Industry notes for the week of Nov. 28
Retail news
Delays, surcharges and returns: Holiday shipping headaches have just begun
“The U.S. Postal Service set a Dec. 15 deadline for its Retail Ground Service and a Dec. 18 deadline for its First-Class Mail Service for packages to arrive in the contiguous United States before Dec. 25. UPS similarly said orders needed to be placed by Dec. 15 for its Ground service and Dec. 21 for its 3 Day Select service for parcels to arrive by the holidays. And FedEx set Dec. 15 deadlines for its Home Delivery and Ground services, and Dec. 22 for its 2 Day service for orders to arrive by Dec. 25.”
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Pro Photography
“I DON”T WANT THIS” printed instead of name on child’s school photo
CBS Local 2 Chicago reports a Chicago mom put “I DON”T WANT THIS” in an instruction box on her six-year-old son’s school photo instructions, so that’s what was printed instead of his name. The report said Lifetouch is reprinting the photos.