Share of U.S. ground parcel market controlled by integrated carriers
Share of U.S. ground parcel market controlled by integrated carriers, by volume, in first quarter 2002.
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The DMA applauds findings – postage rate increases down
The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) today applauded the announcement from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that it may be able to delay future postage rate increases until at least calendar year 2006. This action, however, depends on a change to the current legislative formula that controls how the USPS funds its employees’ retirement. The change to the law is required to ensure that the American mailing public does not overpay for postage.
Read MoreBillions newly found by Post Office means probably no postal hikes
US Postal rates are likely to remain the same for another four years, thanks to money freed up from a retirement fund that the Postal Service had been overpaying.
Rates for postage last went up in June, and postal officials said they didn’t expect another increase until 2004. But they stretched their estimate Tuesday after announcing details from a new financial review.
Read MorePublishers take issue with rising postal costs
Postal issues continue to be a headache for publishers the world over and price based reform is currently under review by operators in the UK, US and Australia.
In October representatives from the Periodical Publishers Association’s (PPA) postal committee urged the UK’s national postal operator, Royal Mail, to find an acceptable way forward on the size-based pricing issue which continues to threaten the country’s magazine industry.
Letter Carriers Will Promote USPS Services to Small Business
The U.S. Postal Service began a program in Albany, NY, last month in which letter carriers on business routes provide brochures and information about the agency’s Priority Mail and Express Mail services to its small-business customers.
The postal service plans to roll it out nationwide early next year.
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