Tag: cpi cap removal

  • Price Does Matter

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    Steve Kearney
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    May 3, 2017 Even with the CPI price cap, USPS raised two key fundraising mail streams by CPI+3 Above inflation pricing will affect mail volume Imagine the impact with an altered or no CPI cap It’s not too early to consider “tipping point” or “death spiral” Of course, price matters in most situations. It especially…

  • Summary of Alliance Comments

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    Steve Kearney
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    Summary of Comments of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce (Comments were filed at the Postal Regulatory Commission on March 20, 2017) The Postal Service is a regulated monopoly.  For this reason, the law requires the Commission to regulate the prices charged by the Postal…

  • USPS Pushing PRC to Lift 10-year Price Cap

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    Steve Kearney
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    March 24, 2017 – Linn’s Stamp News U.S. Postal Service pushing PRC to lift 10-year cap on stamp price increases   If you think that Postmaster General Megan Brennan has a difficult job trying to convince Congress to help the financially struggling United States Postal Service, you’re right. But that’s only one of the fights…