Archive for December, 2009

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Attempts to revive the dying art of writing letters

Do you remember the time when you regularly sent or received personal letters and post cards? In our case it’s been a while, yet we still remember the pleasant excitement of receiving letter correspondence. By now, the treasured occurrences of receiving a letter, have been replaced by a barrage of phone and e-mail messages,
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Licensing of paperless mail technologies: The right tool for the right job

The change is coming

Paper based mail has been very successful for a long time by providing a multitude of satisfactory services for senders and recipients. Transactional mailings, certified mail, return receipt, direct mail, personal messages and many other services are so far been well taken care of within the traditional paper based
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Streamlining the USPS point of sales operation

Some time ago we had to mail an important document and went to our local post office around 3pm, expecting to get in and out within a few minutes. As we entered we found 22 people, already in line, and ended up waiting only 45 minutes, since four persons in front of us just gave
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International e-commerce: How big will it grow?

This entry is part 3 of 2 in the series International e-commerce

We asked ourselves this question. And then we came up with some more questions and thoughts which we like to share with our readers.
Who is most likely to shop abroad?
People which have executed numerous online orders within their own country are familiar with e-commerce and have accumulated trust in online transactions. Out of that group
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International e-commerce: A shopper’s viewpoint

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series International e-commerce

Cross border e-commerce seems on the rise and last week Sears announced the following on their website:
– NEW International Shipping – Customers can conveniently ship to 90 countries around the globe. Prices will be displayed in the currency of the customer’s choice. International shipping fees, customs duties, and taxes are automatically added and processed
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