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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10/01/2008 - Fashion Accessories Galore
With the rise of eCommerce, there was much speculation that the segment of online clothing sales was doomed.

10/01/2008 - Custom Marketing From Buy Wise
BUY WISE has introduced a custom, personalized Relationship Marketing software program for everyone, including retailers, that enables them to stay in touch with customers, friends, and prospects frequently, easily, and personally.

08/01/2008 - Toys & Novelties for Fun & Profits
Fun is never out of style. It reaches across all geographic regions and every demographic, and people pay for it, regardless of the economy.

08/01/2008 - Great Selection at Blanket Depot
George Merling, President of Blanket Depot, could be called a "Blanket Barron." Though it is only a five-year-old company, Blanket Depot has close to 2,500 blanket designs on their website.

07/01/2008 - ClassifiedFlyerAds Makes 'Bid' to Help eBay Sellers
eBay store owners can now advertise their items for sale to thousands of users outside of the eBay site thanks to ClassifiedFlyerAds.com.

05/01/2008 - Lipstick Stun Gun
JAGUAR IMPORTS introduces Lipstick Stun Gun, a rechargeable stun gun that, true to its name, is the size and shape of an ordinary lipstick tube.

04/01/2008 - Selling By Instinct At OBI
Tim Choklett, President of Opportunity Buys, Inc. (OBI), instinctively understands what people want. In grade school, he removed the centers of books to sell pieces of bubblegum he had purchased in bags.

03/01/2008 - Vaporizer Line
MIKE'S WORLDWIDE IMPORTS (MWI) has introduced a full line of vaporizers for use with tobacco and legal herbal use only. There are eight different styles in the line.

03/01/2008 - Protective Gear Sales Rising
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is expected to account for $7.2 billion in U.S. sales by 2012, according to a new report from Specialists in Business Information (SBI).

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.

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.

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 - Awesome Treating Buyers Like Family
Awesome Wholesale is a full line scale designer, IMPORTer, distributor, and wholesaler.

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.

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.

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 - Always Time for Pets
POPULAR CREATIONS adds the Faithful Friends collection of animal clocks to its Popular Pets by Popular line.

08/01/2007 - NRF Nixes Protectionism
On the premise that proposed legislation to strengthen trade laws would stifle competition, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is urging a Senate committee to reject these U.S. trade remedy laws.

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.

07/01/2007 - Free Seminars at August Merchandise
ASD/AMD is offering Complimentary Seminars with registration for the August 12-16, 2007 ASD/AMD Trade Shows in Las Vegas.

06/01/2007 - Vietnam Trade Monitoring
American retailers have sharply curtailed orders for apparel from Vietnam since our government began a program of monitoring IMPORTS, with an eye to possible antidumping actions, according to the National Retail Federation.

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

06/01/2007 - AmEx Expands Gift Cards
Targeting the increasing consumer demand for gift cards throughout the year, American Express announced the launch of three new special occasion gift cards.

05/01/2007 - Transparent Rolling Papers
BRANDY'S CANADIAN IMPORTS supplies natural, transparent rolling paper that is made of 100 percent natural, pure plant cellulose. The paper is unbleached, which is said to be healthier than white rolling paper, and contains no glue.

04/01/2007 - Wholesale Web Jewelry: Spring / Summer Forecast
If your customers include divas, and you are stocking merchandise in preparation for the material mavens' pre-summer shopping season, then take heed... bling is the thing for spring!

04/01/2007 - Retractable Steel Leash
BRANDY'S CANADIAN IMPORTS introduces Back2Me, a retractable steel leash that can hold any and all of the small items that clutter pockets and purses, and get lost in the clutter.

03/01/2007 - Hot Kitchen Items
The U.S. market for small kitchen appliances is hot and getting hotter. A new report predicts the market will top $2.7 billion in 2010.

02/01/2007 - WholesaleCentral.com Debuts Asian Sources
Ever since China was accepted into the World Trade Organization in December 2001, the world has seen a growing demand for quality exports from Asian businesses.

01/01/2007 - Managing Shipping
The cost of shipping a one pound box from L.A. to New York can range anywhere from $1.73 to $69.73, depending on shipping options. A Forrester Research study for Shop.org says online sales of items shipped are expected to increase 20 percent this year, to approach $132 billion.