09/24/2021
Be prepared to place your holiday online orders early this year. In addition to the effects from the pandemic, the USPS is changing there delivery standard from 1-3 days to be 1-5 days. The extra 2 days will effect roughly 30% of FCM shipments under the new changes.
https://about.usps.com/what/strategic-plans/delivering-for-america/assets/USPS-Fact-Sheet_FCM-Service-Standard-Change.pdf
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2021/0617-usps-proposes-changes-to-service-standards-for-first-class-package-service.htm
