Mailing/Fulfillment - Postal Trends

The National Print Owners Association’s (NPOA) pricing survey shows that mailing services are still a major profit center.

Reporting on the end of its first quarter of FY 2015, USPS saw a 4.3 percent increase in operating revenue compared to last year.

Three weeks after USPS proposed hiking most postal rates, mailing experts and regulators can’t figure out what the proposal means.

USPS presented a long wish list to Congress, along with a subliminal message.

To mark its first year in business, Firebird Presort is celebrating with fresh new branding and a newly launched Website.

The U.S. Postal Service had a bang-up October, with domestic mail volume up nearly 7 percent over the same month last year.

The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors has announced that Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe has decided to retire February 1, 2015, after 39 years with the Postal Service. Megan J. Brennan, the current COO of the Postal Service, has been chosen to replace Donahoe.

The Postal Service will be delivering packages seven days a week in major cities and high-volume areas starting November 17 through Christmas Day in response to expected double-digit package volume growth. "During the holidays, no carrier makes more deliveries to more places than the Postal Service, and this year, we’re raising the bar with enhanced tracking and Sunday delivery," said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe.

SUSSEX, WI—Current Chairman of the Senate for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Tom Carper, recently shared his views with Republic 3.0 on keeping the U.S. Postal Service viable in the 21st Century.

While we agree with Senator Carper that Congress needs to act during the lame-duck session following the November elections, we are also adamant to make sure the reform is meaningful for mailers, rather than making the current situation worse.

We disagree with his assumptions related to pricing.

A lot of ink has been spilled discussing and cussing the U.S. Postal Service's plan to close 82 mail processing centers next year. David Williams, USPS' vice president of networks, showed (the following) slides in a recent presentation to mailers about the "Phase II" consolidations scheduled to begin in January.