Dear Member: The USPS has established a new policy for overweight packages. As of January 27, 2019, any package USPS workers discover to weigh greater than the 70-pound maximum will be put aside at the postal facility in which it is discovered. The Postal Service will then notify the shipper that the item must be […]
Dear Member: The US Postal Service recently released all details on its revived promotion/incentive program for 2019. There will be six programs, including five repeated from 2017 and a new one for Informed Delivery. (With no Board of Governors, promotions were suspended in 2018; however, the two new governors approved these promos for next year.) […]
Dear Member: On December 4th, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a 74-page report in response to President Trump’s April 12th executive order for a task force to evaluate and make recommendations to return the nation’s postal system to financial stability. A summary can be accessed here; however, below are the task force’s primary recommendations: Improving governance by strengthening the […]
The following recap from the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meetings held November 26-27, 2018 at USPS HQs in Washington was reported on and compiled specifically with catalog interests in mind by ACMA VP & Deputy Director Paul Miller. For some of the presentations below, click on the headlines or speakers’ names to view powerpoint […]
ACMA members can tune into last week’s webinar featuring our government insider Alex Vogel. Simply click here and hit play. The webinar answered such questions as: How the results will impact actions during the anticipated lame duck sessions this year How the Democratic-controlled House will approach postal reform? Will it act to simplify remote sales tax collection? Special thanks to our gracious sponsors, CohereOne […]
Dear Member: We are pleased to provide you with an exclusive copy of this post-election report prepared by our government relations firm, The Vogel Group. Consider this a primer to our upcoming November 20th webinar (register here), which will more specifically dig into what the midterm elections mean to your catalog business. ### © 2018 American Catalog […]