Mailing/Fulfillment - Postal Trends

Last month the U.S. Postal Service published a notice that it was expanding the service area for the Flats Sequencing System.

Magazine publishers, newspapers and other senders of flat mail are slated to be hit with a backdoor postal rate increase next month.

A fifth commingling sorter has been added at Com-Pak Presort Services in Moorestown, N.J.

USPS wants to increase the cost to send First Class Mail Parcels on Aug. 28, as well as offer marketers six mail promotions.

USPS wants to increase the cost to send First Class Mail Parcels on Aug. 28, as well as offer marketers six mail promotions starting on Jan. 1. But first, the postal service needs to get approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission.

In 1918, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving made a specific and, in the scheme of Washingtonian blunders, relatively minor mistake.

MailPro is a new Mail Professional Training Program introduced jointly by Idealliance and Epicomm.

Acting Chairman Robert G. Taub pointed out a number of issues that have impeded the USPS’ efforts to stabilize its financial position.

For Q2 of fiscal year 2016, the USPS reported operating revenue of $17.7 billion. Net loss for the quarter was $2.0 billion.

A new joint survey demonstrates that young voters pay close attention to political mail, favoring it over other types of political ads.