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Three Surprising Facts About Plastic Packaging
You may not put much thought into the flat pouches of plastic that surround your food and other goods. Beyond being grateful that they can keep things clean and contained for storage and transportation, plastic packaging doesn’t usually garner much more attention than that. However, there’s a lot about flexible packaging that’s worth knowing about,…
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Do You Use Bubble Mailers for Shipping?
Ordering those phone charger cables for your daughters for Christmas was a great idea. So was the watch with the mosaic elephant face. The girls both loved the long phone cords, and your youngest daughter hasn?t taken the watch off her wrist since she opened it Christmas morning. Luckily, the fact that all of these…
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How Much is Customer Fraud Costing Your Business? Secure Payment Could Help Retailers
The days of “brick-and-mortar” retail locations may be giving way, at least in part, to online shopping. Around the world, almost $2.5 million in sales is generated by shoppers on mobile phones, tablets, or laptop computers. Currently, about one-fifth of all online sales transactions are done on mobile phones, but that percentage is expected to…
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Local Farmer Signs 25 Year Lease On Rustic Warehouse
The U.S. storage and warehouse leasing industry is currently one of the most lucrative and growing markets in the country. Today it’s worth an estimated $26 billion. There are so many different uses for commercial warehouse space that attracts businesses from a plethora of different industries. One of the lesser thought of reasons for leasing…
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Social Media Management Startup Says HandM Top Fast Fashion Brand When it Comes to Online Audience
Digital marketing has become one of the most important aspects for businesses of virtually any size. Approximately 75% of search engine users don’t scroll past the first page of search results. From search engine optimization (SEO) and social media management to pay per click advertising (PPC), more and more companies are recognizing the benefits of…
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Are You Starting a Cannabis Business?
What do you consider dangerous? What do you consider safe? As the trends in today’s society move toward a more open and liberal approach to the use of medical cannabis, our country attempts to navigate a changing set of believes and possible consequences. Medical marijuana facility design is just one area of exploration that new…
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The Case for Outsourcing Your Billing Services
Whether you’re an independent consultant, small business manager, or the CEO of a larger company, billing is probably one of the least favorite parts of your job. Between making calculations, invoice printing, and keeping track of all the paperwork, billing services can suck the energy out of any enterprise, and what’s worse, all mistakes on…
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With the Money You Save on Gas when You Work From Home, You Could Buy Your Own Office
In their eternal quest for affordable office space, some home-based writers and artisans are turning to an unusual solution: new shipping containers, the type that are used to transport cargo around the world, are being installed in backyards and small parcels of land across the country. While some companies do offer both new and used…
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Lapping Machines Achieve Precision Results
Lap plates are widely used in the ceramics, optics, semiconductor and automotive industries to polish and finish surfaces. In this machining process, also known as lapping, the two surfaces are rubbed together, sometimes with an abrasive material between them. The polishing is done using a machine, though this is sometimes done by hand. The right…
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The Importance of Industrial Burners, Melters, and Valves
Equipment like residential and industrial gas burners, melting furnaces, and gas valves are a lot more important than most people think! It’s easy to assume that only big commercial businesses would be concerned with these items, but you might just be surprised by how big this industry really is. Take a look at some of…