Entries Tagged as 'Store Operations'

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Carrier Holiday Schedules & Guarantees

Associated Mail & Parcel Centers (AMPC) members pay dues to support the organization’s efforts to support their businesses. The money pays for a staff to develop benefits, programs, discounts, research, education, and advocacy for the members. Joining AMPC is easy. To help us support your industry and business, go to www.ampc.org and sign up. For a [...]

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

endicia Questions Answered

An FAQ prepared by endicia and AMPC. Topics Covered: What’s New in 2011 Label Format and Printing Pricing and Payment General Questions Support Associated Mail & Parcel Centers (AMPC) members pay dues to support the organization’s efforts to support their businesses. The money pays for a staff to develop benefits, programs, discounts, research, education, and [...]

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

A New Way to Process Credit Cards

[The following has been revised to change the Merchant Warehouse contact information] The Truth about Credit Card Processing and How the Truth Can Set You Free – or at least save you a ton of money. AMPC and Merchant Warehouse have teamed up to offer a unique program to process credit cards. Processor rate structures [...]

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Don’t Ship Beer to Sam Adams

Every year the Samuel Adams Brewing Company conducts a home-brewing contest and invites the contestants to ship their finest attempt to Sam Adams for grading. This is the advise from the Sam Adams Contest Site: Packing and Shipping Hints Carefully pack your entry in a sturdy box.  Line the inside of your carton with a [...]

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Carrier Holiday Schedules & Guarantees

Associated Mail & Parcel Centers (AMPC) members pay dues to support the organization’s efforts to support their businesses. The money pays for a staff to develop benefits, programs, discounts, research, education, and advocacy for the members. Joining AMPC is easy. To help us support your industry and business, go to www.ampc.org and sign up. For a [...]

Friday, September 24th, 2010

The 1099 Reporting Mandate

In an effort to recoup taxes, the new Health Care Law (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) has mandated that all businesses report the payments to all vendors that exceed $600/year on a 1099 Form. This will effect all governments, nonprofits, and businesses of all sizes across the nation. For us that means keeping records [...]

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Merchant Warehouse to Assist Stores in PCI Compliance

For more information on how you save money with the Merchant Warehouse credit card processing program and the free credit card analysis and low rate qualifying software click here. Once you decide that this program is worth checking out, call or email Dylan Penebre at Merchant Warehouse – 800-498-0823, extension 2107 (dpenebre@merchantwarehouse.com). Tell Dylan what [...]

Monday, April 19th, 2010

A New Way to Process Credit Cards

The Truth about Credit Card Processing and How the Truth Can Set You Free – or at least save you a ton of money AMPC and Merchant Warehouse have teamed up to offer a unique program to process credit cards. Processor rate structures are often made complicated, confusing, and misleading on purpose. A teaser rate [...]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Credit Card Processing Compliance

Let me see if I can clear the confusion and hype about credit card processing compliance. Let me know if I do. The whole purpose is to keep credit card numbers secure. The best way is to process them in a way that a merchant never has to store the numbers. PCI-DSS stands for Payment [...]

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Required Posters from the Dept of Labor

Certain posters are required to be displayed in all workplaces. From time to time you may get solicitations from printers who supply these posters at a cost. They are usually very well done and comprehensive, but these posters are available free from the government. Other posters may be required by your state and you should [...]