US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 10, 2024
June 10, 2024   Dave Lewis
THIS WEEK WAS EVEN BETTER THAN THE ONE BEFORE.  WE’RE CAUTIOUSLY SMILING. Those who are following along at home will remember that last week was a pretty good week for USPS service.  This week is even better, with First-Class letters...

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Practical Real-World Applications for Mail Tracking
May 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
Ask me about the benefits of mail tracking – go ahead, ask me. We can do it in an elevator if you want, because those benefits get hard coded in my mind after all these years  – it’s my elevator pitch…or at least one of them. But...

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Leadership – Making a Great Company Great
May 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
You’ll forgive me if I drift away from postal news for a bit and talk about something else near and dear to my heart – leadership. Leadership to me is one of those delicate things that I’m almost afraid to look at too closely or acknowledge,...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 27, 2024
May 28, 2024   Dave Lewis
MAIL USUALLY DELIVERS FASTER THIS TIME OF YEAR – NOT THIS YEAR Another week of poor performance across the country.  You should ignore the First-Class flats number…there weren’t enough pieces to be statistically valid –...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 20, 2024
May 20, 2024   Dave Lewis
MARKETING MAIL SHOWS A SLOWING TREND, AND ATLANTA ACUALLY GETS WORSE First-Class Mail continued its disappointing performance this week, still influenced by even worsening service is the Atlanta area.  A First-Class letter to an Atlanta address...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 13, 2024
May 13, 2024   Dave Lewis
GEORGIA ON MY MIND – THE PROBLEM THE POSTAL SERVICE CAN’T SEEM TO FIX After a few promising weeks of progress, service performance sagged again – not to its worst performance levels, but well below where it should be.  And, standing...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 6, 2024
May 6, 2024   Dave Lewis
SERVICE IMPROVES ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES THIRD WEEK IN A ROW Could it be a trend?  We certainly hope so!  Service performance showed some of its best numbers of the year, with more than 84% of First-Class letters delivered on time, the...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT APRIL 29, 2024
April 29, 2024   Dave Lewis
  IMPROVED ON - TIME DELIVERY  NOTED FOR ALL CLASSES First-Class letters continued to show a mild improvement over the preceding week, as did First-Class flats. On - time delivery for Marketing Mail letters and flats both improved over...

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The Good and the Bad of the USPS Rate Case
April 25, 2024   Dave Lewis
The Postal Service put forward one of the most complex rate cases in recent memory with the current case, due to take effect on July 14, 2024. The highlights are well-known:  An overall increase of about 7.8%, with a First-Class Forever Stamp going...

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2025 USPS Promotions
April 25, 2024   Dave Lewis
The proposed promotions for 2025 will be part of the rate case submitted for the July postage increase, although the promotions do not go into effect until 2025. The changes are significant, and details are not available yet, and probably won’t...

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