The Returns, Salvage and Liquidation marketplace can be a win-win, profitable way for merchandise wholesalers and resellers to turnover excess inventory. Overstocks of brand name apparel, department and chain stores carrying excess holiday inventory, off-price buyer deals and discount-seeking retail customers all come out ahead. For buyers and sellers new to the Returns marketplace: Note re-labeling, de-labeling and selling restrictions … read more »

Apparel Candy is a leading wholesale women’s apparel distributor in the Los Angeles Fashion Market. Now, Apparel Candy is going global as “Your One-Stop Apparel Shop” for wholesale apparel sourcing by: · Adding the latest-trend wholesale fashion selections in all Missy, Junior, Women’s and also Specialty Women’s apparel categories; · Boosting customer margins with special deals and promotions, on top … read more »

From the GENCO Marketplace point of view – as early providers of “reverse logistics” services (liquidation, recovery value) on returned or distressed goods – a lot has changed since 1992. Here’s a perspective on how far the liquidation business has come and how current changes improve and impact salvage buyers today. –Top Ten Wholesale Blog Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wholesalers, Manufacturers and Retailers who deploy search engine marketing to competitive advantage take note: The U.S. is not the only one to change leaders. Yahoo! has a new CEO, Carol Bartz, who plans to restructure the search engine and online portal giant. Online market watchers speculate that Yahoo! will go “back to its future” (be more search focused) … but … read more »

Plus size apparel for women and men is not in that old “just bigger” bin anymore. We noted here a month ago that plus size clothing and lingerie have leaped to celebrity designer lines (think Queen Latifah and British singer Beth Ditto). Plus sizes are in demand as comfort clothes, work clothes and, we speculated, part of a consumer trend … read more »

Retailers of Women’s Apparel: The last thing you do in a down economy is to hunker down and wait it out. Sellers need to go into action mode, like re-think price as the only customer motive (it’s not). Time your wholesale buying and inventory. Sell Customer Experience along with The Goods. Jonathan Gordon, president of Julie Ann Apparel, is our … read more »

Women’s apparel buyers have spied it for over a year. Soft blouse-on tops made from gauzy fabrics, with netting or small crystals and halter or cami-style tops. Floral prints, sheer fabrics and a comeback for flounces, ruffles and tiered clothing … sometimes over leather pants or low-rise denim jeans. Plus, one-shouldered dresses, on sundressses as well as formal evening gowns. … read more »

Anyone who conducts business … or markets and advertises their business … over Internet channels should be an automatic advocate of Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality is not an abstract concept or an obscure street fight among business-suited regulators and lobbyists. Net Neutrality decides the speed, accessibility and reach of every e-commerce business, regardless of size, from Home Office Auction Enterprise … read more »

Local Search Marketing drives ready-to-buy customers to a brick-and-mortar retail store. Listing your store on Google Maps Business Listings is a targeted way to attract regional customers very cost effectively … it’s free. And, Maps listings just got an upgrade, also free. Here is a Guest Blog from Dale Knauss, producer of the Online Marketing Internet Radio Show RSS.Ray.com. Dale … read more »

In August of 2007 – eons ago – JPC’s Jason Prescott wrote an item here that could be tagged: Buy an Ad OR Rent Trade Show Booth: Not Both. And Industry Magazines + Trade Show Media Does Not Equal Zero Sum Game. Jason’s idea was that “clients” (customers who pay good money and want good returns) don’t really care about … read more »