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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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06/01/2008 - WholeSALErs Ease Web Buying
RETAILers and other buyers who go online to research and obtain products are finding it easier to navigate wholeSALErs' websites.

06/01/2008 - Strapless Sun Visor
VIZINI INC. has invented and is the exclusive supplier of Vizini, a sun visor that attaches to sunglasses, safely and effectively shading eyes from the sun without creating a hat line on your hair or giving the wearer a headache.

06/01/2008 - India RETAILer Targets U.S.
India's largest RETAILer is targeting Indian consumers in America.

05/01/2008 - The Joy of Accessories
In 1973, Debbie Tierney was selling jewelry and accessories to her hairdresser for extra money, while her husband was at work. She envisioned growth, but nothing more than simply selling to a few more hairdressers and some local shops.

05/01/2008 - Service Tracks New Movers
Melissa Data Corp. has implemented a new online database of new movers.

05/01/2008 - Patches of Honor
IRWIN SALES has added the, "Defenders of Freedom," iron-on patch to the company's line of about 2,500 different designs.

05/01/2008 - Monster Spray
MONSTER SPRAY LLC introduces Monster Spray, a product the company's founders invented to allay the fears of their five year old daughter.

05/01/2008 - Keys To RETAIL Success
Searching for a hot new RETAIL concept? Looking to add a profitable new product to your kiosk or store?

05/01/2008 - Jewelry Honors Heroes
NINA CUSAMELLI LLC has introduced the Heroes Cross collection of sterling silver necklaces and pins that depict heroes, which on most of the designs, emanate from a central circle to form a cross.

05/01/2008 - Identity Marketing
RETAILers employ different marketing strategies these days. As competition for consumers' disposable dollars intensifies, RETAILers take very different routes to improving and maintaining their market share.

05/01/2008 - Energy Saving Kit
DOMIA LTD., a developer of energy saving products in the United Kingdom, has created, "Bye Bye Standby," an energy saving kit which is now available in the U.S. The kit provides an easy way to cut wasteful standby power.

05/01/2008 - Coupons On Cell Phones
Consumers are interested in receiving coupons on their mobile phones, but the adoption of this practice by advertisers remains low.

04/01/2008 - Value Price Expo Debuts In Vegas
Value Price Expo, a show devoted to wholeSALE sourcing of new products, will make its debut at the Alexis Park Resort Hotel in Las Vegas this May 6-8.

04/01/2008 - Dollar Stores Thrive In Tough Times
Discussions of whether, technically, the nation is or is not in recession, and how long and how deep it might be, are irrelevant, suggests Jeff Green.

03/01/2008 - Vertex Launches Tax Automation Tool
Vertex Inc., a leading provider of tax technology solutions, has unveiled their Vertex O Series RETAIL Solution, an application that presents RETAILers with consistent, accurate SALES tax calculations.

03/01/2008 - Small Biz Trends
While the Federal Reserve is focused on the problems of the large banks, small business owners are showing some worry about inflation.

03/01/2008 - Niches Boost Apparel SALES
The RETAIL apparel sector can benefit significantly by expansion into niche clothing markets. A wide range of suppliers specializing in niches have gained strength nationwide, and also in geographic areas with differing demographics.

03/01/2008 - Footwear Prices
The average price increase of athletic footwear began slowing in 2007, according to preliminary data from the National Sporting Goods Association's initial sporting goods market data.

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 - Sunglass Fashion Forecast
Without losing their utilitarian nature, sunglasses have moved to the forefront of fashion.

02/01/2008 - RETAIL Tax Debate
The debate on Internet taxation is underway, and not surprisingly, brick and mortar RETAILers online, and other direct merchants have opposing views.

02/01/2008 - New Ways to Sell
Grabbing a consumer's attention amid the unending proliferation of goods and services can be a daunting task for RETAILers.

02/01/2008 - Largest ASD Vegas Show
More than 3,100 top exhibitors from around the world will gather in Las Vegas March 2 through 5 for the 2008 ASD/AMD Trade Shows

02/01/2008 - Harvey Files Chapter 11
Harvey Electronics, Inc., based in Lindenhurst, NJ, filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

02/01/2008 - Buyers & Sellers Win with Liquidation.com
You might think that a website like Liquidation.com would balk at the suggestion that it is, "the eBay for wholeSALE liquidations."

02/01/2008 - Bolster Global eCommerce
Global eCommerce has incredible possibilities when it comes to SALES. Buyers are able to find the best prices, and sellers can connect with the greatest number of customers.

01/01/2008 - Web Buying Habits
Easy search tools were seen as the most useful and desired characteristic of RETAIL websites in a recent survey from The E-tailing Group Inc.

01/01/2008 - The Gas Gripper
Kis Products LLC introduces THE GAS GRIPPER, a personal hands free, gas nozzle clip.

01/01/2008 - Siezing an Opportunity: Kalan Aquires Funworks
There are times in business when you have to pounce on an opportunity. If not, you may never get the same kind of chance again.

01/01/2008 - RETAIL Crime and eFencing
The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on crime, terrorism and homeland security recently held a hearing, in preparation for new legislation aimed at cracking down on organized RETAIL crime.

01/01/2008 - New Scents from R Expo
R EXPO (USA) INC. is the exclusive source for five new Nag Champa incense fragrances.

01/01/2008 - House of Hoops Debuts
House of Hoops is a new RETAIL concept that has opened in New York City. It is a joint venture between Nike Inc. and Foot Locker Inc. and is devoted to basketball.

01/01/2008 - Entrepreneur Earns Success
Scott Lumley is the epitome of an entrepreneurial spirit.

01/01/2008 - Catching Eyes at Kiosks
Products sold from kiosks and carts must have visual appeal. The greatest new products can get lost in the shuffle, if they are not displayed in a manner that attracts shoppers' attention.

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 - Smoking Bottle Incense Burners
MIRACLE MANUFACTURING, a leading supplier of premium bulk incense, is offering a closeout special on a series of poly resin smoking bottles in regular and mini versions.

12/01/2007 - Light Up Umbrellas
UMBRELLA COMPANY introduces a series of Rain-Glo Light Up umbrellas for adults and children. They are made of water resistant nylon and are stick type umbrellas.

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 - ECommerce Helps Small Biz
A growing percentage of revenue generated by small RETAILers is being derived from eCommerce transactions.

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

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 - Twirling Machine
Dakota Steel Art has developed a new concept in interior decorating and RETAIL advertising.

10/01/2007 - Stores Within Stores
Whether multiple RETAILers join forces in one location, or one RETAILer segregates a department into a boutique, the store within a store concept proliferates.

10/01/2007 - Gift Giant Joins Santa's Pen
Although kiosks and carts are increasingly present all year long, they swell by double digit proportions during the fourth quarter holiday season, propelled by none other than Santa.

10/01/2007 - Ghosts Push Halloween SALES
Halloween is second only to Christmas in the holiday decorations market.

10/01/2007 - Fun Friends
In 1998, Julian Parry, CEO and co-founder of Fun Friends, a company that manufactures novelty cell phone covers, was a man with a vision, but he did not know it.

10/01/2007 - Five Business Burdens
There are very few entrepreneurs who would trade owning their own business for anything in the world.

10/01/2007 - Crystal Fresh Tailors Programs
The familiar adage, "location, location, location," so often applied to real estate, applies in equal importance to the location of kiosks and carts.