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Aldermen Advance Measure to Cap Fees Charged by Delivery Companies at 15%
Aldermen on Tuesday unanimously advanced a proposal backed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to cap fees charged by delivery services such as Postmates, Grubhub and UberEats at 15% in an effort to help struggling restaurants.
Why you should have an international credit card
You can use it almost anywhere in the world, and it doesn’t charge foreign transaction fees.
Everything You Need to Know About ePacket Shipping: ePacket Delivery Explained
As business owners, we need to be aware of the changing competitive landscape. And one aspect of business that is constantly changing is shipping. If you’re thinking about or are using AliExpress to source products to dropship to customers, this article about ePacket delivery is for you.
5 Delivery Challenges and How to Overcome Them
5 Delivery Challenges and How to Overcome Them. Proof of Delivery - There is no itemized list of products that is delivered to each location.
What Do Continuous Delivery Servers Like Shippable Mean for MSPs?
MSPs can provide the extra services required for organizations to achieve true continuous delivery.
Foreign Transaction Fees: What To Know and How to Avoid Them
Many international travelers encounter foreign transaction fees while making purchases or withdrawing cash from an ATM in a foreign country. The easiest way to avoid a foreign transaction fee is to use a debit or credit card that waives such fees while traveling abroad. Luckily, there are plenty of
How to Tell if a Credit Card's Annual Fee Is Worth It
Annual fee vs. no annual fee: It's a contentious debate.
Retail Delivery Wars: Smart Strategy Or An Inevitable Race To The Bottom?
As Target, Walmart and Amazon keep adding more, faster and cheaper delivery the consumer is the obvious winner. But what does this all mean for retailers' profits?
How to make a payment
How to use our payment section of the website. This is usually used for registration fees, delivery fees and tuition payments. A Pay Pal account is recommend...
6 common credit card fees and how to avoid them
Many credit card fees -- late fees, foreign transaction fees, cash advance fees, for example -- can be avoided. Follow these simple steps to cut down on the extra money you are paying card issuers.
In the Push for Faster Ecommerce Deliveries, How Can Logistics Stay Agile?
Companies that want to deliver ecommerce shipments at the speeds that customers expect need to consider how to adapt all elements of their supply chains.
10 Ways to Measure Freight Broker Effectiveness
Ever wonder what factors make for an effective freight broker or agent? As you may know, choosing the incorrect freight broker to facilitate the moves of your shipments could prove detrimental to your operation and open up holes in your supply chain. Correcting a mistake like this can actually be mo
As disruptions accelerate, supply chains learn to measure them
A new wave of KPIs is emerging — such as time-to-recovery — to help supply managers benchmark their supply chains' resiliency.
What can be so difficult about measuring Service Levels?
Line Fill Rate is an effective measure of supply chain performance. Fill Rate failure when properly diagnosed will give you much better information of what is hurting your supply chain so you can take corrective measures in time.
Merchant processing: What's the charge?
The vast majority of businesses accept credit cards, which means signing up with a merchant processor. But do you really know what that means? Who better to ...
Supply chain: what is it? Definition and differences from logistics
The supply chain is the process generated from the time the customer places an order to the moment the product or service has been delivered and charged. What does the supply chain concept cover? What’s the difference between the supply chain and logistics? We'll show you in our post.
What Supply Chain Companies Need to Know about Shipping Dangerous Goods
When you're in the supply chain business, it's vital to get deliveries to recipients ASAP. You want to keep your clients happy and reduce costs at the same time. However, many supply chain companies also end up having to ship dangerous goods at some point.
To fee, or not to fee? That's the question for landlords and homeless mothers
Two mothers who have gone through being homeless tell the 13 Watchdog team application fees for apartments in the Grand Rapids are are one of the biggest barriers for people to get their families out of homelessness.
Why data and measurement are key to a circular economy transition
Measuring circular economy performance requires data on areas of a business that haven’t traditionally been measured.
How to Navigate the World of Surcharging
Cash discounts, convenience fees and service fees are not new, however, surcharging is a relatively new yet growing practice that has caused confusion in the U.S. market. To help make sense of the topic, The Strawhecker Group (TSG) is releasing its newest eReport How to Navigate the World of Surcharging<br>This eReport provides a 20+ page overview of credit card surcharging and the related practices for the U.S. market and covers:<br>What is a surcharge and how does it work?<br>Surcharging rules…
What is Fuel Advance Factoring?
Freight factoring for trucking companies allows you to increase cash flow and the fuel advance program enables you to take on more loads
