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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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06/16/2016 - WHOLESALECentral.com Debuts Interactive TRADE SHOW Calendar
WHOLESALECentral.com, the leading WHOLESALE directory web site on the Internet, announces the launch of a fully interactive WHOLESALE TRADE SHOW calendar.

01/06/2015 - Independent Retailer Magazine Celebrates 25th Anniversary with 2015 Retail Forecast
Independent Retailer magazine, the leading TRADE publication for independent retail store owners, celebrates their 25th anniversary with a forward-looking 2015 Retail Outlook special issue.

03/01/2013 - ASIA AMERICA - Where Smart International Buyers Go in Miami
The Miami WHOLESALE ASIA AMERICA TRADE SHOW, now in its fourth year, is being held October 1-3, 2013, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The TRADE SHOW has made history by becoming the "SHOW to go to" for Caribbean, Central and South America buyers as well as for over 6,000 exporters and importers in the Miami area. More than 8,000 buyers who attended the 2012 SHOW have done more than $50 million in business, according to exhibitors' estimates.

12/01/2012 - Product SHOWcase - Hot Shades
Predicting the next hot look in sunglasses sometimes requires paying attention to celebrities, as consumers are influenced by the styles Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs sport in fashion magazines. As online WHOLESALErs seek out the next big trend in eyewear, there are a few key themes that are expected to carry over from 2012 to 2013.

08/01/2012 - Themed Jewelry Goes the Distance
Few professional athletes can deny the glamour or prestige of championship tournament rings. The weight of these glinting pieces stands for every ounce of teamwork that went into the team's victory, and the rings often become heirlooms. Nick DeVito and Company, in Sarasota, FL, has made it part of its mission to bring that feeling of team pride to sports fans as well.

08/01/2012 - Impulse Gifts Grab Sales
It is easier than ever for retailers to stock up on gift and novelty merchandise in preparation for successful holiday sales. This is because online WHOLESALErs not only stay on top of hot trends and have plenty of popular merchandise available, they also continue to invest in website functionality that enables buyers to quickly see what is new, peruse colorful catalogs, avail themselves of web specials, and place and track orders online.

06/01/2012 - Robert Greenspan: WHOLESALE Legend
Robert E. Greenspan is one of the great American WHOLESALE success stories of the last 40 years.

06/01/2012 - MoH Innovates Online
Andrew Kitzenberg of Memory on Hand proves there are also fascinating startup stories in more behind-the-scenes venues like WHOLESALE.

06/01/2012 - WHOLESALErs See Big Holiday Season
It's that important time of year again, when independent retailers begin buying holiday season products for their ecommerce warehouses and store shelves. What is going to be hot among Christmas and Hanukkah shoppers in 2012?

05/01/2012 - Western Express For Western Success
The story behind Western Express, the leading WHOLESALE company for cowboy hats, western shirts, belt buckles, and other buckaroo-styled clothing items, starts with a touch of SHOW business.

04/01/2012 - Flipo Group - Twenty Years of Innovation
Many people start a WHOLESALE business for extra cash, or to try something new. For Jerry Phlippeau, it was a means for survival.

03/01/2012 - Conklin Fashions
Conklin Fashions offers 10,000 different products, such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pins, novelty items, body jewelry, sunglasses, and reading accessories available at heavily discounted WHOLESALE prices.

11/01/2011 - Novelties & Souvenirs Forecast
Although the economy continues to be sluggish, innovative gift and novelty dealers are finding ways to engage shoppers and bring some fun to a marketplace that desperately needs a few smiles.

11/01/2011 - Flipping Over Burger Flippers
The Wildman Business Group, a third generation family owned business based in Warsaw, IN, knows how to adapt to an evolving business environment.

09/01/2011 - Spring Trends Focus on Value
As the economy is still in a state of recovery, suppliers are working hard to offer deals that will help store owners survive.

08/01/2011 - Good Videos Can Boost Web Business
Would you watch a video of two dull people talking in a studio for 30 minutes?

07/01/2011 - Footwear Suppliers Basic Styles And Tropical Sandals Are Hot
From sandals on the Fourth of July to toe socks at Christmas, footwear and hosiery are always in season.

07/01/2011 - ASD SHOW July 31 - Aug 3
Celebrating a milestone of 50 years, ASD continues to bring national WHOLESALE buyers and sellers together to create the most dynamic B2B merchandise marketplace in the industry.

05/01/2011 - Online Merchants Go Wild
As the economy begins to turn a corner, a growing number of ecommerce fashion WHOLESALErs are leaping to launch new companies, while established dealers report that business is picking up.

05/01/2011 - Killerbeads Offers Guaranteed Sales To Ecommerce Jewelers
With an 18-year-history of selling jewelry and incense, Killerbeads has a nose for what ecommerce merchants need.

03/01/2011 - New Golf Game Pays Off
About six years ago, Nowicki was a sales rep with a love of golf. Now he's an entrepreneur, and owner of Horseshoe Golf Inc.

02/01/2011 - Toy and Game Forecast
From radio band helicopters to rubber band bracelets, it is not easy to figure out the next hot toy.

01/01/2011 - Moving To Mobile Ecommerce
Converging trend lines SHOW that the importance of mobile computing and smartphone shopping is beginning to be seen on the retail front.

01/01/2011 - Kalan's Keys to Success
With a successful history of 40 years selling key rings, novelties and more, you might think a WHOLESALEr like Kalan Inc. would be content with a sure winning strategy.

01/01/2011 - Bright Future for Sunglasses
Discount sunglasses are a great item to source online, because the Web makes it easy to browse the thousands of styles out there.

12/01/2010 - World Trading 23 Upgrades For Growth
World Trading 23, an online specialty toy WHOLESALEr, has embarked on an ambitious program of upgrades and enhancements.

12/01/2010 - Sunny Outlook For Solarrific
Grace King is a WHOLESALEr with a mission. "I started my company in 2007, when the price of oil was getting high.

11/01/2010 - Alligator Heads For Smiles & Profits
You never know where a hobby like fossil collecting might lead you. Just ask Robert McDade, CEO and founder of Natural Selections Inc., who started collecting fossils and minerals as a hobby.

10/01/2010 - Quality Italian Air Fresheners
Car wash magnate Ira Feinberg has been an entrepreneur, inventor, and industry expert for close to 50 years.

09/01/2010 - Gifts, Candles and Incense Trends
When it comes to the aromatic arts, giftware sellers are generally well stocked, and contrary to national economic news, well satisfied.

09/01/2010 - Big Lots For Small Retailers
Justin Starnes, general manager of Eagle Eye WHOLESALErs, is still young but possesses more experience than many retail veterans.

08/01/2010 - Christmas & Holiday Preview
Might the nation's cash registers be set jing-jing-jingling again this upcoming holiday season?

08/01/2010 - Latest WHOLESALE data SHOW big year-over-year boost
Sales of goods at the WHOLESALE level held steady over the last month but rose substantially over the year, according to the most recent data from the Census Bureau.

06/01/2010 - Dropshipping 101
Simply put, dropshipping is selling something you don't own. While it may sound illegal, it's not.

06/01/2010 - Home Furnishings & Housewares On Roll
The home furnishings and housewares segment of consumer goods has come through the economic downturn with mostly flying colors, according to both U.S. government statistics and purveyors of goods in the category

06/01/2010 - Tradition and Innovation at Solid Silver
A family jewelry business, Solid Silver Inc. was established back in 1986 Los Angeles by Voravudh Vorasuvin, then a recent émigré from Thailand.

06/01/2010 - Cracking the Code for Profits
The toy market has always been difficult to gauge. Ever changing fads, not to mention the luxury item status of many toys during tougher economic times

04/01/2010 - MAD By Design's Vietnamese Handbags
Doug Stein operated restaurants and night clubs in Asia for many years, and anyone who has ever been involved in that business know that it is exhausting.

03/01/2010 - Dealing with eBay Sellers
With many sellers these days doing business via eBay, manufacturers and WHOLESALErs looking to establish business relationships are wary.

02/01/2010 - Bright Forecast for Sunglasses
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades," pop group, Timbuk 3, famously declared in 1989.

01/01/2010 - Small Electronics Review
Trying to recapture some "Ho-ho-ho," from this past holiday season, as opposed to the "No, no, no," that characterized most of 2009.

01/01/2010 - Asia's Global Empire
"Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world."

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 - Recession Proof Pet Products
In a downturn economy, people may not feel comfortable spending money on themselves, but at My Shopping Tree, they are finding that possibly for that very reason, sales of personalized pet products are way up.

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 - WHOLESALE Central hits 600,000 items
WHOLESALECentral.com, the internet's leading directory of WHOLESALErs and WHOLESALE products, has reached a new milestone of 600,000 items for sale.

08/01/2009 - Hottest Fall Handbags
Leading handbags designer and importer, Aliz International, Inc, is celebrating its 19th anniversary with their expanded Los Angeles location, Aliz California.

07/01/2009 - New ASD East TRADE SHOW
Nielsen Business Media's Merchandise Group, producers of the ASD TRADE SHOWs, will hold a re-focused SHOW, ASD EAST, September 13-15, 2009 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York.

06/01/2009 - Opportunity Knocks For Home Furnishings and Housewares
The market for home furnishings and housewares has been affected just as deeply by the recession as any other sector

06/01/2009 - ASD Launches Liquidation Expo
Nielsen Business Media, the company that runs the twice yearly ASD SHOWs in Las Vegas and New York City, respectively, has scheduled Liquidation Expo, a TRADE only SHOW devoted specifically to liquidation and closeout merchandise.