General news category covering small business affairs
Just 17 days until Christmas but that is plenty of time to get your holiday season decorations to brighten any occasion for your home or office. Beginning today and ending December 31, Christmas Lights Creations is offering 10 percent discounts […]
With the ever increasing costs of fuel and transportation, Christmas Lights Creations is raising the minimum purchase requirement to receive free shipping to $250. Based on average order amounts over the past three years, this increase will have no bearing
As expected, UPS and FedEx will increase their fuel surcharges to customers shipping boxes beginning on April 4, 2022. These additional charges are in direct response to the rising crude oil prices over the past year. According to a statement
Supply Chain Fiasco Preventing Us From Getting Product. The negative impacts of sourcing products internationally has affected our product availability for the upcoming holiday season, and at this point it doesn’t appear that we will receive our Christmas stock before
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As of August 2 Pay Pal Increases Transaction Fees that affects virtually every small business, and Christmas Lights Creations is no exception. We strongly disagree with their decision to raise fees, but we do prefer Pay Pal over our credit
Skyrocketing Transportation Costs Force Retail Price Increases. International and domestic transportation costs have risen dramatically since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and those costs borne by businesses will be passed along to consumers. Container rates from China to the
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Thanks to UPS Shipping Blow Molds Will Be More Expensive. Small business is taking it on the chin again, this time in the form of additional accessorial fees imposed on companies that ship boxes that exceed 105 inches in length
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Stripe Hides Behind Bank Decision That Amounts to Theft We recently had a customer dispute a charge claiming that they hadn’t received the product, which is true because we cancelled the order and issued a refund. The customer placed a
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