Last two Christmas’s were the slowest ever at UPS. It’s rare for new routes to be created. In 2018 in my building there were so many routes created they started taking drivers within months of hire where it usually takes 3-4 years in my area as many as 10 in places like Philadelphia to get a shot at driving. 2021 alot of those routes started getting cut and 2022 they were mostly all eliminated.
Amazon is the biggest delivery business in the US now. That certainly has taken a share out of UPS.