2006 November

In recent years the notion that the Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday is the biggest online shopping day of the year has taken hold of online retailers in a big way. The importance of Cyber Monday has become a mantra for many wholesale suppliers and online retailers. Like many erroneous theories, it seems logical and self-evident on the surface but proves somewhat hollow on closer examination.

Online Electronics Wholesale is growing at a rate of 20% annually, and China Trade is exploding even faster. China is a planet of factories, smog and cheap factory workers, and trade companies with websites. While many articles on the net have talked about the “limited” growth models of sourcing sites that link buyers with trade companies and not process or broker the final transaction, they don’t provide another secure online …

In the wholesale supply trade, now so thoroughly focus on the web, it is easy to lose track of an important market for many wholesale businesses, the flea market. It is difficult to be sure how many people attend flea markets around the globe every year but world-wide it is in the millions everyday. The flea market trade magazine Swap Meet claims that most of are weekend affairs, but more …