Postal Pricing: What The Future Holds
Sharon Owens, USPS Vice President Pricing and Costing, outlined coming changes in mail classifications and postage rates at the AIM meeting in February … (click to see [...]
Postage Rates
Supreme Court Rejects UPS Appeal Of Postal Rates
The Supreme Court rejected UPS’s request to appeal a lower court ruling that upheld the way the USPS prices parcels … (click to read [...]
Will Raising Postage Rates Speed Volume Decline?
Top postal officials want to keep raising prices to solve financial problems, but the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers argues price hikes could accelerate volume declines [...]
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 [...]
First Rate Hike In January; When Is Second Hike
WASHINGTON, DC — Business mailers are generally relieved with the USPS 2019 rate hike announcement. First-Class Mail and Standard Mail bulk rates will rise modestly on [...]
Mailers Face Big Rate Hikes In 2019 Because Of This …
With Inflation Currently Near 3%, Mailers Face A Potential 2019 Rate Hike of 6% Under New PRC Plan WASHINGTON, DC — As the industry awaits the Presidential Task Force [...]
Court Upholds USPS Pricing Methodology
The U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on May 25, 2018 upheld the Postal Regulatory Commission’s method for setting postage rates on competitive products [...]
The Next Postage Rate Hike: Structural Changes Under Consideration
The USPS has released the presentation, “Structural Changes Under Consideration for the Next Price Change,” given by Steven R. Phelps, Manager, Regulatory [...]
Mailers Face New Postage Rates, Regulations In January
The New Year brings many postal rate and regulation changes for business mailers. Here are links to the key changes in January 2018: New Postage Rates Effective January 21, [...]
PRC’s Blueprint For Regulating Future Postal Rates & Classes
The Postal Regulatory Commission released its proposed changes for how the U.S. Postal Service sets postage rates for its primary mail classes — First-Class Mail, [...]
YIKES! Mailers Will Pay Up To 3% More Plus Inflation With PRC Ruling
The Postal Regulatory Commission found that the current rate-setting system has not been effective, but not so bad as to remove the inflation price cap on any First-Class, [...]
RATE HIKE: First-Class, Standard Mail Prices Increase January 21, 2018
On October 6, 2017, the Postal Service filed a notice of inflation-based rate adjustments affecting market dominant domestic and international products and services, along [...]
OUCH! Most Shippers Will See 5% Hike In Postage Rates In 2018
By Gordon Glazer, CMDSM, CMDSS, MDP, MDC Senior Parcel Consultant, USPS Specialist Shipware LLC Contact: gordon@shipware.com The USPS today announced new prices for 2018 to [...]
20% Postage Rate Hike Needed, Study Says
Postage rates need to increase by 20% — meaning a 60 cent First-Class stamp — if the USPS is to be saved from financial ruin, a study commissioned by the [...]
Three Reasons Non-Profit Mailers Are Not Happy
The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers reports three reasons nonprofit mailers are not happy with the current direction of the USPS … (click to read [...]
Postage Rates May Soar 5-10% Next 12 Months
Exigent Ghost Haunts Mailers As USPS Presses Congress; PRC Ruling Soon WASHINGTON, DC – Business mailers celebrated the historic rate cut last year as emergency postage [...]
RATE WAR: USPS, Mailer Groups Fight Over Rate Cap
A war of words has erupted between the USPS and some mailer group executives over the PRC’s ratesetting review. ‘We cannot let false and irresponsible claims made [...]
How Other Nation’s Price Mail
The USPS Office of Inspector General found that in five countries price regulation has recently become more flexible in two ways – through a reduction of scope of products [...]
USPS Mailing Standards Effective January 22, 2017
The Final Rule for the USPS Mailing Standards has been filed by the USPS, following Postal Regulatory Commission’s ruling in November … (click for new mailing [...]
Revised Postage Statements For January Rate Hike
PS 3600 First Class Mail Nonautomation PS 3600 First Class Mail Automation PS 3600 Priority Mail PS 3602 Marketing [...]
