How the new postal rate-making process affects catalogers, Part 1 of 2

By Jerry Cerasale

Likewise, it would be difficult for the USPS to decrease flat-shaped rates by 20 percent if the average increase was 3 percent. The cap, therefore, forces the USPS to continue with its 1990 philosophy — which it supported in the last rate case — of gradual change in rate relationships.

Next week in the second installment of this two-part series, I’ll look at how the shape of your catalog and the market effects (i.e., the amount of mail the USPS processes) may influence future rate increases.