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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.

10/01/2009 - Banking on NOSTALGIA Again
WILD BILL'S POSTERS has added a line of buttons based on what the company's owner, Bill Ziegler, calls, "remakes of the 1960s," which have come back to popularity.

07/01/2009 - Sentiment Sells Fresh Products
People are taking comfort in NOSTALGIA and sentiment, which gives products that capitalize on these themes a winning edge at carts and kiosks.

03/01/2009 - Diverse Products Push Sales
Diverse products and categories can fill the bill for kiosk and cart vendors, as long as the items grab shoppers' attention. Two companies with products that could hardly be farther apart highlight the diverse possibilities.

08/01/2008 - Banking on NOSTALGIA
WILD BILL'S POSTERS produces cardboard memories, on the premise that consumers like to return to times when gas was under $1 a gallon and commodities were priced, "within reason," says owner, Bill Ziegler.

07/01/2008 - NOSTALGIA Reigns At Desperate Enterprises
In his book, "Walden," Henry David Thoreau asked, "Why should we be in such a desperate haste to succeed in such desperate enterprises?

03/01/2008 - Movies 4 Wholesale
This company routinely stocks more than six million DVDs, along with PC software, console games, video games and more.

10/01/2007 - Personality Poster Metal Prints
WILD BILL'S POSTER COMPANY has acquired Personality Posters, and has reproduced the images to create a special edition of, "Personality Poster Metal Prints," on metallic silver stock.

05/01/2007 - Sunglass Fashion Update
Summer fashion trends are often like the season itself. They come, go and come back again. Sometimes they look vastly different from the prior year; other times, the fashion is familiar to a time you almost forgot existed.