2009 February

To apparel wholesalers and retailers, a recent Fortune magazine headline on the rapid spread of off-price product sourcing was not cheerful: Discounters Lose Their Edge Department Stores Venture Into Off-Price Territory That warning headline by Suzanne Kapner used her surprise as a clothing bargain hunter at finding the exact same women’s jacket, at the exact same low price, in two very different clothing stores: (1) “upscale” Bloomingdale’s Department Store, and …

Plastic bags to take away purchases or trade show giveaways. Custom-printed advertising bags. Food and Furniture bags. Wholesale flat poly, reclosable and zippered, or expandable gusseted. Industry-grade liners. FDA-food-approved and leak-proof. Garment or Biohazard. That’s just a sampling of the plastic bags for any need, available on-spec and on-time, from Universal Plastic. Also, there’s Poly Sheeting, Poly Tubing on a Roll, Stretch Film and Vacuum Pouches — all available direct …

Value-price-seeking Buyers at the February 15 opening day of Off-Price Show bumped up their numbers by almost 800 attendees. Sellers/Exhibitors at Off-Price – the trade show for men’s, women’s and children’s apparel and accessories at 20-to-70% below original wholesale prices – did brisk order writing from day one, according to Top Ten Wholesale’s eyes and ears in Las Vegas. Economic Stimulus Reality Check. Don Browne, Marketing Manager for Off-Price Specialist …

ASD/AMD – one of the largest merchandise trade shows in the U.S. — clusters discount and designer lines of Apparel, Fashion Accessories, Jewelry, Gifts and Military Outdoor/Surplus Goods into comprehensive product sourcing opportunities. Buyers and Sellers can leverage the sheer scale of a major trade show marketplace, using face-to-face contacts with over 3,500 companies who exhibit thousands of products in 150 leading product categories. Pick a season – Winter/March or …

Marketing goods and services online is a way to level the playing field. Online product sellers come large and at the top of the product supply chain: At industry auction sites … Through offshore contract manufacturers … In surplus and salvage operations by the truck load … Via import/export product exchanges through requests for bid. However, through Internet sales and marketing, even smaller players can carve out profits: As online …

The Surplus Market – buying and reselling closeout and returned products in a secondary market – offers great profit potential. Success in the Surplus Merchandise Market works best with Insider Knowledge and an Expert’s Expertise. Here’s both: insider understanding of the surplus market, plus expert guidance from Vincent P. Curtin, III, Account Manager at GENCO Marketplace , a leading B2B wholesaler of secondary inventories. See Vincent’s article below, a Primer …

Go ahead: Pick a product, any product, from head (Hats, Scarves) to toe (Shoes, Boots). Or pick “A” (Arts & Crafts), through “G” (Gifts, General Merchandise), till you run out of alphabet (Radio ID Ear Tags, Toys, Valentines, Watches). You’ll find no lack of Sellers, Manufacturers and Distributors. But where do you find the right source for your reseller scale and business needs? Who do you trust? And how on …

Here is a quick-scan list – by calendar season and product – for major wholesale trade shows in 2009 in the U.S. But, wait, there’s more! Let’s say you want to know about the China International Gold Jewelry & Gem Fair in Shenzhen … the Hong Kong International Jewelry Exhibition … or the must-be-seen and must-be-seen-at luxury trade show event in Milan Italy (About J … who knew)? Below you’ll …