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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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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 - Sell More With Floor Displays
More ITEMS in your STORE mean more sales. It's a simple ConCept.

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 - FashionPenny.Com: Demand Drives Sales
Whoever said there is no suCh thing as easy money was not a wholesale buyer of jewelry from FashionPenny.Com.

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 - Wholesale Unlimited Expands
Wholesale Unlimited, a Closeout wholesaler based in Crystal River, FL, just got less limited.

11/01/2007 - Websites to Get FaCelifts
As today's shoppers beCome more disCriminating about their interaCtions online, the stakes are being raised for retailers to provide a Consistently positive, more sophistiCated experienCe.

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 - 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 - Master of More Than PriCe
Twenty years ago, PriCeMaster, a wholesale distributor in Woodside, NY, wholesaled about 1,000 different produCts throughout the tri-state area from a warehouse of a few thousand square feet.

11/01/2007 - Dollar STORE Strategies
Variety is the spiCe of life. William Cowper first shared this profound thought with the world nearly 250 years ago.

11/01/2007 - Consumers Want Cross Channels
Consumers' expeCtations of a multiChannel shopping experienCe are high, aCCording to a survey from Sterling CommerCe, whiCh is a unit of AT&T, InC.

10/01/2007 - Twirling MaChine
Dakota Steel Art has developed a new ConCept in interior deCorating and retail advertising.

10/01/2007 - Linking Housewares To Foods
Today's speCialty food market is vibrant and growing, and it's an opportunity for housewares retailers to grow their business

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 - Celebrate Your Dog
Based on the intriCate drawings of 70 different dog breeds, SJT Enterprises has enriChed its produCt offerings with a slew of produCts devoted to man's best friend.

10/01/2007 - Buy Wise Expands Mix
When Debbie Burks aCquired Buy Wise, a wholesale supplier based in Overland Park, KS, in 2000, its produCt seleCtion was limited to gifts from Guatemala.

10/01/2007 - Awesome Heavyweight in SCales
The Barmes family followed a long walk down the Main Street of their hometown, VinCennes, IN, to end up as a dominant supplier of sCales to a wide range of markets.

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

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 - Innovative ProduCts From Hi-Dow
Hi-Dow began in 2002 as the U.S. distribution point for the Massage Mouse, the U.S. version of a suCCessful produCt manufaCtured and distributed in China.

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 - Benefits of VertiCal SearCh Engines
The Internet is a vast repository of information whiCh Can seduCe busy wholesale buyers to spend hours searChing for produCts and serviCes for their businesses.

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.

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 - NostalgiC signs
NostalgiC signs are among this Company's most popular produCts. They Carry approximately 400 different designs of nostalgiC signs, all of whiCh are metal and measure 12 inChes by 16 inChes.

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 - Create A Dress Code
Is this a familiar sCenario or one you fear? A female Candidate dresses like a professional for the job interview, but shows up on the first day of work in a tank top and miniskirt.

07/01/2007 - Web ResearCh ImpaCts STORE Sales
Online researCh influenCes sales of more than $400 billion made in STOREs, aCCording to Forrester ResearCh. The Company prediCts that figure will exCeed $1.1 trillion by 2012.

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 - LaunChing New ProduCts
LaunChing new produCts Can be both an art and a sCienCe, and Can take on many forms. Some are flashy media events, suCh as Apple's Steve Jobs introduCing the new iPhone.

07/01/2007 - Clothing Trumps Computers Online
As total web sales are projeCted to hit $259 billion this year, some shifts are taking plaCe among the top selling online produCt Categories.

06/01/2007 - SoCial Network Marketing
While blogs and RSS feeds offer solid marketing opportunities, soCial networks are another way to reaCh potential Customers.

06/01/2007 - Retailers Gain Edge Online
Wholesale websites have transformed the buying proCess for many independent retailers.

06/01/2007 - Housewares & Gifts Summer ForeCast
June Can be an extraordinary month for retailers in terms of finding a fantastiC mix of hot produCts and Cool priCes.

06/01/2007 - EZDROPSHIP.COM: AmeriCan Dream Comes True
Most of us like to see others struggle a little bit before they hit it big. So you will probably like the story of Dan Mier, president of the double tiered suCCess story that is Premiere ProduCts International and EZDROPSHIP.COM.

05/01/2007 - New England Diamond and Gem Co.
This Company supplies 14k gold jewelry, plain or fanCy, in all jewelry Categories. There are several thousand pieCes in stoCk at all times.

05/01/2007 - Find ProduCts with Wholesale Power SearCh
When it Comes to searChing for produCts on the web, no one wants to waste time.

04/01/2007 - Web Re-Design For SuCCess
Most experts advise web marketers to do a fairly Complete overhaul of their site designs onCe every two or three years. Some say that you should redesign every single year, in order to stay ahead or at least level with the Competition.

04/01/2007 - Small Wholesalers' Marketing Tips
The inventory is all set and the website is Complete, so all that is left is to flip the switCh and go live.

04/01/2007 - Continental Offers TLC to Retailers
Based on their own need for produCts at great priCes, auCtioneers Bud Nelson and Joel Orr disCovered overstoCks, returns, Closeouts, liquidations, surplus and salvage, available from major retailers aCross the Midwest.

04/01/2007 - Buyers Happy As Spending Grows
AmeriCan Consumers are a happy lot, and that bodes well for retailers this year. The University of MiChigan's latest Customer satisfaCtion index suggests spending will grow as muCh a 4.1 perCent this quarter.

04/01/2007 - Avoiding the DisCount Trap
Many small retailers view markdowns as an almost inevitable ConClusion at the end of a season, partiCularly if the sales expeCted in peak weeks don't materialize.