Mailing/Fulfillment - Postal Trends

Today the PRC issued Order No. 2472 approving the USPS price adjustments for Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services.

The U.S. Postal Service had 3,300 more CCAs in April than allowed in its labor contract with the National Association of Letter Carriers, a report USPS issued last week indicated. The 2011 contract that created the non-career position capped the number of CCAs in each district at 15 percent of the total number of full-time career city carriers—plus another 8,000 nationwide to allow "flexible windows which may be necessary to develop and provide new products and services."

The number of people delivering mail for the U.S. Postal Service is actually growing slightly.

USPS reduced the large price increases it previously proposed for light weight, low advertising magazines.

With traditional letter mail in slow decline, USPS is eager to bolster its finances by developing new lines of business.

One company is now offering to tell its clients when their catalogs are received torn, stained or otherwise damaged.

Rather than the usual, once-a-year increase, postal rates might go up, down, or do a loop-the-loop before the summer is over.

The Postal Service has provided a sneak peek at its 2015 promotion calendar, and there are a number of interactive technology-based specials that can be had for mailers that employ QR codes, Augmented Reality (AR), image recognition and other forms of mobile engagement in their mailing campaigns.

As you might expect, life has become a bit hectic for Megan Brennan, the postmaster general for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In November, the lifelong USPS employee was named the first female to hold that position, a fact that would certainly have made Ben Franklin himself smile (though Ben would’ve probably wondered aloud why it took so long for a female to be named).

A new analysis explains just how much the USPS benefits from the subsidies it receives from the federal government.