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INDEPENDENT RETAILER magazine is now the official news outlet for Wholesale Central visitors. Each monthly issue is packed with new product ideas, supplier profiles, retailing news, and business strategies to help you succeed.

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11/01/2009 - Push for Internet Privacy
An assembly of 10 consumer advocacy groups, including the U.S. Public Interest Research Group...

11/01/2009 - Knowing Your Market Share Will Set You Free
Do you know your market share? It isn't hard to figure out.

11/01/2009 - Closeout Central Partners with TMC
CloseoutCentral.com has been selected as the official wholesale directory of the Transworld Merchandise Center. Closeout Central, established by Sumner Communications Inc. in 1996, is the Internet's oldest and most respected closeout directory.

10/01/2009 - Swine Flu Strategy
The timeworn adage: plan for the worst and hope for the best, applies to retailers as they head into flu season, which unfortunately coincides with their busiest season of the year.

10/01/2009 - CloseoutCentral.com Named Official Wholesale Directory of The Transworld Merchandise Cente
Closeout Capital of AMERICA and Top Internet Closeout Directory strike dynamic cross promotional marketing deal.

09/01/2009 - Documenting History
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS has nearly 1,000 replicas of historical documents, which are produced on heavy parchment and undergo a process that gives them an antique look.

08/01/2009 - Website Aids Loans
AMERICA's Recovery Capital (ARC) loans are government mandated interest free loans designed to help small businesses.

08/01/2009 - Housewares and Gifts Fall Forecast
Events conspire to help keep the housewares market strong, while gift giving remains an important part of family and social life.

08/01/2009 - High Margins For Kiosk Success
Because carts and kiosks necessarily contain a limited variety of product, it is not only important that products sell through at a rapid pace, but also that each sale garners the vendor a healthy profit margin.

08/01/2009 - Deals on DVDs
Reto Lingenhag founded Education 2000 Inc. in 1988, with an assortment of travel DVDs.

07/01/2009 - Barber and Company For the Love of T-shirts
In a T-shirt filled AMERICA, Barber & Company is not merely just another provider.

04/01/2009 - How to be a Wholesale Central Power User
As a retailer, you are always on the lookout for new products and new suppliers.

04/01/2009 - Furniture.com Mines Wholesale
Furniture.com Inc., a one time retailer that relaunched several years ago as a provider of ecommerce and fulfillment services to other furniture retailers, has re-emerged again as Blueport Commerce Inc.

04/01/2009 - Dakota Steel Art For Wind Spinners
Wind spinners have come a long way from their origin. In the Thirties, they were called wind twirlers, and were similar to a vertical windmill, in that a single twisted piece of metal was angled into the wind.

03/01/2009 - Variety And Service Are Priority At Mid-AMERICA Liquidators
With 350 years of aggregated experience among its top level management team, Mid-AMERICA Liquidators...

03/01/2009 - Banks Boost Business
Not all banks are tightening credit. As big banks struggle, community banks are stepping in to offer loans and lines of credit to small business owners.

02/01/2009 - Skechers Plans Kids Clothes
Skechers USA, a maker of popular lifestyle footwear, has struck a licensing deal with the Adjmi Apparel Group for a line of children's clothing.

02/01/2009 - FTC Studies Minimum Price Rules
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will hold a series of four to six workshops to gather information on the impact of a controversial court decision that makes it easier for manufacturers to set minimum prices.

02/01/2009 - Asias Got the Goods
"Made in China" is a tag that most AMERICAn consumers are familiar with. Asia has long been a great source of merchandise, ranging from toys to electronics to jewelry, apparel and accessories.

01/01/2009 - Sourcing-Closeouts-Made-Easy-at-CloseoutCentral.com
CloseoutCentral.com is the web's premier location for buyers looking for the latest closeout offerings from AMERICA's leading closeout and liquidation sources.

12/01/2008 - High-Flying Sales at HobbyTron.com
HobbyTron.com was founded more than eight years ago as a niche retail provider for enthusiasts of electronic kits.

12/01/2008 - Easy Shopping At Shoenet.com
New sites emerge daily on the Internet. Conversely, countless sites fail. The result of this continuing shakeout is that one site often comes to dominate its category.

11/01/2008 - Integrity Drives Liquidation Innovation
It is said that necessity is the mother of all invention. This timeless adage certainly proved true for company founder and president Lisa Sperow when she started Madison Avenue Closeouts in 2002.

11/01/2008 - Global Supply Chain Safety
The Internet's positive impact on global supply chain management is undeniable.

11/01/2008 - Gift Card Protection
Consumer groups recently filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission requesting protection from losing money on gift cards when retailers file for bankruptcy.

11/01/2008 - CLS Offers Solutions
With more than 20 years of experience handling, processing and liquidating product for many of the world's largest retailers and manufacturers.

11/01/2008 - 99¢ Only Stores Raise Prices
For the first time since its inception 26 years ago, 99¢ Only Stores is raising its top price to 99.99 cents, an increase of just under a penny. This keeps the chain of 277 stores in four states within the dollar store realm.

10/01/2008 - Walmart Goes Tailgating
Walmart has completely transformed more than 1,700 of its garden centers into, "Game Time Headquarters," areas that have been customized for supporters of local college or professional football teams.

10/01/2008 - Excellent Costumes
DRESS UP AMERICA supplies costumes that are of superior quality in comparison with those generally sold just for the Halloween holiday.

10/01/2008 - Baby Inspires New Line
Shopping for her new baby girl, Charisma, has inspired Rosanna Tran of Aliz International Inc. to develop a new line of lightweight waterproof nylon Betty Boop licensed bags.

10/01/2008 - Alliance Expands Prepaid Cards
A new relationship between Citi, which is the world's largest provider of credit cards, and Green Dot Corporation, which supplies retail based financial products and services, will expand the retail distribution of prepaid debit and gift cards.

09/01/2008 - Luxury Retail Update
In defiance of the lyrics of an old song that says, "The rich get rich and the poor get poorer," luxury retailers and their landlords report that the rich are stepping back from shopping at luxury stores right now.

09/01/2008 - Focus Is Quality Sunglasses
After 25 years of experience in wholesaling sunglasses, Leon Tseng struck out three years ago on his own to found AMERICAn Sunshine Eyewear.

08/01/2008 - New Incense from Evolve
EVOLVE, GIFTS FOR THE SENSES offers handmade, hand dipped, 11 inch incense sticks in a choice of 73 different premium fragrances.

08/01/2008 - Infotech AMERICA Offers Web Promo Services
In the past five years, consumers have changed the way they find products and services via the Internet.

08/01/2008 - Great Selection at Blanket Depot
George Merling, President of Blanket Depot, could be called a "Blanket Barron." Though it is only a five-year-old company, Blanket Depot has close to 2,500 blanket designs on their website.

06/01/2008 - India Retailer Targets U.S.
India's largest retailer is targeting Indian consumers in AMERICA.

06/01/2008 - Blockbuster Expands Games
Blockbuster Inc., the troubled provider of in-home movies and game entertainment, is expanding its game business significantly.

05/01/2008 - Sunglasses & Eyewear Forecast
Sunglasses season is heating up as the weather turns warmer.

05/01/2008 - Snowglobe Xmas DVD
SNOWGLOBE CHRISTMAS introduces, A Snowglobe Christmas DVD, designed to add a comforting ambiance to the season as background, and as entertainment during parties and other gatherings.

05/01/2008 - Identity Marketing
Retailers employ different marketing strategies these days. As competition for consumers' disposable dollars intensifies, retailers take very different routes to improving and maintaining their market share.

05/01/2008 - Hasbro Buys Trivial Pursuit
Hasbro, Inc. has purchased all the intellectual property rights related to the Trivial Pursuit brand from Horn Abbot Ltd. and Horn Abbot International Limited.

05/01/2008 - Craft Show in Philly
The Philadelphia Buyers Market of AMERICAn Craft, which has been in operation twice a year for more than 25 years, will take place August 2-4 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 1101 Arch Street in Philadelphia.

04/01/2008 - Setting Up a 401K
Setting up a 401(k) savings plan for a small business is relatively easy.

04/01/2008 - Dollar Stores Thrive In Tough Times
Discussions of whether, technically, the nation is or is not in recession, and how long and how deep it might be, are irrelevant, suggests Jeff Green.

03/01/2008 - Experience & Choice at Mid-AMERICA
With 350 years of aggregated experience among its top level management team, Mid-AMERICA Liquidators is perfectly positioned to give its retailer customers a wealth of advice in buying and selling profitably

03/01/2008 - Electronics Firms Recycle
Panasonic and Sharp have established a new electronic product recycling management company, Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company, LLC, to manage collection and recycling programs in the U.S.

03/01/2008 - Chinese Consumers Buy Directly From U.S. Retailers
As Millions of Chinese Consumers Flock to the Internet to Purchase "Made in AMERICA" products, this International deal is seen as a windfall for U.S. Companies.

02/01/2008 - Toy Wonders: Titans of Toys
Toy Wonders, the family owned and operated company, began in Taiwan four generations ago as a toy exporting business.

02/01/2008 - New Ways to Sell
Grabbing a consumer's attention amid the unending proliferation of goods and services can be a daunting task for retailers.