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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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06/01/2008 - Gas Prices Drive Shoppers To Web
Concerns about the economy and rising gasoline prices may send more shoppers to the web. They cite the convenience and savings on gas in a recent survey by the investment firm of Piper Jaffray.

06/01/2008 - Frame Memories in Words
CHESAPEAKE CASUALS, a supplier of gifts and ACCESSORIES for garden and home, offers Photo Memories, picture frames that spell out significant events and people in word cutouts.

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 - 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 - Sunglasses & Eyewear Forecast
Sunglasses season is heating up as the weather turns warmer.

05/01/2008 - Garden Fountains
MY TREASURE TRUNK, a supplier of home décor, gifts, garden ACCESSORIES and other items, has assembled a collection of 15 different designs of water fountains that bring the interest of a water feature to yards and gardens.

05/01/2008 - Disney Characters Answer Calls
FUN FRIENDS INC. has expanded its line of cell phone and hand held electronics ACCESSORIES to include units carrying licensed Disney characters.

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 - Salco Launches Ezwholesaler.com
Expansion of product categories and rapid growth has prompted Salco Distributors to launch the ezwholesaler.com website.

03/01/2008 - Vaporizer Line
MIKE'S WORLDWIDE IMPORTS (MWI) has introduced a full line of vaporizers for use with tobacco and legal herbal use only. There are eight different styles in the line.

03/01/2008 - Stunning Straw Hats
GREAT WHOLESALEZ.COM has introduced two versions of a straw hat, adorned with seashells, that captures the spring/summer seasonal spirit.

03/01/2008 - Something Exciting At Advanced Creations
There is something exciting going on at the Advanced Creations headquarters in Miami, FL.

03/01/2008 - Letters & Numbers
VILLAGE WROUGHT IRON INC. has expanded its line of wrought iron letters, designed for outdoor use, but can also be used for indoor decoration.

02/01/2008 - Sunglass Fashion Forecast
Without losing their utilitarian nature, sunglasses have moved to the forefront of fashion.

02/01/2008 - Largest ASD Vegas Show
More than 3,100 top exhibitors from around the world will gather in Las Vegas March 2 through 5 for the 2008 ASD/AMD Trade Shows

02/01/2008 - Flipping Over Flipo
Jerry Philippeau accidentally entered into business while he was a singer/songwriter living in Los Angeles, California.

02/01/2008 - Double Dragons Inc.
This company specializes in ACCESSORIES for every brand and type of handheld tech gadget, including cell phones

02/01/2008 - Dazzle and Fun from Blaychon
Todd and Tamara Jones, a couple that once headed a large market research firm...

01/01/2008 - New Tactics for Sears
Sears Holding Corporation has instituted a number of new initiatives. Chief among them is an innovative service that crosses the company's Internet and brick and mortar shopping channels.

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 - Catching Eyes at Kiosks
Products sold from kiosks and carts must have visual appeal. The greatest new products can get lost in the shuffle, if they are not displayed in a manner that attracts shoppers' attention.

12/01/2007 - Store Display Merchandising
Have you ever wondered what happens to store fixtures that are removed from stores such as Macy's, CVS, Rite Aid or Burlington Coat Factory when they close or remodel?

12/01/2007 - Perfect Product Photos
ORTERY TECHNOLOGIES INC. has developed and patented Photosimile, which is a desktop photo "studio" controlled by proprietary software.

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 - Home Depot Targets Women
Home Depot's newest retail laboratory has opened in Charlotte, SC.

12/01/2007 - Cell Phone Keeper
CLIPHANGER LLC introduces Cliphanger, a clip designed to fit with any hand held device, such as a cell phone, PDA or iPhone.

12/01/2007 - Bra Straps That Sparkle
JN INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO. offers a collection of decorative bra straps that fit bras from which the original straps can be removed.

12/01/2007 - Amazon.com Ranked #1
Though customers have infinite options for shopping online, a few companies stand out as favorites, according to an inaugural Favorite 50 survey, conducted by BIGresearch.

11/01/2007 - Web Apparel Sales Skyrocket
Apparel has become the largest and fastest growing component of internet product sales. Combined online sales of apparel, footwear and fashion ACCESSORIES, excluding jewelry, moved ahead of computer hardware and software in 2006.

11/01/2007 - Beaver Gumball Machine
Beaver Gumball Machines, the Cadillac of the industry and previously available only to wholesalers and distributors, now has a consumer version available for resellers.

10/01/2007 - Stores Within Stores
Whether multiple retailers join forces in one location, or one retailer segregates a department into a boutique, the store within a store concept proliferates.

10/01/2007 - Fashion ACCESSORIES: Never Out Of Season
The leading sales category for the past two holiday seasons has been Apparel & Clothing, which saw double digit growth, year over year.

10/01/2007 - China Fairs Expand
Global Sources expects to offer buyers additional specialized sourcing opportunities with the expansion of its China Sourcing Fairs to include new Gifts & Premiums and Home Products shows.

09/01/2007 - Social Shopping Sites
People who love to shop, also love to talk about shopping.

09/01/2007 - Harborplace Kiosks
General Growth Properties Inc., the owner of Baltimore's Harborplace, has put a dozen retail kiosks on the Inner Harbor promenade that faces Harborplace, and plans to add more.

09/01/2007 - Crime Savvy Retailers
Retail losses from theft and fraud have reached an all time high.

09/01/2007 - Court Ruling Threatens Discounting
In a reversal of a 96 year old antitrust rule, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that suppliers' efforts to control the minimum price of their products at retail is no longer automatically illegal.

09/01/2007 - Back to School Update
Spending on back to school merchandise this fall is expected to average $563.49, up 6.9 percent from last year's average of $527.08.

09/01/2007 - Arm Band Pouch
ASSURANCE INDUSTRIES has introduced de Tora Active, an adjustable arm band pouch that fastens easily and securely with a velcro strap.

08/01/2007 - Sunglasses Galore From Kachina
KachinaLLC.com, a Santa Ana, CA, based company has been a top of the line sunglass, jewelry, and fashion ACCESSORY supplier for many years.

08/01/2007 - Stores Catching Up Online
Retailers that only sell online are rated higher in customer satisfaction than websites operated by brick and mortar retailers. But the latter group is catching up.

08/01/2007 - MP3/MP4 Players
Lucky PeMPs offers its own brand of personal electronic media players for digital music and video.

08/01/2007 - iPod ACCESSORIES
JUST FOR FIVE leads its product mix with approximately a dozen different iPod ACCESSORIES, and true to the company name, they and all its other products wholesale for $5 or less.

08/01/2007 - Impulse Is Key To Kiosk Sales
Merchandising from a kiosk or cart, more than from an inline mall store, relies on getting attention and stopping passersby in their tracks.

08/01/2007 - Fresh Toys & Novelties Push Retail Profits
The number of new toys and novelties that come to market each year is a tribute to the imagination of inventors, designers, and suppliers.

08/01/2007 - DP Adds New Site
In its continuing efforts to provide easy one stop shopping, DP & Company, based in Bushnell, FL, has significantly expanded its product offerings and added a new website, targeted especially to smaller retailers.

07/01/2007 - Savvy Retailers Seek Hot Holiday Products
It is coming up fast: that time of year when the jingle of sleigh bells equals the jingle of change in the registers of savvy retailers.

07/01/2007 - Merchants Set Up Shop at Facebook
Facebook Inc., the online social network with 24 million active users, now allows merchandisers to develop applications that its users can add to their personal pages. Various name brands have already jumped into the fray.

07/01/2007 - Golden Triangle Adds LA Show
With years of experience in hosting fashion jewelry and ACCESSORY trade shows in Greensboro, NC and Orlando, FL, Golden Triangle Show Inc. has added Los Angeles to its roster.