Plan for a CPI-based rate increase around 3 percent next spring, Part 2 of 2

By Jerry Cerasale

Many catalog mailers have said the major shift in mailing will occur after the 2007 holiday season. In that light, the DMA and other mailer groups are urging the USPS to avoid major rate-relationship changes in the first rate change under the new law.

When the USPS looks to change rates again in 2009, it’ll then know the full effects of the extraordinarily high May ’07 rate changes. We’ll then work to have the rates adjusted to fully reflect the changes in the marketplace — both a drop in flat-shaped (catalog) mail and an increase in letter-shaped mail.