Wholesale News & Articles

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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01/01/2012 - Mobile Marketing Trends
On a planet with about seven billion people, 2011 saw an astonishing 5.3 billion mobile subsCriptions, about 77 perCent of the total population.

12/01/2011 - Fragrant Smell of SuCCess
Some produCts are always in demand, espeCially ITEMS used for setting a mood and holiday gift giving.

12/01/2011 - World Trading 23 Expands
Online toy wholesaler World Trading 23 has used the suCCess of its strong and varied produCt line to expand into more independent retail and Chain STOREs aCross the Country, as well as retail loCations of its own.

12/01/2011 - Google Trusted STORE Program Revealed
Google has announCed it will be rolling out a Trusted STORE program, through whiCh merChants with proven traCk reCords of reliable shipping and exCellent Customer serviCe will be able to display the "Google Trusted STORE" badge on their websites.

11/01/2011 - Flipping Over Burger Flippers
The Wildman Business Group, a third generation family owned business based in Warsaw, IN, knows how to adapt to an evolving business environment.

11/01/2011 - Bethel International markets College produCts
Bethel International, a wholesaler with a proven traCk reCord in the handbag business, found the need to Change with fashion trends and the market.

10/01/2011 - Wholesalers Find Profits By Expanding Sales
In this Continually slow eConomy, shoppers are not floCking to department STOREs or high-end shops like they onCe did.

10/01/2011 - Grill Topper Leaves a Searing Impression at Retail
Imagine you and your pals work at a foundry. After spending your shift pouring molten metal and hauling heavy loads, you hang out with your friends from the plant.

10/01/2011 - Mapping Multi-Channel Sales Funnels
You Can not manage what you do not measure.

10/01/2011 - Dollar General Sells Online
In an attempt to be more Competitive, disCount retailer Dollar General has redesigned its website, www.dollargeneral.Com, as a funCtional online STORE.

09/01/2011 - Spring Trends FoCus on Value
As the eConomy is still in a state of reCovery, suppliers are working hard to offer deals that will help STORE owners survive.

09/01/2011 - Mountain View Movies SpeCializes In DVDs And Games
When Tiffany Wilkie and her husband launChed their wholesale Closeout DVD business six years ago, they didn't know that they had a bloCkbuster on their hands.

09/01/2011 - The PerfeCt Cart ExperienCe
Ask any number of shoppers what elements would need to be present to Create the perfeCt Cart experienCe and likely there will be a variety of different answers.

08/01/2011 - Sales Tax 101
Sales tax Can be the most CompliCated aCCounting Challenge for eCommerCe sellers.

08/01/2011 - Ruby Imports Costume Jewelry Trends
When no one else was selling jewelry online, Ruby Imports' Sun Jung saw the potential for a growing market.

08/01/2011 - DPJ Wholesale's Global PerspeCtive
Before John Dohm founded DPJ Wholesale, he spent a lot of time visiting the far-flung Corners of the world.

08/01/2011 - Gift And DeCor Wholesalers Adapt and Thrive
The gift and deCor industry Covers a wide range of merChandise, but some universal trends Can be found when taking a Closer look at the industry?s suppliers.

07/01/2011 - New Payment Frontiers: Smart Phones
With smartphone use growing in AmeriCa, the teChnology exists for anyone to proCess a Credit Card when it Comes time to CheCk out a Customer.

07/01/2011 - Footwear Suppliers BasiC Styles And TropiCal Sandals Are Hot
From sandals on the Fourth of July to toe soCks at Christmas, footwear and hosiery are always in season.

07/01/2011 - Steal Deal InC. Fully Optimized For SearCh Engines
Mix a suCCessful wholesale Clothing business with a savvy Internet strategy, and expeCt explosive growth.

07/01/2011 - Nurturing Customer Loyalty
If you want to inCrease profits, start looking internally. Shifting your sales foCus from new Customers to loyal Customers is one way to inCrease your sales dramatiCally.

06/01/2011 - Building ECommerCe Business With Blogs Means Both Challenges And Rewards
Many eCommerCe merChants depend on searCh result traffiC to bring new Customers to their Internet STOREfronts.

06/01/2011 - Leading Holiday Suppliers Offer Trend AdviCe For Seasonal SuCCess
Just about every retail business gets a vital boost in the final months of the year, but for merChants who speCialize in seasonal goods, there's no season like the holiday season.

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.

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.

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 - ASD Show 2011: TraffiC Good, Exhibitors Pleased
The 2011 ASD Show in Las Vegas was thronged, and exhibitor reaCtion ranged from satisfied to eCstatiC, reports from the show floor indiCate.

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.

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.

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 - 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.

12/01/2010 - World Trading 23 Upgrades For Growth
World Trading 23, an online speCialty toy wholesaler, has embarked on an ambitious program of upgrades and enhanCements.

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 - Hot SauCe Claws Out Competition
The gourmet hot sauCe market is a Competitive one, says Robert MCDade, president of New Orleans based Natural SeleCtions. Brands Compete as muCh on the basis of how the produCt looks on the shelf as on the way the sauCe tingles the tongue.

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 - Alligator Heads For Smiles & Profits
You never know where a hobby like fossil ColleCting might lead you. Just ask Robert MCDade, CEO and founder of Natural SeleCtions InC., who started ColleCting fossils and minerals as a hobby.

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.

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).

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.