Industry Indicator
Here you will find up-to-date industry statistics, letting you in on the state of the industry a full month earlier than our print publication.
Stamps and Other Products Down
by David Hachmeister
Initially we thought the world was coming to an end. One of our participants had some glitches in their reporting that caused us several anxious moments. The corrected numbers were not good, but much better than originally presented. Stamp sales fell by 21.57 percent, the fourth consecutive double-digit drop.
Other products fell just a bit, off 3.81 percent. They have been down eight of the last nine months.
Industry insiders have always said we are late into and out of recessions. Let's hope they're right.
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