Last year was a downright gruesome scene for some wholesale and retail specialists, as consumer spending hit rather scary low figures, and the usual myriad of reliable trends and predictability schemes were tossed out the window… making the big question this year revolve around what the future brings for the holiday season in 2009. While there will undoubtedly be a … read more »

Black Friday is coming fast, and with it come the possibilities of selling out your inventory of electronics and cameras, too! Are you ready for the electronics rush? In order to forecast what will be hot this time around, taking a walk down memory lane and getting a quick look at last year’s figures for what sold over Black Friday … read more »

Looking high and low, to find the wholesale and retail options for getting unique, one-of-a-kind gifts and other items that your more discriminating customers are looking for can be quite a challenge, especially since ‘personalized’ usually implies a prohibitive custom-built price, too. While there are a number of tried-and-true alternatives to the less imaginative choices out there, you might want … read more »

I’ve got some big news to share with all of you, and it’s a little on the time-sensitive side… so I’m going to keep today’s post short and sweet. Some of you already know about the Web 2.0 EXPO coming up in November 2009… and that’s great, because it’s a major event geared towards getting some of the most innovative minds … read more »

What’s in a name? Profits. Potential Customers. Web Traffic. Sales Revenue. Foot Traffic. Oh, and also Branding Value … an asset not as directly measurable as click-through customers, but an asset that still shows up on balance sheets when companies are bought and sold. (Quantified .as a neat projected spreadsheet number labeled Brand Value or Historic Market Asset Value.) So, … read more »

Wholesale novelties are a mainstay in the industry, and there are always a variety of manufacturers and distributors that can get the goods you want, at a price you feel good about. Of course, the burning question remains about which novelties and gifts are the ones to look out for… and more importantly, who will you connect with to find … read more »