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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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03/01/2008 - Kiosks Tap Today's Trends
Product categories with enormous appeal to today's consumers tap into two key consumer trends: The need to keep up with technology and advanced communications and the desire to be more fit, youthful, healthy and attractive.

03/01/2008 - Footwear Prices
The average price increase of athletic footwear began slowing in 2007, according to preliminary data from the National Sporting Goods Association's initial sporting goods market data.

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 - 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.

03/01/2008 - Best Web Sourcing
When sourcing wholesale merchandise, where do emarketers find the best products and prices for items being made in the U.S.A, China and other manufacturing markets?

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 - Retail Tax Debate
The debate on INTERNET taxation is underway, and not surprisingly, brick and mortar retailers online, and other direct merchants have opposing views.

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 - Catchy Kiosk Suppliers
Just being there is not enough for kiosk and cart operators.

02/01/2008 - Boomers' Web Use Rising
Older Americans, from baby boomers to those over 60, are becoming a more significant INTERNET target market, according to a new study by eMarketer.com.

02/01/2008 - Bolster Global eCommerce
Global eCommerce has incredible possibilities when it comes to sales. Buyers are able to find the best prices, and sellers can connect with the greatest number of customers.

02/01/2008 - Affluent Love Bargains
It's hardly surprising that consumers would cite price as the most important factor in clinching an online purchase.

01/01/2008 - US Marketing: Great Deals for Big Profits
"Fast pennies are better than slow dollars" is the clever motto of Alan Altschul, President & Founder of US Marketing in upstate New York.

01/01/2008 - Retail Crime and eFencing
The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on crime, terrorism and homeland security recently held a hearing, in preparation for new legislation aimed at cracking down on organized retail crime.

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 - Low Net Usage for Hispanics
INTERNET users of Hispanic background account for ten percent of INTERNET users.

01/01/2008 - Entrepreneur Earns Success
Scott Lumley is the epitome of an entrepreneurial spirit.

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.

12/01/2007 - The Affluent Shop the Web
The affluent are popular online shoppers.

12/01/2007 - Running Out of Addresses
IP addresses are going fast and are in danger of being all used up in 2010, according to researchers at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute.

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 - PCI Compliance Update
There are few things more important for ecommerce sites than being PCI DSS compliant.

12/01/2007 - ECommerce Helps Small Biz
A growing percentage of revenue generated by small retailers is being derived from eCommerce transactions.

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 - 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 - Stress Shopping Experience
Retailers and shopping center owners need to do more than put products on shelves and hope that consumers will buy them.

11/01/2007 - Source for Great Deals
After 12 years in business, Discount Wholesale in Chester Springs, PA continues to expand its offerings of closeouts.

11/01/2007 - Pewter Dezigns
Pewter Dezigns was born from co-owner Ann McNally's fascination with symbology.

11/01/2007 - NRF Pushes Web Tax
The National Retail Federation (NRF) and nearly 100 retailers and trade associations are asking Congress to approve legislation

11/01/2007 - Novelties & Souvenirs On Hot Streak
Sales for novelties and souvenirs never seem to go out of style, especially as we head down the homestretch to the holiday season.

11/01/2007 - Five Steps To Successful Pay Per Click
There are three ways to grow a business.

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 - Web Dreams Come True For Blue Bay
Remember those stories in the late 1990s about INTERNET startups and their employees, working nearly around the clock, catching brief snoozes on the office floor and dreaming of their big IPO on Wall Street?

10/01/2007 - Tiffany Wins Suit
Tiffany & Co. has prevailed in court against Starglam Inc., which it charged with selling Tiffany brand knockoffs online and, in retail stores.

10/01/2007 - New Daily Closeout Alert Newsletter
A brand new service is available to online buyers to help find closeout and liquidation merchandise.

10/01/2007 - Gifts & Housewares Spark Sales
During the all important fourth quarter, a mix of practical and unusual products is expected to motivate holiday shoppers to dig deeper into their wallets.

10/01/2007 - Fun Friends
In 1998, Julian Parry, CEO and co-founder of Fun Friends, a company that manufactures novelty cell phone covers, was a man with a vision, but he did not know it.

10/01/2007 - Fraud Tops Retail Worries
Managing fraud is U.S. online merchants' biggest concern about accepting global payments, according to a recent study by CyberSource Corp.

10/01/2007 - 10 Tips for Press Releases
Small businesses can now gain widespread dissemination of press releases via companies that distribute them over the INTERNET.

09/01/2007 - Web Is Everywhere
In a variety of ways, the INTERNET continues to weave itself into more and more aspects of daily life. It is becoming as ubiquitous as the refrigerator and the TV.

09/01/2007 - Vertical Search Engines
Vertical search engines are not new. Websites that help users find people, shop, and get business information have existed for years. But the number of these search engines being introduced has greatly increased in recent years.

09/01/2007 - Teamwork Drives UB2B's Success
One of the key components of Fatima Siner's game plan for business success includes the philosophy used by all winning football coaches: surround yourself with the best assistants and the most talented personnel.

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

09/01/2007 - Smarts & Sweat Equal Turnkey Success
Any reliable product supplier to a kiosk or cart program will want a prospective operator to have a business plan for success.

09/01/2007 - Shopping By GPS
Mobile phone providers Sprint, Nextel, and GPShopper have teamed up to launch a service that uses the web and global positioning technology to guide shoppers to products they want and the local stores that carry them.

09/01/2007 - Online Security Gap
There is a wide gap between the standards for credit card security and security measures actually in place among web retailers.

09/01/2007 - Growing Dollars From Scents
Spending on pleasing fragrances and scents continues to climb, according to suppliers.

09/01/2007 - Fab Footwear Online
Did you know that Zappos.com went from $8.5 million in revenue five years ago to $597 million in 2006?

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.