities in 2019
Pitney Bowes Inc. noted that the recent rate increases by FedEx and UPS and the pending January 27 rate increase for the U.S. Postal Service will prompt U.S. businesses to [...]
Kubayanda Sworn In As PRC Commissioner
WASHINGTON, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission today announced that Michael M. Kubayanda has been sworn into office as a Commissioner. President Donald J. Trump [...]
January 27, 2019 Software Changes For Rate Hikes
On January 27, 2019 the United States Postal Service will implement the following software changes: · PostalOne! System Release 48.0.1.0 · Enterprise Payment System (EPS) [...]
Exceptions For Not Using New 2019 Postage Forms
Postal customers are required to transition to the new postage statements beginning January 27, 2019. Customers who cannot make the change to the new postage statements by [...]
PMG Announces Executive Changes
U.S. Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan announced January 17, 2019 the following executive changes for the U.S. Postal Service: Isaac Cronkhite has been named as Chief Human [...]
Amazon Delivery Robots In Seattle
Amazon announced it will begin trials of its “Amazon Scout” autonomous robot delivery vehicles in Seattle to make deliveries during daylight hours … (click [...]
121-Year Old Print Magazine Ends
The Forward, a Jewish-American publication published for 121 years, will move to online only, it was announced … (click to read [...]
MAILCOM ’19 Program Announced
MAILCOM ’19 announced its 2019 program for the upcoming conference and exhibition, April 8-10, 2019 at the Tropicana in Atlantic City … (click to read more) [...]