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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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11/01/2008 - Conklin Earring Bonanza
CONKLIN FASHIONS has acquired more than 1,000 styles of earrings.

10/01/2008 - Service Speeds GIFT Card Access
Omni Prepaid Group, LLC, based in Pittsburgh and operator of GIFTCards.com, has announced that it is Visa certified and has brought its GIFT card printing operations in-house.

10/01/2008 - Prep Websites for Holidays
More consumers are expected to shop online this holiday season. Now is the time to make sure your retail website is ready to maximize the potential.

10/01/2008 - Phubby The Wrist Cubby
SOUTH MILL DESIGN LLC has created Phubby the Wrist Cubby, a lycra spandex wrist band with a pocket.

10/01/2008 - Personalization Moves To Video
Personalization is a hot trend in all of retailing, and particularly successful in cart and kiosk programs. Consumers like to have things that are made just for them.

10/01/2008 - Jewelry & Watches Add Holiday Dazzle
Jewelry and watches continue to be among consumers' most wanted and purchased GIFTS this holiday season. GIFT givers stretch their wallets this time of year to wrap up a little bit of luxury.

10/01/2008 - Fashion Accessories Galore
With the rise of eCommerce, there was much speculation that the segment of online clothing sales was doomed.

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.

10/01/2008 - Alliance Expands Prepaid Cards
A new relationship between Citi, which is the world's largest provider of credit cards, and Green Dot Corporation, which supplies retail based financial products and services, will expand the retail distribution of prepaid debit and GIFT cards.

09/01/2008 - Sticker Empire
Abe and Beverly Glaser started Sticker Shok about 18 years ago in order to create and supply humorous bumper stickers, and it has grown into something of a sticker empire.

09/01/2008 - Snare Holiday Shoppers
Three sure fire tactics for engaging holiday shoppers online are: 1) an ever changing list of top GIFT items, 2) GIFT finders and 3) limited time sale offers. So say several online retail experts.

09/01/2008 - JCPenney Adds Private Brand
JCPenney Company Inc. has launched a new private label furnishings brand, Dorm Life, aimed to strengthen its back to school offerings, as well as its home categories.

09/01/2008 - Healthy Alternative
With the furor over obesity and 'super sizing' spurring a trend toward healthier food and portion control, Mister Snacks, Inc. is perfectly positioned to illustrate the definition of nutrition and value.

09/01/2008 - GIFTS & Housewares Spell Holiday Sales
New product introductions provide impulse attention to GIFT and housewares categories. It is carefully selected price points, however, that make it easy for consumers to buy on impulse with accessible cash.

09/01/2008 - Early Holiday Web Marketing
While most consumers don't start holiday shopping in earnest until the day after Thanksgiving, online retailers should begin marketing for the season as early as October, according to MarketLive Inc., an eCommerce platform provider.

08/01/2008 - Toys & Novelties for Fun & Profits
Fun is never out of style. It reaches across all geographic regions and every demographic, and people pay for it, regardless of the economy.

08/01/2008 - Sterling Forest Adds Stainless
Sterling Forest, a jewelry supplier in New York City, has long expanded beyond the sterling in its name.

08/01/2008 - Pens Carry Messages
RIGHT THOUGHT PENS from The Greeting Pen Company don't just write messages, they carry messages on their sides.

08/01/2008 - New Incense from Evolve
EVOLVE, GIFTS FOR THE SENSES offers handmade, hand dipped, 11 inch incense sticks in a choice of 73 different premium fragrances.

08/01/2008 - Martha Stewart Alters Strategy
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. has announced plans to get back into online selling.

08/01/2008 - Great Selection at Blanket Depot
George Merling, President of Blanket Depot, could be called a "Blanket Barron." Though it is only a five-year-old company, Blanket Depot has close to 2,500 blanket designs on their website.

08/01/2008 - Footwear & Apparel Forecast
Few categories can match the Footwear & Apparel niches when it comes to cultivating revenue from August through December. From Back-to-School to Christmas, consumers are buying shoes and clothes for school, work and GIFTing occasions.

08/01/2008 - Fighting Organized Retail Crime
As organized retail crime continues to plague the industry, retailers are getting more serious about uncovering, dismantling and prosecuting the responsible individuals and crime rings.

07/01/2008 - Windfall Of Success For Iron Stop
The process today of manufacturing wind spinners is not much different than it was when Ron Spinks, President of Iron Stop, came up with the idea and began creating them in his garage.

07/01/2008 - White-Hot Holiday Products
Ecommerce has helped the holiday product niche skyrocket over the years, offering more unique, high quality products at increasingly better prices.

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.

06/01/2008 - Licensed Characters From NJ Croce
In 1983, when Nick Croce, Jr's father, Nicholas, announced that they were switching from brassware to Gumby products, Nick Jr thought he was crazy.

06/01/2008 - Home Furnishing & Housewares Review
The diverse nature of the Home Furnishings & Housewares niche always makes this an exciting time of year, due to the great many products being released on the wholesale market.

06/01/2008 - Frame Memories in Words
CHESAPEAKE CASUALS, a supplier of GIFTS and accessories for garden and home, offers Photo Memories, picture frames that spell out significant events and people in word cutouts.

05/01/2008 - Wine Saver
VINO FRESCO, a subsidiary of American Fleece Associates Inc., introduces Wine Saver, a simple device for capping an opened wine bottle and keeping the contents fresh for up to two weeks.

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 - Sunglasses & Eyewear Forecast
Sunglasses season is heating up as the weather turns warmer.

05/01/2008 - Snowglobe Xmas DVD
SNOWGLOBE CHRISTMAS introduces, A Snowglobe Christmas DVD, designed to add a comforting ambiance to the season as background, and as entertainment during parties and other gatherings.

05/01/2008 - Garden Fountains
MY TREASURE TRUNK, a supplier of home décor, GIFTS, garden accessories and other items, has assembled a collection of 15 different designs of water fountains that bring the interest of a water feature to yards and gardens.

05/01/2008 - Craft Show in Philly
The Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, which has been in operation twice a year for more than 25 years, will take place August 2-4 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 1101 Arch Street in Philadelphia.

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 - Specialty Retail Success
Retail success is ultimately based on a foundation of product, place, people and time. Smart entrepreneurs consider all four thoughtfully before launching any new retail venture, or developing a strategy for expansion.

04/01/2008 - Salco Launches Ezwholesaler.com
Expansion of product categories and rapid growth has prompted Salco Distributors to launch the ezwholesaler.com website.

04/01/2008 - Power Your Profits With Electronics
Sales of electronics and accessories continue to soar, as more of the population adapts to an increasing number of devices in this category.

04/01/2008 - Mermaids From Luscious Lures
LUSCIOUS LURES introduces a line of seven different authentic fishing lures, each carrying the design of a different, named mermaid.

04/01/2008 - DayClocks
DAYCLOCKS introduces the DayClock, sometimes called 7 Day Clock, which represents a whole new concept in looking at and tracking time. It is for those whose days matter more than minutes or hours.

03/01/2008 - Style & Service Drive Sales At Pacific Link
Years ago, Ron Bryan was managing a mall cart kiosk business in the Atlanta, GA area, when Pacific Link Sunglasses General Manager, David Rice, approached him about joining his company.

03/01/2008 - Kiosks Tap Today's Trends
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.

03/01/2008 - Halloween & Party Items Spell Fun
Halloween items and party supply products are certainly not always similar by nature.

02/01/2008 - Toy Wonders: Titans of Toys
Toy Wonders, the family owned and operated company, began in Taiwan four generations ago as a toy exporting business.

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 - Great Toys at WholesaleCentral.com
During the recent holidays, online toy sales showcased the fact that this niche's boom a few years ago was no fluke.

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 - US Marketing: Great Deals for Big Profits
"Fast pennies are better than slow dollars" is the clever motto of Alan Altschul, President & Founder of US Marketing in upstate New York.

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.