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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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01/01/2011 - Kalan's Keys to Success
With a successful history of 40 years selling key rings, novelties and more, you might think a wholesaler like Kalan Inc. would be content with a sure winning strategy.

01/01/2011 - Bright Future for Sunglasses
Discount sunglasses are a great item to source ONLINE, because the Web makes it easy to browse the thousands of styles out there.

01/01/2011 - SEO Sweet Sixteen
There are a number of ways to drive traffic to a website. Typically, a mix of various methods and channels works best to create a steady stream.

12/01/2010 - Fragrance Sales Not Wafting Away
From perfume to incense to air fresheners, scented products continue to draw customers to retail checkouts, even in a stinky economy.

12/01/2010 - Mobile Commerce
With all the talk of iPhones, apps, Blackberrys and like-minded "smart" devices, at some point, if not already, you need to consider when it is right to make a move to mobile commerce.

12/01/2010 - Top Holiday Trends Have eCommerce Implications
The National Retail Federation recently released a list of top holiday trends, based on its holiday retail forecast.

11/01/2010 - Ecommerce Holiday Checklist
The holidays are quickly approaching, and retailers should already be pushing promos geared to these dates.

11/01/2010 - Web Retailers Go Global
A new report from Forrester Research says the frontier of ONLINE retailing is going global.

10/01/2010 - Pampered Princess Booms ONLINE
Sharee Kowalski was a mom selling wholesale jewelry out of the trunk of her car 20 years ago.

10/01/2010 - Jewelry & Watches Rebound
Time may indeed heal all wounds, as the old saying goes, if the recent performance of the jewelry and watches segment of the economy is any indicator.

10/01/2010 - Payvment Launches SHOPPING Cart for Facebook
Payvment, the leading SHOPPING platform on Facebook, today announced the release of a new application programming interface (API).

09/01/2010 - Gifts, Candles and Incense Trends
When it comes to the aromatic arts, giftware sellers are generally well stocked, and contrary to national economic news, well satisfied.

08/01/2010 - New Site Sparks Eros Hosiery Success
A family wholesale business with a long tradition of success is embracing new technology with a completely redesigned website and back-end system.

08/01/2010 - Creating a Sale Capturing Checkout Process
The checkout process is one of the most important parts of a successful ecommerce site.

07/01/2010 - Track Google Product Search Traffic in Google Analytics
Since measurement is the key to success, I wanted to continue that series providing yet one more item ecommerce sites may want to consider tracking.

07/01/2010 - The iPad and eComerce
The latest and greatest gadget from Apple has the potential to transform the ONLINE SHOPPING experience, ecommerce experts say.

07/01/2010 - Profits From Abandoned Carts
Every ecommerce SHOPPING cart that does not get pushed to checkout is a lost sale.

07/01/2010 - Ecommerce Leads the Pack
ONLINE retail sales jumped 14 percent in the first quarter of 2010, according to an AdWeek report citing U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

06/01/2010 - Unlocking Ecommerce Software to Grow Your Business
It's one of the age-old dilemmas faced by business owners: You've got a terrific product or service to sell, but not a good means of selling it.

06/01/2010 - Tradition and Innovation at Solid Silver
A family jewelry business, Solid Silver Inc. was established back in 1986 Los Angeles by Voravudh Vorasuvin, then a recent émigré from Thailand.

06/01/2010 - Cracking the Code for Profits
The toy market has always been difficult to gauge. Ever changing fads, not to mention the luxury item status of many toys during tougher economic times

05/01/2010 - Shopforbags.com Empowers Entrepreneurs
Buying from Shopforbags.com is an excellent way for store owners to stay ahead of their competition, because the company carries sought-after, trendy items not found anywhere else.

05/01/2010 - The Rise of Mobile Apps
To date, the world of mobile retail has been confined largely to promotion and marketing. But that looks to be changing greatly in the coming years, with a move into outright sales and revenue production via mobile applications.

04/01/2010 - Trendy Fashion Fun at Doki Geki
For stores that cater to the junior market and rely on suppliers of hot, trendy, and cost effective items, DokiGeki.com is the place to buy.

04/01/2010 - Ten Best Shipping Practices
It's no secret: Shipping is one of the most essential factors in closing ecommerce sales.

03/01/2010 - Geolocation Enhances E-Retail
While the benefits to consumers of SHOPPING ONLINE are obvious, there is also a benefit to be gained by linking those customers to the real world.

02/01/2010 - Tech Feature: Google Analytics
How do you measure the success of your company's website? Receiving reports on how many users clicked on the site is a fairly basic way.

02/01/2010 - Social Media 101
Once thought to be a passing fad, and still relatively new, social media has taken a firm hold and warrants attention in many retailers' ONLINE marketing efforts.

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.

01/01/2010 - Building Trust ONLINE
Although a number of factors come into play when a customer makes a buying decision on the Internet, none is more important than trust.

12/01/2009 - Shared SSL Certificates vs. Private
A big part of increasing conversion on an ecommerce site involves building trust and credibility with your customers.

11/01/2009 - Lifestage Predicts Web Shoppers
Income and age, often seen as predictors of how people utilize the Internet for SHOPPING, may not be the best indicators of ONLINE SHOPPING behavior.

11/01/2009 - Going Global
Researchers say that new services are making it easier for web merchants to go global.

11/01/2009 - Effective Email Marketing
A staple in any customer retention program is the ability to write emails that strengthen relationships, receive responses and prompt action.

11/01/2009 - Comparison SHOPPING
ONLINE merchants can benefit from revealing competitors' prices on their website, even if the competitor's price is lower.

10/01/2009 - What's Hot for the Holidays?
GottaDeal.com, which has released early predictions of big sellers for Black Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving) for the past six years, predicts what's hot for Black Friday 2009.

10/01/2009 - Sears Adds Toy Shops
In time for the holiday SHOPPING season, Sears has added new in-store toy shops.

10/01/2009 - Recession Proof Pet Products
In a downturn economy, people may not feel comfortable spending money on themselves, but at My SHOPPING Tree, they are finding that possibly for that very reason, sales of personalized pet products are way up.

10/01/2009 - Opinions Sway Youth
Younger shoppers are most influenced by ONLINE opinions, according to a study by Hill & Knowlton.

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 - Comparing Comparison Sites
The use of price comparison services (also known as SHOPPING comparison services or price engines) has exploded over the past few years, and even with overall sales down, research shows they're growing ever stronger.

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 - Retailers Sell Accessories
Certain high profile apparel chains are expanding their collections of accessories, trying to boost overall sales and take up some of the slack left by dipping clothing sales.

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 - Checkout Options Flourish
Most anyone who has made a purchase on eBay is familiar with PayPal, an ecommerce checkout option, which since 2002 has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the ONLINE auction site.

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 - CheapTweet Stores
The Twitter SHOPPING search engine, CheapTweet.com, has introduced a program that enables ONLINE merchants with Twitter accounts to set up a social presence that focuses on special offers and prices.

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 - Research Prompts Quick Buys
Among shoppers who buy something ONLINE or at a store after conducting web research, nearly half make a purchase within three days.

07/01/2009 - Footwear Fashion Forecast
Thanks in no small part to Sex and the City, upscale shoe brands like Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo became even more sought after, as a legion of Carrie Bradshaw wannabes set out to shod themselves just like their dashing demigoddess.