Informed Delivery – Advanced Tricks You Don’t Know About
October 28, 2025   Dave Lewis
	Everyone loves Informed Delivery, but do you love it for the right reasons? Back when you could get a 4% discount, it may have been more about lust than love. That discount drew you in, but we see strong relationships building over the years, even as... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT OCTOBER 27, 2025
October 27, 2025   Dave Lewis
	SOLID PERFORMANCE WHEN IT COUNTS   Mail performance in most categories stayed close to YTD averages following a holiday week that had boosted performance numbers a bit. Last year, we saw a clear decline in performance in late October as election... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT OCTOBER 20, 2025
October 20, 2025   Dave Lewis
	A GOOD HOLIDAY WEEK FOR SERVICE PERFORMANCE   A good solid performance week for the Postal Service, with performance above YTD averages in every category.  First-Class flats continued to underperform in the Central Area while, oddly, Marketing... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT OCTOBER 13, 2025
October 13, 2025   Dave Lewis
	A SMALL DECLINE IN SERVICE, BUT DELIVERY REMAINS RELATIVELY STRONG      USPS service got a little slower in every category we measure, but the declines were small.  All categories, except for First-Class flats, beat their... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT OCTOBER 6, 2025
October 6, 2025   Dave Lewis
	USPS SERVICE HOLDS STEADY    Another solid week for USPS service performance, beating YTD averages in every category.  The Central part of the country continues to struggle some, but with the first week of the Catalog Insights promotion... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
September 29, 2025   Dave Lewis
	USPS HAS A GREAT WEEK            We can’t say why, but service performance in every category we measure was far above the YTD averages.  This comes out of the blue after months of mediocre... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
September 22, 2025   Dave Lewis
	ONCE AGAIN, AN UNEVENTFUL WEEK        USPS service performance remains close to its YTD averages in most categories. First-Class flats once again came in with better-than-average performance, and delivery times for ... Continue Reading 🠢
2026 USPS Promotions – Sweeter than 2025?
September 17, 2025   Dave Lewis
	Details have been announced for the 2026 USPS Promotions. Many are similar to this year's, but with bigger incentives. Don’t want higher postage rates? Lower them yourself by participating in as many promotions as possible. All but one of last... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
September 15, 2025   Dave Lewis
	UNEVENTFUL WEEK        USPS service performance fell back close to its YTD averages in most categories. First-Class flats were the outlier with better than average performance based on a very small sample size.  Most... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
September 8, 2025   Dave Lewis
	THE LABOR DAY LIFT      The Postal Service gets an extra day to deliver on Labor Day, as with other Postal holidays, so they get a little lift in performance.  Same thing happened last year.  Last September's performance... Continue Reading 🠢