OPAS recently participated in a New Year’s event held at a Japanese shopping center in suburb of Portland. The Shogatsu Matsuri or New Year’s Festival was a three day event with several booths for selling hot food like oden and imagawayaki and things like good luck charms from a local Buddhist temple. At our booth … Read more
Here at OPAS, we adhere to a principle known as Kaizen – this is a business philosophy that advocates a constant state of improvement. In a Kaizen workplace, change for the better is an expected part of the daily tasks of each employee, seeking new ways to improve practices and policies to reach a state … Read more
Buying Online in the US from the Far East Today we had a slew of interesting purchases come in for our customers; items they had bought that had arrived for our check-in process. I thought you might like to see some of the most interesting items, where they came from and where they are going. … Read more
Honing your Golf Skills for Spring Spring is here in the northern hemisphere and summer is coming soon. Some of our customers are preparing to be in tip top form with their golf swing by buying golf equipment to train with and use on the course. I thought you might be interested in hearing about … Read more
Package forwarding shoppers don’t have to live in the US to take advantage of US sales cycles. April is the start of spring, and that means most US stores are going to be trying to make room for new inventory by offering big sales. But typical winter items aren’t the only things that are good … Read more
On-Line Shopping for Sales I am often surprised and delighted by the interesting purchases of our members. Recently we had an unusual item pass through our warehouse. A customer of ours from Japan asked us to be her personal shopper for a garden gate. Horchow sells this beautiful hand forged iron gate by MacKenzie Childs, … Read more
After Christmas Sales at US Online Stores Some of our members are taking advantage of the After Christmas Sales. For example, the Ralph Lauren US online store has After Christmas prices, and on selected items an additional 30% off. One of our members treated their children to some classy winter clothing and made out like … Read more
We are all still in shock over the damage wrought by the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophe in Japan. Although our office in Osaka was far from the tragedy, and none of our staff or their families were hurt, we are nonetheless saddened by the recent tragedy and our sympathies go out to all those … Read more
Nintendo will release its new 3DS portable gaming system, the first device to utilize a 3D display that doesn’t require the use of special glasses, at the end of March in the US, Europe, and Australia. The 2D version of the DS was already the most popular portable gaming system in the world, and everyone … Read more
