Author: M.S. Enkoji

  • E-mail, g-mail, paper greeting cards aren’t going away

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    A customer picks a card at Pulp Papery in east Sacramento. Co-owner Manpreet Bains says the recession has hurt but there will always be a market for paper cards.A few days before Valentine’s Day, shoppers jostled shoulder to shoulder before overflowing racks of greeting cards with touches of red at…

  • Online shopping deadlines approach

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    It’s time to wrap up that online shopping if you’re hoping your purchases arrive in time for Christmas. Deadlines set by many online retailers are expiring this week and a sizable chunk have set Friday as your last shot, according to a survey of retailers for Shop.org. Online holiday shopping…

  • Online retailers challenge California sales tax legislation

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    An estimated $100 million in potential sales tax revenue never makes it into state coffers – and won’t any time soon – even in a monumental year of budget shortfalls. A bill to close what some call a loophole for Internet purchasers stalled in the Legislature earlier this year in…