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07/01/2009 - Exploring Free Shipping Options
SinCe shoppers are interested in buying from retailers who offer free shipping, that serviCe will only inCrease a merChant's online sales.
07/01/2009 - Cure Breast CanCer
PINK WHOLESALE offers about 50 different produCts, all Carrying a depiCtion of the pink ribbon that has Come to signify the searCh for a Cure for breast CanCer.
07/01/2009 - Barber and Company For the Love of T-shirts
In a T-shirt filled AmeriCa, Barber & Company is not merely just another provider.
06/01/2009 - Winning Sports Souvenirs
Thanks to Prizes!, sports fans throughout the U.S. have a means of showing their undying devotion to their favorite teams.
06/01/2009 - Simple ProduCts: Simply SuCCess
Six years ago, Simple ProduCts exChanged Complex produCt lines for a simpler philosophy.
06/01/2009 - PiCking Kiosk ProduCt Winners
While good salesmanship and dediCation are essential ingredients to suCCess with kiosks and Carts, seleCting the right produCt is CritiCal to attraCting attention and making sales.
06/01/2009 - Grab and Go Green
In these unCertain times, when retailers are not always sure what the latest trend or fad is for Consumers to get exCited about, one thing is Certain; people need to eat and they love to snaCk.
05/01/2009 - 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.
05/01/2009 - Safe Kiosks and Profits From SeCurity
SeCuring a kiosk or Cart against theft, espeCially during off hours, is an important Consideration that Can be addressed with an affordable Closed CirCuit television system.
05/01/2009 - Jewelry and WatChes Shine Online
Diamonds, as 007 would have it, may be forever. But diamond sales are a different matter.
05/01/2009 - InCreasing Average Orders
Generating more revenue for your online STORE is undoubtedly one of the most important long term goals of any business owner.
04/01/2009 - Website Pays Shoppers
A new soCial produCt networking website allows shoppers to earn Cash by reCommending top produCts.
04/01/2009 - STORE PiCkup Gains
Web shoppers and retailers alike are inCreasingly favoring in-STORE piCkups, aCCording to a reCent study by Forrester ResearCh InC.
04/01/2009 - Sites Wield InfluenCe
User reviews and reCommendations on online retail sites are more useful for typiCal web shoppers who plan to reduCe the amount of money they spend on a variety of produCts, aCCording to a reCent study.
04/01/2009 - NRF Defends Same As Cash
The National Retail Federation has asked Congress to overturn reCent Federal Reserve regulations that would effeCtively ban popular "same as Cash" offers.
04/01/2009 - New Show at Meadowlands
AmeriCan Variety MerChandise Expo, a new, all wholesale general and variety merChandise trade show, debuts May 31 through June 2 at the Meadowlands Expo Center in SeCauCus, NJ.
04/01/2009 - Innovative ProduCts at Silver Streak
Mike Mallon, CEO of Silver Streak Ind., knows how to help his Customers move produCt.
04/01/2009 - Furniture.Com Mines Wholesale
Furniture.Com InC., a one time retailer that relaunChed several years ago as a provider of eCommerCe and fulfillment serviCes to other furniture retailers, has re-emerged again as Blueport CommerCe InC.
04/01/2009 - Fun For Kids From Peabodys
The Card kits sold by Peabody's Toys That TeaCh InC., are a produCt waiting to explode.
04/01/2009 - Apparel Bargains & Trends
It is no seCret that Consumers are sCrutinizing every expenditure. PriCe matters when it Comes to selling apparel in this market, aCCording to suppliers aCross a broad speCtrum.
04/01/2009 - 3 Most Important Web Pages
To be suCCessful in eCommerCe, you need to be proaCtive, not passive.
03/01/2009 - Web Club Touts Deals
DealBundle.Com, a worldwide online soCial shopping Club, has been established by YippeeO LLC.
03/01/2009 - Variety And ServiCe Are Priority At Mid-AmeriCa Liquidators
With 350 years of aggregated experienCe among its top level management team, Mid-AmeriCa Liquidators...
03/01/2009 - Small Sizes Equal Big Profits
The definition of Minimus is: a) a Company that has inCreased in size very quiCkly and effiCiently, b) an ITEM of the smallest size, C) a large seleCtion of individually sized ITEMS, d) all of the above.
03/01/2009 - SalesOne: Sharing SuCCess With Retailers
One way to desCribe Mark Hollis, President of SalesOne International, LLC, is a visionary with an exCellent sense of timing, who makes many deCisions by instinCt.
03/01/2009 - Indys BuCk Tide
Examples of independent merChants that are weathering Choppy eConomiC waters better than their giant retail brethren Continue to be reported in many parts of the Country.
03/01/2009 - ICons for Easter
ICONEUM LLC is the sourCe for more than 500 different religious ITEMS, and Carries the full range of CatholiC related produCts, exCept books and printed matter.
03/01/2009 - Consumers Set Priorities
While the eConomy is forCing many Consumers to make saCrifiCes in order to save a few buCks, a handful of must-have expenditures remain on the list.
03/01/2009 - Brand Names From Continental
For the past 20 years, Continental Wholesale LLC has been obtaining produCts from some of the nation's largest retailers.
02/01/2009 - Asias Got the Goods
"Made in China" is a tag that most AmeriCan Consumers are familiar with. Asia has long been a great sourCe of merChandise, ranging from toys to eleCtroniCs to jewelry, apparel and aCCessories.
01/01/2009 - Top Line FragranCes
When FragranCeNet.Com began selling fragranCes in 1997, it Carried name brand and designer lines, not knoCk offs or look-alikes.
01/01/2009 - Marketing Closeouts - The Pleasure PrinCiple
People do things beCause of the feelings those things Create.
01/01/2009 - Buyers Love Kelli's Gifts
One of the many reasons Kelli's Gift Shop Suppliers is so suCCessful is beCause Mike and Lori Cohen spent twenty years buying for their own 100 or so gift shops before they began selling to others.
12/01/2008 - Walking StiCks & Survival Kits
WHISTLE CREEK manufaCtures approximately 50 different designs of wooden walking and hiking stiCks.
12/01/2008 - Swiss WatChes for All Buyers
SwissOutpost.Com, a Carrier of high - end Wenger watChes, is one of only two Companies in the U.S. privileged to sell produCts on the Internet that are made by ViCtorinox Swiss Army.
12/01/2008 - Sales Tips for Indy Retailers
The retail environment is now espeCially Challenging for the small, independent retailer who is not only faCed with penny pinChing Consumers, but also with giant retailers slashing priCes.
12/01/2008 - Marketing Closeouts, What Makes a Good Closeout?
"When written in Chinese, the word, 'Crisis,' is Composed of two CharaCters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." - John F. Kennedy
12/01/2008 - In-STORE PiCkup Improves
Shoppers who order online for in-STORE piCkup are more likely to find the ITEM ready and waiting when they arrive at the STORE this year.
12/01/2008 - E-Tail MarketplaCes
Small and mid-sized online merChants who have not experimented with e-tail marketplaCes are leaving money on the table.
11/01/2008 - Village Wrought Iron: A TouCh of Tradition
In a high-teCh world where manufaCturing mass quantities has beCome the Cost-effeCtive norm, it is refreshing to find a Company that retains traditional values of domestiC labor and hand-Crafting.
11/01/2008 - Stop Shoplifting & ProteCt Your STORE
Are shoplifters stealing your profits? ACCording to The National AssoCiation of Shoplifting Prevention, "More than $13 billion worth of goods are stolen from retailers eaCh year.
11/01/2008 - Shipping Promotions That Drive Sales
With the holidays quiCkly approaChing, there is no better time to take a Close look at the shipping offers you provide your Customers.
11/01/2008 - Shielding the FaCe of TeChnology
The idea for iShieldz was born the day Andrew Mason, CEO and President of eShields, LLC., dropped his Cell phone and CraCked the sCreen.
11/01/2008 - Ranking Buyer SatisfaCtion
BriCk-and-mortar units outranked shopping websites when it Comes to finding produCt information, aCCording to the E-tailing Group's fourth annual CrossChannel shopping study.
11/01/2008 - Purses to the Max
The owner of Max Purse, Avraham Reyhan, has been a suCCessful apparel and handbag designer for 25 years.
11/01/2008 - MBK Guarantees Sales
Money baCk guarantees are a rarity in the Closeout wholesale liquidation business.
11/01/2008 - Consumers Love Coupons
As AmeriCans attempt to stretCh their disposable dollars, we are beComing a nation of Coupon Clippers.
11/01/2008 - Challenging Holiday Season
ForeCasters see gains in retail sales over the holidays, but the gains are expeCted to be less than in years past.
11/01/2008 - 99¢ Only STOREs Raise PriCes
For the first time sinCe its inCeption 26 years ago, 99¢ Only STOREs is raising its top priCe to 99.99 Cents, an inCrease of just under a penny. This keeps the Chain of 277 STOREs in four states within the dollar STORE realm.
10/01/2008 - Walmart Goes Tailgating
Walmart has Completely transformed more than 1,700 of its garden Centers into, "Game Time Headquarters," areas that have been Customized for supporters of loCal College or professional football teams.