Zoned Pricing for Marketing Mail?
June 23, 2025   Dave Lewis
This is kind of a Big Deal. The Postal Service is working frantically to put zoned pricing into effect for Marketing Mail this coming January. There will be four zones for any entry facility, based on how long it takes to drive there. If, for example,...

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Postage is Going Up in July…How Much?
June 23, 2025   Dave Lewis
Well, there is one easy answer – 7.385% overall. It’s right there in the rate documents, right? Well, sort of. That is indeed the nominal increase overall, but the regulations accompanying it have an impact as well. Probably the biggest change...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 23, 2025
June 23, 2025   Dave Lewis
ON-TIME PERCENTAGES STEADY.  DELIVERY DAYS LOOKING BETTER. USPS had a pretty good week overall.  We get hung up on on-time percentages, but the more important measure is how long are average delivery times?  Pretty darn good last week,...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 16, 2025
June 16, 2025   Dave Lewis
AS AVERAGE AS A WEEK CAN GET Another summer week, and averages hew pretty much to YTD averages.  First-Class flats are off a bit with 49% on time, but that’s our wild card every week.  If you’re mailing flats, you’ve got...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 9, 2025
June 9, 2025   Dave Lewis
SERVICE PERFORMANCE STEADY AS JUNE CONTINUES The Postal Service showed very even service performance in all Postal Areas, as their weekly performance numbers exceeded the YTD average in every category we measure.  We’ve come to expect a...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 1, 2025
June 2, 2025   Dave Lewis
A MIDWEST SLIP FOR FIRST-CLASS LETTERS It was a rough week for First-Class letters, with only 71.5% delivered on time.  Delays were very much concentrated in the upper Midwest.  A large volume of letters entered in Carol Stream, IL, brought...

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