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2. Free Shipping Day - Wikipedia

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   In 2011, Free Shipping Day became a billion-dollar shopping holiday with $1.072 billion in sales, [5] followed by $1.01 billion during Free Shipping Day 2012. [6] In 2013, Knowles changed the format of Free Shipping Day to only include merchants that could waive all minimum order requirements and guarantee delivery by Christmas Eve. [7]

3. History of the United States Merchant Marine - Wikipedia

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   The 18th century. As British colonists before 1776, American merchant vessels had enjoyed the protection of the Royal Navy. Major ports in the Northeast began to specialize in merchant shipping. The main cargoes included tobacco, as well as rice, indigo and naval stores from the Southern colonies.

4. Merchant ship - Wikipedia

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   Merchant ship. A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes. They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from six-metre (20 ft ...

5. Today is Free Shipping Day — also known as every ... - AOL

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   Best Buy offers next-day delivery on countless qualifying items (as long as you spend over $35). Best Buy also offers same-day free shipping for certain markets, if you order by 3 p,m. You’ll ...

6. List of merchant navy capacity by country - Wikipedia

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   List of merchant navy capacity by country. List of merchant navy capacity by flag is a list of the world foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked in both gross tonnage (GT) and deadweight tonnage (DWT) sorted by flag state. The table is based on the annual maritime shipping statistics provided by the British Government and the ...

7. Your 'Free Shipping Day' Cheat Sheet - AOL

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   It's coming down to the home stretch for holiday shopping, which means if you need to ship presents, you'd better have a game plan by now -- especially if you want to take advantage of Free ...

8. 'Free Shipping Day' Underscores Amazon's Juggernaut - AOL

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   Today, Friday Dec. 17, is the second annual "Free Shipping Day" -- a single day when online merchants band together and offer free shipping on purchases from their sites. The event is organized by ...

9. Trade route - Wikipedia

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   A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. The term can also be used to refer to trade over bodies of water. Allowing goods to reach distant markets, a single trade route contains long-distance arteries, which may further be connected to smaller networks of ...