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Mistakes happen and sometimes what you ship doesn’t make it to where it’s going. Be sure you know the options for how to deal with a lost or damaged package.

In honor of Military Appreciation Month, Pak Mail and nonprofit Cell Phones For Soldiers are asking local residents to help troops call home by donating gently-used cellular phones. Although the military landscape is ever changing, as many as 200,000 troops are serving in the United States military overseas and around the world. By donating to Cell Phones For Soldiers, local residents can provide troops with that precious connection to loved ones back home.

Dear Failed New Year’s Resolutions,

We know it is not your fault that someone picked you as “their” resolution with zero intent of actually completing you, the resolution.

We’ve been there. It’s the end of December and someone decided they are going to work on a New Year’s Resolution in the upcoming year. Then, before you know it, it’s the end of January and they haven’t had a chance to even think about you. It’s not their fault; school started up again, a new quarter at work began, emails piled up over the holidays, etc.

Pak Mail Centers of America, Inc.’s International Support Center (ISC) has reacquired the area developer rights to the U.S. Southern Region market that encompasses East Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

While many are expecting packages and gifts to arrive this week, news stations around the country are airing a similar (and unnerving) story this holiday season. In a disturbing trend, thieves are stealing holiday packages right off doorsteps!

Austin, Texas Pak Mail store owner Joel Altsman was interviewed in this segment and he provided several helpful tips to help ensure your packages arrive safely:

According to the National Retail Federation, holiday shopping spending this November and December is expected to increase 13-15 percent over 2012. Improved consumer confidence, consumer credit, and disposable personal income will contribute to an increased spend of up to $82 billion this holiday season. Online shopping will see the largest growth.

In case you weren’t aware or hadn’t ever thought about it, Thanksgiving typically is not an occasion for a lot of shipping (unlike the upcoming holiday shipping season). It isn’t very easy to ship a turkey or Grandma’s famous stuffing, but that doesn’t mean Thanksgiving isn’t a good time to share love.

Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are right around the corner and that means Christmas is not far behind. The holiday shopping season seems to begin earlier and earlier every year with holiday items found in stores during Halloween and lights and decorations going up in early November. For some, the holidays can mean a time of stress over mall traffic, choosing the right gifts, and getting those gifts to their intended recipients on time. Others seem to be on top of everything with all their gifts purchases, wrapped, and out the door before Thanksgiving.

Freight or cargo shipping can be a daunting process the first, second, or even fiftieth time you do it. We will discuss some of the most frequently asked questions associated with cargo shipping, as well as provide the steps to follow for a successful shipment.

The shipment of hazardous materials is a very complicated and regulated process, and one that requires great care and a high level of expertise to complete safely and successfully. The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) regulates the transportation of hazardous materials.