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Small Businesses Face Big Challenges this Holiday Season

| Matt Winn

With more and more holiday purchases shifting from in-store to online, smaller retailers are looking forward to making the most of this highly profitable selling period, undergoing preparations to handle the rush. See what they are doing to prepare.

13 iStock Images of Cats in Cardboard Boxes

| Erin Lynch

While searching around for images relating to “package fill” and “recycled cardboard” we kept getting bombarded with images of cats in cardboard boxes. So, without further ado, here are 13 of the best iStock images of cats in cardboard boxes.

Netflix Spoofs Amazon Drones

| Erin Lynch

It turns out Amazon is not the only online merchant looking to get into drone fulfillment capabilities. Netflix, taking jabs at its streaming video competitor, has announced its own delivery service, “Drone 2 Home,” in a recent video mocking the futuristic service.

U.S. Needs to Pay Attention to Canada’s Delivery Decisions

| Erin Lynch

With the U.S. population now jumping to their computers or mobile devices to shop or communicate with a friend or loved one, the USPS needs to look at ways to cut costs in order for it to survive and community mailboxes and cutting delivery days appears to be one of the best answers out there.