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.

See new articles daily online at IndependentRetailer.com.

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05/01/2010 - Best Days & Times for Emails
When considering how to get the most out of your email campaigns, do not overlook the timing of a send.

04/01/2010 - MAD By Design's Vietnamese Handbags
Doug Stein operated restaurants and night clubs in Asia for many years, and anyone who has ever been involved in that BUSINESS know that it is exhausting.

04/01/2010 - Ten Tips for Improving Your Wholesale Buying
Working with the right WEB-based general merchandise wholesaler can make or save you money and time.

03/01/2010 - Gift Dropship.com Offers Preloaded Sites
After a retailer, eBay store, flea marketer or anyone else who sells product sets up an account at Gift Dropship.com, they can simply visit that WEBsite, order the product and have it shipped in their store's name to their customer

03/01/2010 - Dealing with eBay Sellers
With many sellers these days doing BUSINESS via eBay, manufacturers and wholesalers looking to establish BUSINESS relationships are wary.

02/01/2010 - Sweet Smell of Success
Online fragrance sellers all face a similar, if obvious, challenge. However, this has not stopped Kendra Morgan of Scentimental Gifts, Etc. from building a thriving WEB based wholesale BUSINESS.

02/01/2010 - Online Shopping Boom Expected
The Internet looks to be poised to become an even bigger force than ever in the world of retail in 2010.

11/01/2009 - What Makes WEB Retail Tick
Calling ecommerce, "The bright side of retail," during her keynote address at the 2009 Shop.org Annual Summit, Sucharita Mulpuru of Forrester Research spelled out six things online retailers have done right.

11/01/2009 - UPS Adds WEB Printing Service
The UPS Store chain has launched an Internet service that lets customers design brochures, posters and other materials online, and then have them printed and prepared for pickup at a local UPS Store.

10/01/2009 - WEB Helps Small Biz
A new WEBsite has been created to provide small BUSINESS owners with access to local resources for financing, training and networking.

10/01/2009 - Loyalty Differs Online and Off
Customer loyalty in the online world is not the same as loyalty to a brick and mortar store.

10/01/2009 - Abandoned Cart Email
In a study of 500 online retail shopping WEBsites, just 11 percent of Internet merchants sent email responses to shoppers who abandoned carts.

09/01/2009 - Wholesale Central hits 600,000 items
WholesaleCentral.com, the internet's leading directory of wholesalers and wholesale products, has reached a new milestone of 600,000 items for sale.

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 - 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 - 7 Ways to Tighten Your Belt
The following practical and timely tips for managing during challenging times can help keep a small BUSINESS resilient and solvent.

06/01/2009 - SBA Offers New Online Resources for Small BUSINESSes
Entrepreneurs can take advantage of new, free online training and other resources offered by the U.S. Small BUSINESS Administration to assist them during this period of economic recovery.

06/01/2009 - How WEB Surfers Find Retailers
Typing the URL of a retailer into a browser window, search and email marketing continue to be the top methods consumers use to get to retail WEBsites, according to the Etailing Group 8th Annual Merchant Survey.

06/01/2009 - Accept European Payment Preferences
Many European consumers prefer to pay online with such methods as checks, eWallets, debit cards and electronic bank transfers, according to a study by CyberSource Corp.

04/01/2009 - WEBsite Pays Shoppers
A new social product networking WEBsite allows shoppers to earn cash by recommending top products.

04/01/2009 - Three Big eCommerce Tips
With the economic crisis forcing small BUSINESS owners to slash costs, while trying to build up sales and revenue, ecommerce is increasingly seen as an attractive market environment.

04/01/2009 - Duke Blankets Bedding Market
Seven years ago, Duke Imports set up BUSINESS, primarily to wholesale acrylic blankets, comforters and quilts with its own "mink" blankets at the core.

04/01/2009 - 3 Most Important WEB Pages
To be successful in ecommerce, you need to be proactive, not passive.

03/01/2009 - WEB Club Touts Deals
DealBundle.com, a worldwide online social shopping club, has been established by YippeeO LLC.

03/01/2009 - Renewable Stationery
There are many types of natural, earth friendly stationery: recycled wrapping paper, plantable seed papers, hemp and other renewable products.

02/01/2009 - Growing Sales With Sunglasses
Sunglasses are among the highest profit retail categories. What's more, they are far less seasonal than in the past. Just look at the celebrities who wear them winter and summer.

02/01/2009 - GPS Tracking from Valor System
The Valor System is a complete personal safety system that uses the latest in GPS, wireless communication technology and the Internet.

01/01/2009 - WholesaleCentral.com Ranked the No. 1 Wholesale Trade Site on the Internet
WholesaleCentral.com (www.wholesalecentral.com) has been ranked as the most popular WEB site in the BUSINESS-Wholesale Trade category on the Internet.

01/01/2009 - Buyers Love Kelli's Gifts
One of the many reasons Kelli's Gift Shop Suppliers is so successful is because Mike and Lori Cohen spent twenty years buying for their own 100 or so gift shops before they began selling to others.

12/01/2008 - Shoptopia Merges Bricks and Clicks
Malls in Virginia and Nevada have launched a social shopping site to drive online shoppers to their local retailers.

11/01/2008 - Retailers See Strength Online
Online retailers reported profitability last year and believe online shopping will be more resilient than other channels in the months ahead, according to a newly released study by Forrester Research for Shop.org.

11/01/2008 - Monitor Social Networks
While online merchants' use of social networks can bring benefits, they also can carry harmful consequences.

11/01/2008 - Global Supply Chain Safety
The Internet's positive impact on global supply chain management is undeniable.

11/01/2008 - CLS Offers Solutions
With more than 20 years of experience handling, processing and liquidating product for many of the world's largest retailers and manufacturers.

10/01/2008 - Silver and CZ.com
This company carries more than 1,000 different designs of sterling silver jewelry set with CZs and other simulated gemstones.

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.

09/01/2008 - Ranking Wholesale Marketplaces
In this Internet era, sifting through all the available online marketplaces and search engines to find a wholesale supplier can be extremely time-consuming.

08/01/2008 - Infotech America Offers WEB Promo Services
In the past five years, consumers have changed the way they find products and services via the Internet.

08/01/2008 - Economy Favors Online Growth
While consumers expect to decrease their overall spending this year, according to a recent survey, the decline will take place more offline than online.

08/01/2008 - Consumers Flock to the WEB
Nearly half of all Internet users worldwide will make online purchases this year, according to IDC data.

08/01/2008 - Amazon Adds Office Products
Just in time for Back to School, and in the midst of evidence that people are increasingly turning to the internet instead of driving to stores, Amazon.com Inc. has created a new office supplies section to its WEBsite.

07/01/2008 - Nordstrom Adds Store Pick-Up
By September, Nordstrom Inc. expects to enable shoppers at its WEBsite to pick up product at the nearest store.

07/01/2008 - FTC Proposals Hit Resistance
The volume of information Internet companies gather about consumers has long raised concerns over privacy.

07/01/2008 - Customer Surveys Reveal Site Weaknesses
In its simplest form, a dam is a structural system that controls the flow of water. It can stop the flow completely, or it can be opened up to allow water to flow through in a controlled manner.

07/01/2008 - Buyers Network Speeds Transactions
In addition to all its free and convenient features, WholesaleCentral.com also allows users to utilize a free Buyers Network.

06/01/2008 - Tips for Designing WEBsites
Have you ever stepped back, looked at your WEBsite, scratched your head and wondered, "I think my site looks good, so why is it not generating sales?"

06/01/2008 - Education For Sellers At eBay Live 2008
Later this month, more than 10,000 entrepreneurs and other BUSINESSpeople will convene at McCormick Place West in Chicago. They will be in attendance for the seventh annual eBay Live Show, which runs June 19-21.

05/01/2008 - Vertical Search Effectiveness
Vertical search engines are continuing to grow in popularity because they only show the results that are relevant to a marketer's product needs.

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 - Going Organic: Optimizing for Search to Increase WEBsite Sales
Gaining exposure about your WEB BUSINESS and its products or services is critical. As I stated in my last column, if a potential customer does not know you exist during their buying process, then you have no chance to make a sale.