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06/01/2011 - CoolJewels.com Delivers Top Of The Trend Fashion Just In Time
With the experience that comes from 35 years in business, Phillips International, Inc. is a master of the art of timing.

06/01/2011 - Responding To Customer Needs, Toy Network Continues To Evolve
Responding to a changing marketplace, Toy Network LLC enjoys success as a nimble toy importer.

06/01/2011 - Myths Surrounding PPC
It should come as no surprise that in order to grow a business, you need to market that business.

06/01/2011 - Five Ways to Stop Cart Abandonment
Too often, ecommerce transactions are spoiled by abandoned shopping carts.

05/01/2011 - Add Video to Your Marketing To-do List
If you are looking to tackle a few projects on your marketing to-do list, participating in a video sharing site may help you with two scheduled items: social media and search engine optimization (SEO).

05/01/2011 - eCommerce Social Media Marketing Done Right
Most people think of Facebook when they hear social media, and many retailers think Facebook is irrelevant to their business.

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.

05/01/2011 - Google Product Ads
In November 2007, Google invited users to beta test a new form of advertising available to Adwords advertisers called the Product Plusbox.

05/01/2011 - Web Expert Offers Selling Tips
Making ecommerce difficult for customers is a huge blunder for many online merchants.

04/27/2011 - WholeSALECentral.com Launches WholeSALE Video Channel Featuring WholeSALE Supplier Videos
Sumner Communications, a leading publisher of magazines, directories, and websites for the general merchandise trade, announces the launch of its wholeSALE videos channel.

04/01/2011 - Dropship Business Pushed To The Foreground
The Internet may have allowed a thousand ecommerce flowers to bloom, but wholeSALE dropshippers are the fertile soil from which many of those merchants have sprouted.

04/01/2011 - Product Comparison Sites Let Retailers Reach Shoppers
As more and more shoppers go online, the chances are slim that any one potential customer even knows your web address, much less wants to shop specifically at your site.

04/01/2011 - Ecommerce Sites With Valuable Information Rank Higher
If shoppers never find your ecommerce site, the best web design, customer support, and products will be useless in helping you make SALES.

04/01/2011 - Using trust symbols on your website to drive more SALES
There are many features your website must have in order to be successful online. Having a well-designed and attractive website is important, but it is not enough.

03/01/2011 - Landing Pages Drive Conversion
Effective landing page design can drive ecommerce conversions, as every online retailer wants to convert browsing consumers into paying customers.

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.

03/01/2011 - Fearless Halloween Forecast
For retailers looking to cash in on America's love of Halloween, there are no tricks, even in a down economy.

03/01/2011 - Planning Promotions
As important as it is to generating SALES, I find that too many small- to medium-sized stores have not taken the time to plan out a promotional calendar for their businesses.

03/01/2011 - Online Retail SALES Rise 11 Percent
Ecommerce research firm comScore Inc. has released its fourth quarter 2010 U.S. retail ecommerce SALES estimates.

03/01/2011 - More Retailers Move To Ecommerce
Electronic commerce is gaining in importance, according to a new study by Retail Systems Research.

03/01/2011 - New Ecommerce Site Design Links Catalog with Product Prices
SALES One International, the wholeSALE company that specializes in body jewelry and stainless steel jewelry, has released a new catalog that uses an innovative design to push users right to its website.

02/01/2011 - Is Chat Dead or Live?
A big advantage that brick and mortar stores have over ecommerce sites boils down to a simple phrase, "May I help you?" When a customer looks confused in a brick and mortar store, a clerk can stop to offer personal assistance.

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.

02/01/2011 - Summit Road Launches New Site
A premiere wholeSALE distribution company is moving even more of its business online. Summit Road Distributing, selling a large assortment of products, dipped its toes in the ecommerce waters years ago with a site on WholeSALECentral.com.

02/01/2011 - Puttin' on the Blitz at Mr. Checkout
Mr. Checkout Distributors, a large network of independent jobbers and wholeSALErs that sells products into 25,000 small retail stores.

02/01/2011 - Five Reasons Why Shoppers Don't Buy
We know there are a number of factors that come into play when a consumer makes a buying decision, and we study them from head to toe in order to increase SALES.

02/01/2011 - ASD Vegas Opens Feb. 27
The ASD Show returns to Las Vegas February 27 - March 2, attracting 40,000 to 50,000 attendees, with buyers from all over the U.S. and overseas.

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 - Exit SALES Tackles Fishing Gear Online
Over the course of a long and busy professional life, Bobby Fowler has come full circle.

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.

01/01/2011 - SEO Sweet Sixteen
There are a number of ways to drive traffic to a website. Typically, a mix of various methods and channels works best to create a steady stream.

01/01/2011 - E-Shoppers Love Free Shipping
Online consumers are looking for free shipping more than any other perk or enticement, according to a new survey conducted by Stamps.com.

01/01/2011 - Stay Connected For Success
In the increasingly fragmented market space of 2011, how can retailers, especially those who source products online, best reach their increasingly tech-savvy customer base?

12/01/2010 - Fragrance SALES Not Wafting Away
From perfume to incense to air fresheners, scented products continue to draw customers to retail checkouts, even in a stinky economy.

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.

12/01/2010 - Mobile Commerce
With all the talk of iPhones, apps, Blackberrys and like-minded "smart" devices, at some point, if not already, you need to consider when it is right to make a move to mobile commerce.

12/01/2010 - Top Holiday Trends Have eCommerce Implications
The National Retail Federation recently released a list of top holiday trends, based on its holiday retail forecast.

11/01/2010 - Email Etiquette and Disclaimers
Observing the rules of email etiquette can be a quick and painless component of marketing your products or services to existing and prospective customers.

11/01/2010 - Via Trading Adds Spanish-Language Site
In November 2002, Via Trading made its first SALE.

11/01/2010 - Sporting Goods
Is there such a thing as an industry that's truly recession-proof?

11/01/2010 - Ecommerce Holiday Checklist
The holidays are quickly approaching, and retailers should already be pushing promos geared to these dates.

11/01/2010 - Holiday Web SALES Uptick?
Coming off a summer that saw significant online SALES growth, several forecasters are dreaming about the upcoming holiday season.

11/01/2010 - Treasure Seekers Unite
An online community of independent ecommerce retailers has launched several new services in a bid to become even more useful to its network of online merchants.

10/01/2010 - Landing Page Optimization
Many online entrepreneurs are content with letting their websites' home pages sell their goods for them.

10/01/2010 - Pampered Princess Booms Online
Sharee Kowalski was a mom selling wholeSALE jewelry out of the trunk of her car 20 years ago.

10/01/2010 - Jewelry & Watches Rebound
Time may indeed heal all wounds, as the old saying goes, if the recent performance of the jewelry and watches segment of the economy is any indicator.

10/01/2010 - Turning Web Shoppers into Buyers
Many online store owners have the impression that all they have to do is attract more traffic and SALES rise.

10/01/2010 - Payvment Launches Shopping Cart for Facebook
Payvment, the leading shopping platform on Facebook, today announced the release of a new application programming interface (API).