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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.
See new articles daily online at IndependentRetailer.com.
Nov 01, 2007
In-store tools and activities tying cross channel efforts together more smoothly might seem to be a natural complement to online marketing.
Nov 01, 2007
The TJX Companies, Inc. has entered into a settlement agreement on customer class action suits relating to claims that arose from intrusions into its computer system that breached customers' privacy.
Nov 01, 2007
Retailers and shopping center owners need to do more than put products on shelves and hope that consumers will buy them.
Nov 01, 2007
A class action suit has been filed against eBay Inc. charging that the online auction site did not deliver the full amount of auction time that sellers paid for and did not start auctions when listings were submitted.
Oct 01, 2007
Tiffany & Co. has prevailed in court against Starglam Inc., which it charged with selling Tiffany brand knockoffs online and, in retail stores.
Oct 01, 2007
Retailers who do not protect their customers' credit card data could face fines.
Oct 01, 2007
VistaPrint Ltd., an online supplier of graphic design services and customized printed products for small businesses, is going into retail stores through an alliance with OfficeMax Inc.
Oct 01, 2007
Managing list growth is a constant challenge to online merchants that communicate with customers via email; such a challenge, that it topped this year's list of a study by JupiterResearch.
Oct 01, 2007
Halloween is second only to Christmas in the holiday decorations market.
Oct 01, 2007
Global Sources expects to offer buyers additional specialized sourcing opportunities with the expansion of its China Sourcing Fairs to include new Gifts & Premiums and Home Products shows.
Sep 01, 2007
In a variety of ways, the Internet continues to weave itself into more and more aspects of daily life. It is becoming as ubiquitous as the refrigerator and the TV.
Sep 01, 2007
Mobile phone providers Sprint, Nextel, and GPShopper have teamed up to launch a service that uses the web and global positioning technology to guide shoppers to products they want and the local stores that carry them.
Sep 01, 2007
The Finish Line Inc.'s agreement to buy Genesco Inc. for $1.5 billion brings 2,850 shoe stores under single ownership
Sep 01, 2007
The nation's top retailers are differentiating by using private brands that customers can't find elsewhere.
Sep 01, 2007
Orbitz Worldwide, the online travel service, has expanded its Orbitz for Business managed booking tool for small business with a new self managed travel site.
Sep 01, 2007
There is a wide gap between the standards for credit card security and security measures actually in place among web retailers.
Sep 01, 2007
Web retailers that are good at developing personalized email campaigns often lose potential business because of lackluster page optimization, according to a study from Silverpop Systems Inc.
Sep 01, 2007
While email marketing remains a valuable tool for informing customers, it is no longer unique. As an accepted marketing medium, it does not automatically delight consumers.
Sep 01, 2007
In a reversal of a 96 year old antitrust rule, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that suppliers' efforts to control the minimum price of their products at retail is no longer automatically illegal.
Aug 01, 2007
Web Wholesaler has completed its first BPA Worldwide business publication audit.
