Mailing/Fulfillment - Postal Trends

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders introduced H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 on January 31.

At 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, First Class stamps will cost 49 cents. USPS says it will also increase postage prices on other products, such as Standard Mail, periodicals and package services. USPS says the postage increases are happening because of the removal of an exigent surcharge, implemented to help the postal service recoup Great Recession losses.

Starting Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, it will cost you a little more to mail that 1-oz. first class letter.

Ricoh USA today announced the launch of its latest innovation in mail distribution, Ricoh Intelligent Delivery Services.

A new pilot program has been launched by the UPS Store, "Print on Demand,” that enables customers to receive on-demand delivery service for select print products — everything from business cards and presentations to flyers and brochures. To facilitate delivery, The UPS Store is collaborating with Deliv, a leading same-day delivery company that will provide a Web-based solution to schedule and fulfill deliveries.

Pitney Bowes announced that its cloud-based shipping solution, SendPro, now has the ability to print USPS postage for mailing.

InnerWorkings has announced a comprehensive, long-term commercial partnership with a prominent U.S. nonprofit.

USPS estimates that 2.5 million of its 50 million Jack-o’-lantern stamps have been affected by a defect in the diecutting process.

The USPS recently added $1.1 billion to its estimate of how many Forever Stamps it has sold that will never be used for postage.

USPS prices are going up in 2017. First Class mail goes from 47 to 49 cents on Jan. 22, with other products seeing varying increases.