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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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Mar 01, 2008
Product categories with enormous appeal to today's consumers tap into two key consumer trends: The need to keep up with technology and advanced communications and the desire to be more fit, youthful, healthy and attractive.
Feb 01, 2008
Just being there is not enough for kiosk and cart operators.
Jan 01, 2008
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.
Dec 01, 2007
More so than traditional retailers, kiosk and cart vendors benefit from regularly refreshing their product mix with new merchandise that will cause busy mall shoppers to stop and look.
Nov 01, 2007
The most successful kiosks and carts offer customers something they can't get elsewhere.
Oct 01, 2007
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.
Oct 01, 2007
The familiar adage, "location, location, location," so often applied to real estate, applies in equal importance to the location of kiosks and carts.
Sep 01, 2007
Any reliable product supplier to a kiosk or cart program will want a prospective operator to have a business plan for success.
Sep 01, 2007
General Growth Properties Inc., the owner of Baltimore's Harborplace, has put a dozen retail kiosks on the Inner Harbor promenade that faces Harborplace, and plans to add more.
Aug 01, 2007
Merchandising from a kiosk or cart, more than from an inline mall store, relies on getting attention and stopping passersby in their tracks.
Jul 01, 2007
Kiosk programs that have been market tested provide prospective kiosk and cart operators with more than product.
Jun 01, 2007
Kiosks devoted to multiple product categories, can generate sales and profits at holiday time. But what does a kiosk vendor do after the holiday lights come down?
May 01, 2007
Kiosk and cart vendors often find themselves in a Catch 22 situation. They need a prime location in order to draw the traffic that maximizes sales.
Apr 01, 2007
With a depth of less than three inches and a weight of 11 pounds, the NCR EasyPoint Advantage, announced recently by NCR Corporation, is built to provide retailers with a versatile, yet ultra compact self-service kiosk solution.
Apr 01, 2007
Whether a kiosk operator carries a single product category or many, change is essential to maintaining sales momentum, according to suppliers.
Mar 01, 2007
Over the past five years, retail revenues and rents from kiosks and carts have doubled to reach $10 billion, according to Specialty Retail Report.
Feb 01, 2007
While an entrepreneur's own energy and resourcefulness are critical to the success of retail kiosk and cart programs, vendor support is also crucial.
