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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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04/01/2007 - Troubles Mount From Data Breach
The extent of the damage from the breach of personal data contained in TJX Company's computer systems has yet to be fully quantified.

04/01/2007 - Retractable Steel Leash
BRANDY'S CANADIAN IMPORTS introduces Back2Me, a retractable steel leash that can hold any and all of the SMALL items that clutter pockets and purses, and get lost in the clutter.

04/01/2007 - Lighted Pocket Mirror
ZELCO INDUSTRIES INC. introduces the Swinger illuminated pocket mirror. It measures just over six and a half inches long and one and a half inches wide and fits easily in a pocket or purse.

04/01/2007 - Capturing Tax Refunds
In hopes of getting a little extra padding in their wallets from Uncle Sam, most consumers are filing their taxes early this year. This represents an opportunity for RETAILers, eager to capture some of that additional disposable income.

03/01/2007 - Tasers for Protection
SECURITY PLUS OMNI CORPORATION is a distributor of Taser C2, a new taser device designed for personal protection. It is the first such device to incorporate a new public safety background check technology called SureCheck.

03/01/2007 - Minimum Wage Debate
As the House and Senate try to come to a meeting of the minds on minimum wage legislation, RETAILers, SMALL business owners and others weigh in on the consequences of adding an extra $2.10 an hour.

03/01/2007 - Long Tail SEO
Most RETAILers with an online presence are keenly aware of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), a series of tools and techniques designed to drive up your rankings on popular search engines like Google and Yahoo.

03/01/2007 - Jumping On The Kiosk Boom
Over the past five years, RETAIL revenues and rents from kiosks and carts have doubled to reach $10 billion, according to Specialty RETAIL Report.

03/01/2007 - Finding Items with Product Locator
Each month, the Tech Tips column takes you on an in-depth tour of a different power feature that you can use on Wholesalecentral.com to help grow your business.

03/01/2007 - Dell Launches Web Resource
Dell, the computer company based in Round Rock, TX, has launched SMALL Business 360.

03/01/2007 - Closeouts for All
Many suppliers of closeout merchandise are breaking down truckloads and even pallets to make buying easier and more affordable for SMALL and midsize independent RETAILers.

02/01/2007 - WholesaleCentral.com Debuts Asian Sources
Ever since China was accepted into the World Trade Organization in December 2001, the world has seen a growing demand for quality exports from Asian businesses.

02/01/2007 - Solid Year For Online Toy Sales
A survey of online toy wholesalers and RETAILers reveals a good but not great year in 2006, and promising prospects for '07.

02/01/2007 - Securing the Right Financing
Plenty of great Internet success stories started in a basement office with a few hundred dollars and a dream.

02/01/2007 - Enlisting Customer Support
Passionate customers are the independent RETAILer's most valuable weapon in winning competitive battles against big chains and others. Here are some examples of how to enlist customers' support.

01/01/2007 - RETAIL Theft Rises
For the first time in four years, the rate of RETAIL loss has increased, according to a new University of Florida RETAIL study.

01/01/2007 - Private Label Revolution
No longer just cheap alternatives, private labels represent 20 percent of U.S. RETAIL sales. JC Penney, Target and Wal-Mart are just some of the RETAILers that have recently announced increased emphasis on private label merchandise.

01/01/2007 - Positive Marketing From Your Limited Database
Discouraged by your limited ability to target past customers? Whether you are in wholesale or RETAIL, you are not alone. Even some of today's fastest growing companies do not have their web divisions set up the way they want or need them to be. So how can you compensate if you do not have precious data on visitors because you do not have a proper analytics program?

01/01/2007 - Mobile Hot Meals
UB2B. INC. introduces a revolutionary new way to provide hot, tasty meals anywhere any time. Each meal comes in a SMALL, 10 by 4.5 by 3 inch cardboard box that contains a proprietary, advanced technology heating device, developed in Switzerland.

01/01/2007 - Many Unhappy Returns
It is not just a sweater that's too SMALL or a duplicate blender that will be returned to a store after the holidays. Honest shoppers will be joined at the return counter by a growing number of increasingly sophisticated crooks.

01/01/2007 - How the SMALL Survive Online
While the Amazons, Dells and Sears of the Internet landscape dominate online commerce, it is the SMALL wholesalers and RETAILers who make the web hum. Statistics on the exact number of mom and pop websites are tough to come by, but needless to say that without the millions of SMALL online storefronts dotting the web, ecommerce would not be the bustling, diverse selling alternative that it is.

01/01/2007 - Confetti Gun
NIHAO TRADING offers, Party Popper, a SMALL plastic gun that sends off six bursts of confetti or streamers with the pull of a trigger. It measures about four by four inches and comes in a choice of yellow or purple.