I would have thought things would be better this time around. Nope, just different. Fortunately the hurriance did not hit the Houston or Galveston area. I saw this posting earlier today from a guy in TX. I live NE of Houston—-left my house at 10:30 AM —traveled 2 1/2 hours due east on State 105—due [...]

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Its interesting how much of New Orleans S&R was handled by spontaneous volunteers, even the news media. Even the most ardent govt official will admit that the absolute first response is going to be done by spontaneous volunteers, rather than trained volunteers or even professionals. Disasters are a logistical nightmare to start with, and there [...]

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I don’t know how many times I have been asked “who is a good drop shipper”, with no other criteria. Are they good with reliability/availability, discounts, volume requirements, blanket orders, or even credit terms. Good has many definitions…. asking the wrong question, will often times get a wrong answer. Another question I get asked, “where [...]

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Don Bell has an interesting blog article on ecommerce sites, many of which imho are doomed to failure. Some folks believe in boosting their shipping costs in order to make money, rather than doing so on the product. Don’s not thrilled with that concept, and neither am I. The lost cost of entry to ecommerce [...]

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