Author: Steve Kearney
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2020 Postage Rate Increase Now Trending Below 2%
2020 Postage Rate Increase Now Trending Below 2% September 11, 2019 The latest 12-month average CPI number published by the Postal Regulatory Commission is 1.978 percent, the lowest in the last two years. It incorporates the July CPI published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on August 14. The last and final component will be…
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Mailers Watch and Wait
Mailers Watch and Wait September 11, 2019 The wait continues. Who will act next in the quest to “reform” the Postal Service? We believe the next chapter will be written by the Postal Regulatory Commission. The regulator now has a slate that includes three new Commissioners—Vice Chairman Michael Kubayanda, Ann Fisher, and Ashley Poling. New…
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Alliance Notes
Alliance Notes September 11, 2019 August 28 – Logistics Management – FedEx Freight’s last-mile plans are moving forward August 29 – The Wall Street Journal – How Amazon’s Shipping Empire Is Challenging UPS and FedEx August 29 – Forbes – What Amazon’s One-Day Delivery Means for UPS, FedEx, Walmart and Target August 29 – Courthouse…
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Holding True to the 1970 Vision
August 28, 2019 Holding True to the 1970 Vision of a Mailer-Funded USPS The Postal Reorganization Act that was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970, and the Kappel Commission that preceded it, had the primary goal of enabling the United States Postal Service to operate like a business. It had been a…
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All New Governors and Commissioners Sworn In
August 28, 2019 All New Governors and Commissioners Sworn In The USPS Board of Governors now has a quorum for the first time in a long time, with five presidentially appointed Governors sworn in. The new Governors will now be able to weigh-in on the “ten-year plan” that the USPS has been promising since an…
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USPS Might Temper Rate Increases on Drop-Shipped MM Letters
August 28, 2019 Facing its Own High Transportation Costs, USPS Might Temper Rate Increases on Drop-Shipped MM Letters Many nonprofits use these letters for fundraising and membership We have reported often that over the last three years, USPS, under orders from its regulators, has been raising rates on Marketing Mail letters much more than the…
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Alliance Notes
Alliance Notes – August 28, 2019 August 14 – Streets Blog NYC – UNACCOUNTABLE! The United States Postal Service is a Rogue Company Delivering Road Violence August 15 – Business Insider – The US Postal Service’s volumes tanked for the first time in nearly a decade — here’s why insiders say FedEx and Amazon are…
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Selected first-class rates could rise in January 2020 – Linn’s Stamp News
Selected first-class rates could rise in January 2020 Aug 15, 2019, 4 PM Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister A major mail industry group is predicting that the United States Postal Service will soon propose increases of “a little over 2 percent” for some first-class mail, market mail and periodicals. The price for a single…
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USPS Package Volume Drops First Time in 9 Years
August 13, 2019 The main bright spot in U.S. Postal Service operations has been the last-mile delivery of packages called Parcel Select. The USPS has had a major competitive advantage in the last mile as its letter carriers already were going to every address six days a week. (An exception has been the addition of…
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USPS Informed Delivery Promotion has a Couple Twists
August 13, 2019 Promotion Period: September 1 – November 30, 2019 Registration Period: July 15 – November 30, 2019 The Alliance has been encouraging nonprofit mailers to try out Informed Delivery for quite some time. Now you can receive a 2 percent postage discount during a three-month period. But it’s very important that you read and follow…