Don’t Take This Year’s Postal Increase Lightly

But “you don’t wipe out a 23 percent increase by a 1.5 percent increase,” he noted. “I’m hoping we’ll ultimately be successful in letting the Postal Service know about the carnage this is costing.”

Action Plans
As for ways to weather the forthcoming increase, some “inside-the-box” thinking is worth exploring first. “Strategies we’ve discussed in the past are still worth exploring — now, moreso than ever,” Siviter says. Co-mailing and co-palletization, she notes, are growing and becoming easier to do in the mailing industry. Many service providers are offering a wide range of techniques designed to help mailers achieve presort density and drop-ship discounts, which also help improve postal delivery service.