Eligible mailers can receive up to 30% credit on incremental mail volume over last year. Registration for the First-Class Mail and Marketing Mail Growth Incentives is open now for 2025. The Details Both First-Class Mail and Marketing Mail Growth Incentives will...
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Understanding the NEW USPS Artificial Intelligence Incentive
A new option within the Integrated Technology Promotion, the AI promotion seeks to “leverage Artificial Intelligence to simplify the process of creating an exciting, impactful mailpiece”. Use AI to efficiently generate unique copy and images to craft a message that...
Recap of Ask Randy Live: What’s new for USPS Promotions in 2025
During SPC's informative sessions, we provide industry insights and answer your questions. On October 24th, we focused on USPS Promotions and the new developments heading into 2025. Randy Weiler, SPC's Vice President of Postal Affairs, Logistics, and Strategy, guided...
Introducing the Canon ProStream 3160
First Installation in the U.S. SPC is proud to be the first printer in the U.S. to install the Canon ProStream 3160. As one of the first users of the ProStream 1000 series years ago, SPC has experienced firsthand how the image quality and production capacity of the...
New Regulations for Financial Mail Coming to California
Understanding California State Bill 1096 A new California state law takes effect on January 1st, 2025 that amends the Consumers Legal Remedies Act and regulates mailed solicitations about consumer financial products and services. This law is specifically directed to...
The Paper Market Unfolded Q3 2024
Stabilizing DemandThe story of 2024 continues to be the long road to demand recovery. Demand has increased by about 7% year to date. However, there was a slight decline of 0.2% in paper shipments in August, marking the first drop after six consecutive months of...
The Paper Market Unfolded Q2 2024
Demand Continues to Fluctuate While Prices Remain Steady In April, there was a 10% increase in North American printing and writing (P&W) demand, with shipments reaching their highest level since January 2023. However, in May demand reversed course decreasing by...
Ask Randy: USPS Updates
What can you tell us about the recent postage price announcement? The pattern continues of price increases happening two times a year, one increase in January and one increase in July. In January we saw an increase of 1.2% for Marketing Mail. In early April, the USPS...
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