Getting Better

by David Hachmeister

If there is a positive in a negative, this would be it. Adjusted sales for stamps in January fell about 1 1/2 percent. However, they actually rose against January 2011 sales by almost 4 percent. Sales were considerably higher in January of 2010, and so, because we average the previous two like months, sales were down slightly.
    Other products had a nice move upward of almost 8 percent. Maybe some of those good stories we are hearing are true!

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