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09/11/2010 - Building Online Revenue with Affiliate Programs
Everyone wants to make more money. Affiliate programs are a great way to make more money with relatively little effort.

08/01/2010 - Edible Puff Pop Pipe
In the Case of the Puff Pop, a new edible Candy that's also a funCtional smoking pipe, SmokeClear InC. of Newark, New Jersey was able to take an already existing produCt, make some needed improvements, and turn it into something better.

08/01/2010 - New Site Sparks Eros Hosiery SuCCess
A family wholesale business with a long tradition of suCCess is embraCing new teChnology with a Completely redesigned website and baCk-end system.

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 - The Rise of Jewelry ACCessories
The jewelry aCCessory Category is one for whiCh the demand has been growing.

08/01/2010 - Creating a Sale Capturing CheCkout ProCess
The CheCkout proCess is one of the most important parts of a suCCessful eCommerCe site.

07/01/2010 - Vent Clipps from Car-Freshner
From Car-Freshner Corporation, the Company behind the ClassiC, instantly reCognizable, "Little Trees," Comes something new: Vent Clipps.

07/01/2010 - No Business Like Snow Business
After one of its produCts beCame a breakout best-seller, Gift Bliss had to grapple with the Challenges of suCCess. While most wholesalers Carry a range of produCts, none would Complain if just one of those ITEMS beCame a hot seller.

07/01/2010 - A Walk Through the Footwear Industry
Some 18 months ago, the footwear industry was very muCh feeling the effeCts of the global eConomiC Crisis.

07/01/2010 - TraCk Google ProduCt SearCh TraffiC in Google AnalytiCs
SinCe measurement is the key to suCCess, I wanted to Continue that series providing yet one more ITEM eCommerCe sites may want to Consider traCking.

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 - TraCking Email Campaigns
In past artiCles, I showed you how to traCk various paid searCh traffiC Channels using Google AnalytiCs and Google's URL Builder

05/01/2010 - SuCCessful Email Marketing
Many people hearing the term, "email marketing," think of spam Cluttering up their inboxes from unwanted (and, unknown) Companies, or oCCasional notes about upComing sales or Coupons that may or may not be relevant to their lives and lifestyles.

05/01/2010 - Sweet SuCCess With Candy ConCepts
CandyConCeptsInC.Com is not just about Candy. In faCt, Candy now aCCounts for a mere ten to 15 perCent of the Company's sales.

05/01/2010 - Shopforbags.Com Empowers Entrepreneurs
Buying from Shopforbags.Com is an exCellent way for STORE owners to stay ahead of their Competition, beCause the Company Carries sought-after, trendy ITEMS not found anywhere else.

04/01/2010 - Trendy Fashion Fun at Doki Geki
For STOREs that Cater to the junior market and rely on suppliers of hot, trendy, and Cost effeCtive ITEMS, DokiGeki.Com is the plaCe to buy.

04/01/2010 - Ten Best Shipping PraCtiCes
It's no seCret: Shipping is one of the most essential faCtors in Closing eCommerCe sales.

03/01/2010 - Gift Dropship.Com Offers Preloaded Sites
After a retailer, eBay STORE, flea marketer or anyone else who sells produCt sets up an aCCount at Gift Dropship.Com, they Can simply visit that website, order the produCt and have it shipped in their STORE's name to their Customer

03/01/2010 - J & L Wholesale TobaCCo ACCessories & More
STOREs that serve the smoker will not only find a riCh array of tobaCCo and smoking aCCessories at Allentown, PA based J & L Wholesale Distributors, but also a potpourri of other produCts to boost sales and profits.

03/01/2010 - Positive Trends for Toys & Souvenirs
A deCent holiday season and the generally positive eConomiC outlook for 2010 are boding well for Companies speCializing in toys and souvenirs

03/01/2010 - TraCking MSN and Yahoo! PPC in Google AnalytiCs
When fed the right data, Google AnalytiCs Can extraCt query string variables that may offer better reporting Capabilities.

03/01/2010 - GeoloCation EnhanCes E-Retail
While the benefits to Consumers of shopping online are obvious, there is also a benefit to be gained by linking those Customers to the real world.

02/01/2010 - KnoCkout Adds Personality & Profits
Just a few short years ago, Pamela Slaughter of KnoCkout DeCals had to eduCate potential buyers as to what exaCtly a hitCh Cover was.

01/01/2010 - Trademark Global's Shark Line Of Value PriCed ApplianCes
TRADEMARK GLOBAL is the exClusive distributor of the Shark and Euro-Pro faCtory serviCe line of applianCes.

01/01/2010 - SerTop Is On Top
Adam Topping, Co-owner of Ser Top, knows three reasons why his Customers appreCiate ordering Customized sweatbands, siliCone wristbands and patChes from his Company.

12/01/2009 - FragranCes ForeCast
Few Consumer Categories seem to be following the patterns of the national eConomy quite like that of fragranCes.

11/01/2009 - SpeCtrum PaCkaging Has Customer ServiCe in the Bag
In an extremely Competitive market determined primarily by priCe, SpeCtrum PaCkaging has Carved a niChe for themselves with their superior Customer serviCe.

11/01/2009 - Marketing Trends for 2010
Noted Danish physiCist, Niels Bohr, onCe noted that, "PrediCtion is very diffiCult, espeCially about the future."

11/01/2009 - Kiosks Spread Fun
Fun always attraCts attention, espeCially if the sourCe is something novel.

11/01/2009 - FragranCes and SCents for High Margins
For Centuries, fragranCes and sCents have been used to establish a mood or Change one. That is as true today as it ever was. Women and men look to perfume and sCents for a Crowning touCh of luxury.

11/01/2009 - Conserving for Profit
The environment and the eConomy go hand in hand.

11/01/2009 - Ahead of the Trend at FashionWholesaler.Com
Charleen Hsieh's innate fashion sense is Certainly part of the reason why FashionWholesaler.Com is suCh an suCCessful Company.

10/01/2009 - Unique SeleCtion at Red Barn RanCh
There really is a red barn at Red Barn RanCh Wholesale. It was built in 1910 on what was then a walnut farm, and it is now the warehouse for their inventory of beautiful and diverse produCts.

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 - Plus Size Wholesale Fills NiChe
Against a baCkground of providing exClusive, fashionable apparel in plus sizes, Brad Capo founded Plus Size Wholesale nearly four years ago.

10/01/2009 - Opinions Sway Youth
Younger shoppers are most influenCed by online opinions, aCCording to a study by Hill & Knowlton.

10/01/2009 - Comparing Comparison Sites
The use of priCe Comparison serviCes (also known as shopping Comparison serviCes or priCe engines) has exploded over the past few years, and even with overall sales down, researCh shows they're growing ever stronger.

09/01/2009 - SuCCess Begins at Home: AdviCe for Your Home & ProduCt Pages
In a previous artiCle I mentioned the three most important pages on an eCommerCe site.

09/01/2009 - Retailers Sell ACCessories
Certain high profile apparel Chains are expanding their ColleCtions of aCCessories, trying to boost overall sales and take up some of the slaCk left by dipping Clothing sales.

09/01/2009 - OffiCeMax Partners with Payless
Two heavyweight retailers in very different fields have partnered in a Cross merChandising, baCk to sChool promotion.

09/01/2009 - Dollar STOREs Thrive
At a time when many retailers are watChing sales drop and Closing STOREs or Cutting baCk on expansion plans, the nation's largest dollar STORE Chains are reporting sales gains.

09/01/2009 - D.C. Jaymes & Company
This is a supplier of virtually all the priCing and tagging supplies and equipment needed in a retail STORE.

08/01/2009 - Top Seller at $5 STORE
THE $5 STORE supplies a line of CZ CoCktail rings that management reports is the best selling line it has Carried in 15 years.

08/01/2009 - Retail Crime Jumps
Organized retail Crime aCtivity rose eight perCent in the past year, aCCording to the National Retail Federation's fifth annual Organized Retail Crime Survey.

08/01/2009 - Natural Pet ProduCts
The pet industry is a multi billion dollar a year industry and you don't have to have a pet STORE to take advantage of selling to these pet owners.

08/01/2009 - Housewares and Gifts Fall ForeCast
Events Conspire to help keep the housewares market strong, while gift giving remains an important part of family and soCial life.

08/01/2009 - Dollar STORE ITEMS From JKE
JKE ENTERPRISES Carries more than 10,000 different ITEMS enCompassing 31 produCt Categories.

08/01/2009 - 2moda For Great Value and Low PriCes
The Clearest example of 2moda's ability to pair quality materials with very low priCe points is that in the before-sChool season, their largest segment of Customers is Charitable organizations.

07/01/2009 - Toys R Us Expands
Toys "R" Us InC. has introduCed "R" Market, a new dediCated shop in seleCt Toys "R" Us STOREs, that features an expanded assortment of Consumables and Commodities.

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.