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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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09/01/2009 - Green Equals Green Dollars
One would have to be in a coma to miss this decade's RETAIL buzzword: Green.

09/01/2009 - Girls Tees & Tanks
KATYDID COLLECTION, which began with fashionable clothing, handbags and accessories for women, and later added the Mattox men's line, has introduced a line of T-shirts and tanks for little girls between the ages of three to 10.

09/01/2009 - Gift Wholesalers Hopeful for the Holidays
As with every business sector, those working in the gift industry have just one question regarding the recession: Is it over yet?

09/01/2009 - Eco Friendly Kids Line
HARR D. KOENIG & COMPANY INC. has become the exclusive U.S. distributor of, "eco-kid organics for kids," a line of 11 bath and body products especially formulated for children between the ages of three and 12.

09/01/2009 - Dollar Stores Thrive
At a time when many RETAILers are watching sales drop and closing stores or cutting back on expansion plans, the nation's largest dollar store chains are reporting sales gains.

09/01/2009 - Documenting History
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS has nearly 1,000 replicas of historical documents, which are produced on heavy parchment and undergo a process that gives them an antique look.

09/01/2009 - D.C. Jaymes & Company
This is a supplier of virtually all the pricing and tagging supplies and equipment needed in a RETAIL store.

09/01/2009 - Cracco Jewelry from Brazil
CRACCO JEWELRY is made in Brazil and has been on the market for 30 years.

09/01/2009 - Content Trumps All
Quality is more important than quantity when it comes to designing a RETAIL website, according to Lauren Freedman, president of research and consulting for E-Tailing Group Inc.

09/01/2009 - Celebrating The King of Pop
HEAVENLY BODY PRODUCTS offers a wide variety of posters, T-shirts and buttons in honor of Michael Jackson.

09/01/2009 - Building Brands At Kiosks
Just like any RETAILer, a kiosk or cart vendor that turns their business into a brand, increases the odds of succeeding and even expanding.

09/01/2009 - Best Foot Forward
SIMON USA GROUP has a staff of shoe designers for manufacture in its own factory in China.

09/01/2009 - All That Jazz
The primary products available from All That Jazz are sheet sets and blankets.

08/01/2009 - ValueRays Warm Mouse
I-GLOBALMALL.COM INC. introduces the ValueRays Warm Mouse, a computer mouse that uses deep healing infrared radiant heat to relieve stress and strain to the hands.

08/01/2009 - Turning New Profits With New Leaf Trading
New Leaf Trading has turned over a new leaf, restructuring both their market and their products; thus the origin of their new company name.

08/01/2009 - Trendy Fashion Handbags
WHOLESALEHANDBAGJEWELRY.COM has added a selection of about 500 different styles of fashion handbags to its existing assortment of more than 20,000 different jewelry designs.

08/01/2009 - Tornado Air Freshener
MIRACLE MANUFACTURING has added Tornado, a new air freshener, to its lines of bulk incense.

08/01/2009 - Top Seller at $5 Store
THE $5 STORE supplies a line of CZ cocktail rings that management reports is the best selling line it has carried in 15 years.

08/01/2009 - Sunglasses From Mass Vision
Mass Vision Inc., a supplier of sunglasses based in Rochester, NY, has made several changes that make selecting and ordering easier and more cost effective for RETAILer buyers.

08/01/2009 - RETAIL Crime Jumps
Organized RETAIL crime activity rose eight percent in the past year, according to the National RETAIL Federation's fifth annual Organized RETAIL Crime Survey.

08/01/2009 - Phone Cards Are Winners
About two years ago, Pre-Paid Promotions Inc. began providing RETAILers with emergency phone cards with a sweepstakes attached.

08/01/2009 - Partnerships Drive Growth At Inmar CLS
Let's face it: in a lean economic environment, businesses are hungry. You most likely are finding no shortage of companies with product to sell.

08/01/2009 - Online RETAILers Shift Tactics
The economy is forcing web RETAILers to change their marketing tactics, in order to acquire and retain customers.

08/01/2009 - NRF Opposes VAT Tax
The National RETAIL Federation is urging the House Ways and Means Committee not to consider a value added tax (VAT) as a means of funding healthcare reform.

08/01/2009 - Murano Glass Pendants
TIMELESS TREASURES introduces a line of Murano pendants. They are made of glass in a variety of colors, and there are about 300 different designs.

08/01/2009 - Lamps Light at Touch
LIFESTYLE LIGHTING carries five styles of touch lamps in three sizes, and a selection of approximately 200 different patterns or images, which are fired into the lamp's glass shade.

08/01/2009 - Housewares and Gifts Fall Forecast
Events conspire to help keep the housewares market strong, while gift giving remains an important part of family and social life.

08/01/2009 - High Margins For Kiosk Success
Because carts and kiosks necessarily contain a limited variety of product, it is not only important that products sell through at a rapid pace, but also that each sale garners the vendor a healthy profit margin.

08/01/2009 - Dollar Store Items From JKE
JKE ENTERPRISES carries more than 10,000 different items encompassing 31 product categories.

08/01/2009 - Discount Wholesalers Adds Big Brands
The sought after Maybelline and L'Oreal brand merchandise has joined Discount Wholesalers' already extensive offerings of Cover Girl cosmetics, and a wide variety of other branded and off brand health and beauty aid products.

08/01/2009 - Deals on DVDs
Reto Lingenhag founded Education 2000 Inc. in 1988, with an assortment of travel DVDs.

08/01/2009 - Colorful Shains
SHAINSWARE introduces Shains, a collection of fashion accessories that are made of (and packaged in) recycled and recyclable scrap material.

08/01/2009 - Christmas and Holiday Buying Preview
"It's never too early to start thinking about the holidays," goes the old saying, and while the summer months may seem a bit premature to start contemplating the upcoming holiday.

08/01/2009 - Business Booms at Overstock Avenue
It's 2009, the economy is in a slump, and business is booming at Overstock Avenue.

08/01/2009 - Animal Print Handbags
FALK SALES has put together an assortment of popular animal print handbags. This preselected assortment contains 10 bags, for a total wholesale of $99.

08/01/2009 - 2moda For Great Value and Low Prices
The clearest example of 2moda's ability to pair quality materials with very low price points is that in the before-school season, their largest segment of customers is charitable organizations.

07/01/2009 - Test Marketing For Success
In his book, "Think And Grow Rich," Napoleon Hill says one major cause of business failure is business owners' propensity to make snap judgments and act on guesswork.

07/01/2009 - Web Satisfaction Drops
Customer satisfaction with many of the largest online RETAILers declined three percent this year versus last, according to the annual Top 100 Online RETAIL Satisfaction Index from ForeSee Results and FGI Research.

07/01/2009 - Via Trading Live Auction Leader
In a business world full of buyouts, bailouts and bankruptcies, closeout wholesaler, Via Trading Corp., is a notable exception.

07/01/2009 - Using Color to Influence Shoppers
The one major psychological influence that all RETAILers can make use of is color.

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.

07/01/2009 - Rosetta Goes RETAIL
Rosetta Stone Inc., a language learning provider, has opened its first full scale RETAIL outlet and is also expanding kiosks nationwide.

07/01/2009 - RETAILer Buying Strategies
Wary of the economy, web RETAILers are likely to buy less holiday merchandise this year.

07/01/2009 - Partnerships Drive Growth At Inmar CLS
Let's face it: in a lean economic environment, businesses are hungry. You most likely are finding no shortage of companies with product to sell.

07/01/2009 - New ASD East Trade Show
Nielsen Business Media's Merchandise Group, producers of the ASD trade shows, will hold a re-focused show, ASD EAST, September 13-15, 2009 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York.

07/01/2009 - LLD Gift of Knowledge
The Life Learning Device (LLD) is a revolutionary new tool which allows people to expand their wisdom with a touch of the button.

07/01/2009 - Key Ring Plus Pouch
RED BICYCLE BRANDS introduces The Keygaroo Key Ring, a key ring combined with a small pouch to hold essentials, such as lipstick, contact lenses, credit cards and earphones.

07/01/2009 - Handy Clam Pack Opener
CSB COMMODITIES INC. is the exclusive licensed supplier of The ZipIt, a device designed to quickly and easily open hard plastic clam shell packages.

07/01/2009 - Hand Held Protection
PHAZZER.COM introduces The Phazzer, an electronic control self defense device that immobilizes an attacker.

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.