USPS Files With PRC to Establish Mail Growth Incentives

Since physical retailers started seeing a rebound in business after the plunge in sales in the early days of the pandemic, Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt has often said that stores in urban areas are having the toughest time recovering. It turns out B&N is not alone in that regard. Kristen McLean, executive director of business development and industry analyst for NPD Books & Entertainment, noted that sales in most retail segments in big cities are having a difficult time making up the ground lost since 2019. Looking at books in particular, eight of the country’s 10 biggest book markets have seen their sales performances this year through May 14 trail the 15% increase in the overall market compared to the similar period in 2019, while many midsize markets have seen substantial gains, according to BookScan data. BookScan analyzed print unit sales from two vantage points: actual changes in sales in 2022 vs. 2019, and how sales in different DMAs (designated market areas) in 2022 vs. 2019 compare to the 15% increase posted by the overall market.

Savvas Learning Company is proud to announce that its myPerspectives English Language Arts (ELA) program has been named the “Best Reading/Writing/Literature Instructional Solution for Grades 9-12” in the 2022 SIIA CODiE Awards for Education Technology. myPerspectives is a powerful, standards-aligned ELA curriculum that values the perspective of the learner and prepares students to become lifelong readers, writers, and thinkers. A CODiE award judge praised myPerspectives as “really exceptional in its ability to save educators time in creating customized and engaging content for students to interact with. I love that texts include multiple ways to engage, whether it's fiction, videos, news articles, or even podcasts. It's clear that the tool was designed by educators and with students in mind. I also appreciate that there is intentionality in providing diverse texts that are culturally relevant.”

FY2022 fourth quarter service performance scores covering July 1 through Sept. 23 included: *First-Class Mail: 93.2 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, consistent with performance from the fiscal third quarter. *Marketing Mail: 94.7 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, consistent with performance from the fiscal third quarter. *Periodicals: 86.8 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, consistent with performance from the fiscal third quarter.