Table A3-37
Standard Mail from Department Stores
Reaction to Mail Piece by Shape
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Diary Data)
BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
Letter Size Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 64.77353 66.79447 4.420905 3.313359 57.64068 59.08425 23.17625 25.62925 Letter Size Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.4041 12.66055
Larger Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 69.67481 71.89266 3.801291 6.373471 59.55831 69.00847 25.05766 33.83267 Larger Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.306411 2.645199
Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 53.98605 57.87591 11.01337 14.26262 65.13436 64.19414 22.85876 23.79354 Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.491822 3.734583
Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 60.12099 61.06631 12.22258 12.64093 67.15734 72.58211 21.82397 23.97704 Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 29.42312 26.6175
Postcard PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 73.07058 76.18029 3.540346 5.051153 72.98058 72.50227 23.93957 25.70415 Postcard PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 6.592217 6.618268
Flyers/Circulars PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 66.13789 68.7893 5.436024 5.617669 66.74207 70.67111 23.41522 25.73592 Flyers/Circulars PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 42.79583 45.12024
Shape  Read Immediately  Set Aside Found Useful Magazines/Newsletters PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 65.73376 62.59581 9.07805 12.23592 67.74708 72.10624 21.07205 19.75646 Magazines/Newsletters PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.986496 2.603663
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 53.3 64.8 66.8 2.5 4.4 3.3 37.4 57.6 59.1    
Larger envelope 45.8 69.7 71.9 10.2 3.8 6.4 40.8 59.6 69.0    
Postcard 56.9 73.1 76.2 1.3 3.5 5.1 48.5 73.0 72.5    
Catalog (not in envelope) 45.9 60.1 61.1 15.8 12.2 12.6 62.5 67.2 72.6    
Flyers/Circulars 42.4 66.1 68.8 6.1 5.4 5.6 51.2 66.7 70.7    
   
Shape Will Respond Percentage of Pieces Received    
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 12.3 23.2 25.6 8.8 12.4 12.7    
Larger envelope 10.9 25.1 33.8 3.6 3.3 2.6    
Postcard 12.3 23.9 25.7 3.3 6.6 6.6    
Catalog (not in envelope) 17.1 21.8 24.0 40.8 29.4 26.6    
Flyers/Circulars 15.4 23.4 25.7 42.5 42.8 45.1    
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each shape category;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.