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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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10/01/2008 - Using Live Chat to Boost Sales
It has been reported for some time now that adding an attended Live Chat strategy to a website can help increase sales.

10/01/2008 - Mediak Lets the Kids Do the Talking
Earlier this year, Mediak vice president, Junnie Sublett, was working her booth at a fundraising show in San Diego. She was looking to pick up sales leads and generally network at the show.

10/01/2008 - Fashion Accessories Galore
With the rise of eCommerce, there was much speculation that the segment of online clothing sales was doomed.

09/01/2008 - Social Networks Build Brand Awareness
Increasing buyers' awareness of your company and products is just one element of running a successful online business.

09/01/2008 - RedRoller Perfects Shipping & Savings
Just when you thought there were no more great ideas left to be discovered on the Internet, along comes RedRoller.

09/01/2008 - Ranking Wholesale Marketplaces
In this Internet era, sifting through all the available online marketplaces and search engines to find a wholesale supplier can be extremely time-consuming.

09/01/2008 - Product Preview: Small Electronics & E-Games
Welcome to September, the time when the hunt for the hottest holiday electronics gifts starts to rev up.

09/01/2008 - Healthy Alternative
With the furor over obesity and 'super sizing' spurring a trend toward healthier food and portion control, Mister Snacks, Inc. is perfectly positioned to illustrate the definition of nutrition and value.

09/01/2008 - 15,000 Choices and Growing
Web WHOLESALER is always interested in a true sensation, and SourcingMap.com certainly meets our criteria. The company's roots formed in 2004, with five guys working part-time, buying through public channels and selling on eBay without a website.

08/01/2008 - REAL Wholesale Deals from TrademarkCommerce.com
Many wholesale companies offer dropshipping and maintain a claim that they have millions of products. In reality, such a high and vague number of SKUs may really mean that the company is not a true WHOLESALER.

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.

08/01/2008 - Gaining Customer Confidence For More Sales
The Internet can provide store owners with a wider channel of distribution for their products.

08/01/2008 - Footwear & Apparel Forecast
Few categories can match the Footwear & Apparel niches when it comes to cultivating revenue from August through December. From Back-to-School to Christmas, consumers are buying shoes and clothes for school, work and gifting occasions.

08/01/2008 - DollarDays Merges with Insignia
DollarDays International, an online WHOLESALER and closeout company, has merged into Insignia Solutions PLC, a United Kingdom legal entity listed on the National Daily Quotations Journal under the symbol INSGY.PK

08/01/2008 - Checkout Options
Some retailers and WHOLESALERS are still using their websites as more of an online catalog than an ecommerce engine and it is a shame to see them leaving so much money on the table.

07/01/2008 - White-Hot Holiday Products
Ecommerce has helped the holiday product niche skyrocket over the years, offering more unique, high quality products at increasingly better prices.

07/01/2008 - JSK Computer Services: Buyers' One-Stop Shop
Jeffrey Kodba was a 24-year-old college graduate making use of his diploma working as an IT technician, sharing an apartment with his brother, Joseph, and enjoying his life in Pittsburgh.

07/01/2008 - Customer Surveys Reveal Site Weaknesses
In its simplest form, a dam is a structural system that controls the flow of water. It can stop the flow completely, or it can be opened up to allow water to flow through in a controlled manner.

07/01/2008 - Buyers Network Speeds Transactions
In addition to all its free and convenient features, WholesaleCentral.com also allows users to utilize a free Buyers Network.

06/01/2008 - Tips for Designing Websites
Have you ever stepped back, looked at your website, scratched your head and wondered, "I think my site looks good, so why is it not generating sales?"

06/01/2008 - Remote Control Zooms Sales
In 1996, unlike his high school freshmen classmates, Kevork "Kev" Kouyoumjian was too industriously preoccupied to care whether or not he was in one of life's awkward stages.

06/01/2008 - Licensed Characters From NJ Croce
In 1983, when Nick Croce, Jr's father, Nicholas, announced that they were switching from brassware to Gumby products, Nick Jr thought he was crazy.

06/01/2008 - Laura's Country Candles Expands
Laura's Country Candles has expanded and moved in both a literal and virtual way. It has relocated to 1141 Lincoln Road in Allegan, MI, and it has also launched a new website at www.laurascountrycandles.com.

05/01/2008 - Vertical Search Effectiveness
Vertical search engines are continuing to grow in popularity because they only show the results that are relevant to a marketer's product needs.

05/01/2008 - The Joy of Accessories
In 1973, Debbie Tierney was selling jewelry and accessories to her hairdresser for extra money, while her husband was at work. She envisioned growth, but nothing more than simply selling to a few more hairdressers and some local shops.

05/01/2008 - Cool Feet Are Hot Items
The 13th century Persian poet, Rumi, wrote, "Let what you love be what you do," and Cindy Schultz, owner of www.MyCoolFeet.net is a perfect example of that.

04/01/2008 - Turning 10 Cents into $10 in Two Minutes at Tatstore.Com
Kirk Knapp owned and operated a Grand Rapids, MI area investment banking and brokerage business for years, before selling it in 1999.

04/01/2008 - Power Your Profits With Electronics
Sales of electronics and accessories continue to soar, as more of the population adapts to an increasing number of devices in this category.

04/01/2008 - Exist or Not Exist: Securing the Buyer's Attention
In last month's column, I wrote about building sales momentum through relevance and consistency.

04/01/2008 - Bright Sales Trends For Jewelry & Watches
Jewelry and watch niches have undoubtedly grown in the last decade, as consumers have taken advantage of their dramatically increased online buying options.

03/01/2008 - Style & Service Drive Sales At Pacific Link
Years ago, Ron Bryan was managing a mall cart kiosk business in the Atlanta, GA area, when Pacific Link Sunglasses General Manager, David Rice, approached him about joining his company.

03/01/2008 - Profit From Consumables
Changes have taken place at Discount WHOLESALERS, a supplier of closeouts for more than 12 years.

03/01/2008 - Halloween & Party Items Spell Fun
Halloween items and party supply products are certainly not always similar by nature.

03/01/2008 - Customer Is King At Amglo
Amglo Inc., located on the web at www.amgloinc.net, is a direct importer and WHOLESALER of an all encompassing selection of seasonal merchandise.

03/01/2008 - Building Relevance And Sales Momentum
Relevance occurs when an input (a sight, sound, a display, words) connects with an individual's background to yield conclusions that matter to them, like answering a question

02/01/2008 - Great Toys at WholesaleCentral.com
During the recent holidays, online toy sales showcased the fact that this niche's boom a few years ago was no fluke.

02/01/2008 - Cool Pain Relief
LONGVIEW FARMS, the world's largest producer of fully refined, 100 percent pure molecular distilled Emu oil, offers Cool Blue Gel, a proven pain reliever.

01/01/2008 - Siezing an Opportunity: Kalan Aquires Funworks
There are times in business when you have to pounce on an opportunity. If not, you may never get the same kind of chance again.

01/01/2008 - New Items from Bottom Line
Bottom Line WHOLESALER has taken on 500 new products within the past six weeks, providing its retailer customers with the largest selection ever.

01/01/2008 - Generating Post Sale Buys
In the last column I provided ten sure-fire ways to reduce your shopping cart abandonment rate.

01/01/2008 - CloseoutCentral.com: The Ultimate Source
For over ten years, CloseoutCentral.com has been the leading online marketplace for buying and selling closeout merchandise, and it just keeps getting better.

01/01/2008 - Closeout & Liquidation Forecast
After the holiday season, retailers will be sending back countless truckloads of valuable unsold and returned merchandise.

01/01/2008 - Awesome Treating Buyers Like Family
Awesome Wholesale is a full line scale designer, importer, distributor, and WHOLESALER.

12/01/2007 - Vision For Growth
GENCO Marketplace was a burgeoning company for 14 years, offering surplus inventories and liquidating millions of dollars worth of merchandise daily.

12/01/2007 - Sell More With Floor Displays
More items in your store mean more sales. It's a simple concept.

12/01/2007 - Price Perfect Gems
Morfra Designs manufactures a full selection of designer sterling silver jewelry for women, with some designs for men, totaling over 6,000 styles and new designs added daily.

12/01/2007 - One Stop Shopping At Ohio Wholesale
The concept for Ohio Wholesale, Inc. began more than thirty years ago, when Nick and Terry Harbarger traveled to Mexico to purchase giftware items, which they sold in the US.

12/01/2007 - FashionPenny.Com: Demand Drives Sales
Whoever said there is no such thing as easy money was not a wholesale buyer of jewelry from FashionPenny.com.

11/01/2007 - Why Pros Need Vertical Search
"Vertical search." You have probably heard the term thrown around, and you might have even used it.

11/01/2007 - Wholesale Unlimited Expands
Wholesale Unlimited, a closeout WHOLESALER based in Crystal River, FL, just got less limited.