While Halloween is still two weeks away, the U.S. Postal Service is already thinking ahead to the busy holiday shipping and shopping season. First of all, the Postal Service has announced it will not have a peak, or demand, surcharge this holiday season. Instead, it's going with their year-round pricing with...
If you enjoy mailing letters or postcards, you may have to pay a little more to do so starting next year. The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of mailing services Friday for price changes to take effect in 2024, the agency announced in a news release. The proposed...
Several notable global postal developments have occurred since July 1. Following extensive planning, the Universal Postal Union’s fourth Extraordinary Congress approved a suite of proposals to work with wider postal sector players. Brazil’s post inked a deal to sell products in Asia, and there were significant regulatory developments for posts...
Every postal worker knows it. Mail is changing. There are ever fewer letters and flats, and increasingly more packages. First-class mail, the main historic driver of postal revenues, has been significantly reduced with the advent of the internet. Fewer customers actually come into post offices to purchase stamps and other...
The Postal Service’s regulator is getting a bigger budget to oversee a nationwide shakeup of the USPS delivery network — just not as big of an increase as it expected. The USPS Board of Governors recently approved a $21.12 million budget for the Postal Regulatory Commission in fiscal 2024. USPS said...