SPECIAL EDITION: Postal Rate Recommendation Could be Catastrophic for Catalogers

Eye on ECR Rates

Specifically, Crofoot points to the PRC recommended increases for Standard Mail enhanced carrier route (ECR), one of the most used classes among piece rate mailers. Per the PRC recommendation, that rate would go up between $0.08 and $0.16 depending on how deeply mailers enter the postal delivery system. “And that’s above and beyond the increase proposed by the USPS,” he points out.