Entries Tagged as 'Store Operations'

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Your Store on the Peanut Hotline Website

The Plastic Loosefill Council is looking for an AMPC store to be pictured on their webpage. The Plastic Loosefill Council, (www.loosefillpackaging.com) was founded in 1991 to develop, promote and implement the original use and subsequent recovery, reuse and recycling of polystyrene loose fill, commonly known as “packing peanuts.” The Council operates the Peanut Hotline, the [...]

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Sometimes You Just Don’t Ship It

Back when wine was ok to ship, a lady came in with a case of wine jugs (yup, I mean jugs of very cheap port) that she had just gotten from the grocery store. The case had the single pieces of cardboard separating the bottles. “I’m sorry I can’t ship that like that. The bottles [...]

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Inside the 2010 UPS Rates

An in-depth look at the new 2010 UPS rates from Parcel Industry Magazine: http://bit.ly/4oMl1b, http://bit.ly/8ZP5VU, http://bit.ly/82DIwo

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Carrier Holiday Season Delivery Guarantees

For a flyer showing the guaranteed delivery policies of the carriers, click on the image below:

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Carrier Holiday Shipping Schedule

Here is a link to the dates to ship by as published by USPS, and Fed Ex. UPS has not published specific dates, yet. As soon as they are published we will be updating the chart. Click on the thumbnail to download.

Monday, November 16th, 2009

FedEx Holiday Marketing Materials

This week all FASC locations will receive a letter and 2009 holiday counter card. The counter card shows the last days to ship with FedEx Express and FedEx Ground in order for shipments to arrive by Thursday, December 24th. The letter also explains that FedEx is giving FASC locations the opportunity to order additional in-store [...]

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

In-Store Marketing Tip

If you can’t spring for that 57” flat screen TV to put behind your counter with a Power Point promoting your services, you may want to try a digital picture frame set on your counter. Not quite as visual as the TV, but a few of these around will attract attention. They usually have a [...]