No shipping charges

The Wall Street Journal reported that during this holiday season many companies will offer no shipping charges in order to increase their sales. On-line and catalogue sales have increased each year since the popularity of the internet has increased. Because of the slow economy retailers are looking for a way to spur their sales and the elimination of shipping charges appears to be the method of choice. The only drawback that the retailers expect is that once the holidays are over, shoppers may become angry when the free shipping offers expire.