On Friday, March 23 the USPS will hold a celebration honoring the release of the Mister Rogers stamp. Fred Rogers, star of public television’s Mister Rogers Neighborhood, is the focus of the First-Day Issue dedication at the WQED Fred Rogers Studio. This event is already at capacity, but you can buy the Forever stamp at…
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USPS issues 2nd Quarter Report on Finances
The U.S. Postal Service reported controllable income for the first quarter 2018 (October 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017) of $353 million, compared to controllable income of $522 million for the same period last year. This decrease was largely driven by volume declines in First-Class and Marketing Mail, higher normal cost of retiree health benefits…
USPS Price Changes – Postal Service Reform Act for 2017
DXO Communications is committed to keeping you informed of any potential rate changes with postal services. As you may have heard, the post office is pursuing the “Postal Service Reform Act for 2017” because they want more flexibility on setting postage rates. There is no indication that this ‘Act’ will actually pass at this time.…
Scheduled Postage Rate Increase
Did you know that there’s a USPS Postage Rate Increase scheduled for 2017? Thankfully for all DXO customers, this is not the case. There are “huge” savings that we have in store for all of our customers and it will surely have folks smiling while saving tons of money! Because USPS will soon start to consider…
Summer Time Means New Stamps!
Everyone loves new stamps. Wouldn’t you agree? This summer like most all others the Postal Service is releasing new stamps that represent things from cultural icons, pets, and nature. These stamps relate to summer through teachers, ice cream, road trips, our pets, and of course…the snowy winter months. Let’s not think about snow just yet.…
Keeping you up-to-date with the New York News
What’s new in the news regarding New York and, the mail, and the post office? You would probably be surprised to know that there is a lot of new news in our area. On June 26, 2016 the United States Postal Service announced that despite being closed on July 4th, they still encourage the use of their…
USPS Considers Price Decrease In 2017
One of the many pricing changes the Postal Service is considering for 2017 will be a major benefit to DXO Communications customers and those customers who are poised to use our ‘presort services‘. If passed, the new price decrease rule will allow mailers using a presort service to pay the same 1-ounce rate on letters that weigh up…
DXO Communications Announces Good News For All Mailers!
The Governors of the U.S. Postal Service have decided not to seek a price change for mail and shipping products and services in January in part because of the uncertainty regarding the exigent price increase. This means that the current pricing of postal products and services will remain in effect through the holiday season and…
Mail Gets Into The Home
With all of the marketing channels used by advertisers today it is no wonder that many consumers-consumers who may want to use your products and services-are often confused and start to ignore the deluge of messaging aimed at them by electronic media. And it is so easy to delete those messages regardless of the channel…
Postage Increase Coming
Postage rates are increasing in January and the U.S. Postal Service has once again made mailing your communications an expensive proposition. If you don’t have an alternative method of communicating with your clients and employees the fixed cost of postage is going to hurt. A letter will now cost you 49 cents instead of 46…
