๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ & ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น

The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved the USPSโ€™s proposed market-dominant rate changes, which will ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ. These changes include an average rate increase of ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฐ% ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Notably, the Commission approved a new ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ for qualifying catalogs (per USPSโ€™ definition) โ€” more info can be found here. While the proposal to eliminate Bound Printed Matter remains undecided, the Catalog Discount is officially moving forward, starting ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ.

We encourage you to listen to the USPS Webinar highlighting the catalog insights promotion on ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง. The information can be found below.

https://usps.zoomgov.com/j/1617578289?pwd=76gxszhCLfl5QxXe1vRIBgkhNWL8vA.MPehoVtnSrw_DNqz

Passcode: 342038

More info on USPS promotions for the remainder of 2025 can be found here.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

To qualify, the mailer must meet the qualifications below:

A catalog is a bound (stapled, stitched, glued, or fastened together along one edge) mail piece with at least 12 pages, providing an organized listing of products or services offered for sale. A catalog mail piece may be letter-shaped, flat-shaped, or parcel-shaped and is mailed at USPS Marketing Mail or Bound Printed Matter. The product listing must include images, photographs, or illustrations of the products or services, descriptive details, fulfillment information, and prices, or contain an alternative method for the reader to determine the process. Catalogs must contain enough information to allow an order to be placed, e.g., an order form, a phone number, a web address, a QR Code, or the means to access a website.

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Please feel free to reach out to your Royle Saleโ€™s Rep or Todd Kintopf, Royleโ€™s Mailing Director if you have immediate questions, tkintopf@royle.com.

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