Direct Mail or Digital? Wrong Question.
May 27, 2026   Dave Lewis
No one likes disruptive technology when it’s their business being disrupted. Back in the early 1990s, new technology threatened postal mail. Mail service providers genuinely worried about what it would do to their mail volume. The disruptive...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – MAY 25, 2026
May 26, 2026   Dave Lewis
MEMORIAL DAY AND STEADY MAIL DELIVERY – THE SIGNS OF SUMMER Summer officially begins in June, but the pools are opening and mail delivery is settling into its summer pattern – not too good, not too bad, just moving along. YTD averages remain...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026   Dave Lewis
DELIVERY FOR FIRST-CLASS SLIPS WHILE MARKETING MAIL AVERAGES HOLD STEADY Both First-Class flats and letters slipped below YTD delivery averages, with the most notable issues occurring in the Central region. Let’s hope this is not a trend. Meanwhile,...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – MAY 11, 2026
May 11, 2026   Dave Lewis
POSTAL EMPLOYEES TURN IN A SOLID WEEK WHILE BOSSES ARE AT NPF  I think when the USPS brass heads for the National Postal Forum, the employees just get their job done.  A solid, if not spectacular, week above the YTD average...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – MAY 4, 2026
May 5, 2026   Dave Lewis
A GOOD WEEK FOR POSTAL PERFORMANCE EXCEPT FOR YOU-KNOW-WHAT On-time performance was well above average last week with the exception of First-Class flats. Our sample size for First-Class flats was small last week, so we put an asterisk on that...

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