US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT FEBRUARY 17, 2025
February 17, 2025   Dave Lewis
	FIRST-CLASS SERVICE GETS, UNIMAGINABLY, WORSE. MARKETING MAIL A TOUCH BETTER. On-time delivery became worse for First-Class letters, with 70.9% on time. First-Class flats were on time 33.7% of the time. Letters were more than 5 days late 11.87% of... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT FEBRUARY 10, 2025
February 10, 2025   Dave Lewis
	THE WORST WEEK WE EVER MEASURED FOR FIRST-CLASS LETTERS Just a terrible week for First-Class letters. Only 72.5% were delivered on time – we’ve seen worse, but that is bad. More troubling was the fact that 14.7% of First-Class letters were... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT FEBRUARY 3, 2025
February 3, 2025   Dave Lewis
	BAD WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTH TAKES ITS TOLL Another rough week for First-Class mail, particularly across the south.  We’ll chalk it up to bad weather.  Kentucky and Georgia stood out, with Kansas and Missouri somehow in the mix.  On-time... Continue Reading 🠢
Tracking Inbound Mail – The Highest Value Mail
January 28, 2025   Dave Lewis
	When you send out 100,000 pieces of mail you naturally want to track it. It’s a big investment, and outbound tracking gives you better control over the entire process.  But what about the responses generated by that mail? The return on the... Continue Reading 🠢
It Has Seldom Been This Easy to Get a Postage Discount
January 28, 2025   Dave Lewis
	Are you participating in one of the 2025 USPS promotions yet? No? Maybe you should consider it – there has never been an easier path to reducing your postage by 5%. Oh, excuse me – let me rewrite that opening paragraph: “Are you... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 27, 2025
January 27, 2025   Dave Lewis
	FIRST-CLASS MAIL HOLDS AT NEW NORMAL, MARKETING MAIL FLATS STRUGGLE The Postal Service has indicated that their new goal is to be on time 80% of the time.  By that measure they achieved their goal in most cases.  First-Class flats were... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 20, 2025
January 20, 2025   Dave Lewis
	FIRST-CLASS MAIL IMPROVES OH-SO-SLIGHTLY, MARKETING MAIL NOT SO MUCH First-Class Mail service performance was a touch better, but still well below standards.  More than 80% of First-Class letters were delivered on time – maybe this is meeting... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 13, 2025
January 14, 2025   Dave Lewis
	BACK TO REALITY.  THE POSTAL SERVICE UNDERPERFORMS IN EVERY CATEGORY. We had a fun little statistical bump in last week’s report due to the two holidays together.  So much for that. Performance was below the MTD averages in all categories... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 6, 2025
January 6, 2025   Dave Lewis
	THE POSTAL SERVICE GETS A STATISTICAL REPRIEVE Hey, look at that!  USPS performance made an amazing comeback.  Could DFA finally be delivering? Nah. This first report after the new year begins always looks very good, and this year is... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT DECEMBER 30, 2024
December 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
	PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR OWN ADJECTIVES Let’s start with the so-bad-it’s-funny one.  0.1% of First-Class flats in our sample were delivered on time.  99.9% were delivered late.  As we have said before, our customers don’t... Continue Reading 🠢