2009 May

In the folder labeled Conventional Wisdom, we can file what hits TV headlines: · Conventional merchandise advertising channels, like metro newspapers and broadcast spots, are losing revenue to online marketing channels. · Economic weakness, job losses and slowdowns in key industries caused disappointing Holiday 2008 sales and caution in consumer spending that ripples up the supply and demand chain. But, what gets less play in economic bad news cycles is …

More than 150 exhibitors who specialize in excess inventory, retail liquidation, discount merchandise and bankruptcy proceedings will gather at the Long Beach Convention Center from June 7 to 9. Liquidation Expo, a first from ASD and Nielsen Business Media Merchandise Group, pulls together typically far-ranging discount-priced product sources into an organized marketplace for buyers and sellers of retail liquidation merchandise. Right Timing. Right Pricing. Liquidation Expo gathers under one roof …

Should buyers, sellers and wearers of Urban Wear … also called Hip Hop Apparel and Youth Clothing … be concerned about Baggy Pants Laws? Those are some rather strange Town Council Ordinances that basically say: Wear Baggy Pants — or Show Any of Your “Tightie Whiteys” (underwear) — and You Get a Ticket. Observers who focus more on Individual Legal & Constitutional Rights (less on Fashion Trend Gossip) have other …

Sunglasses buyers and sellers, wholesalers and retailers, certainly see the light! And, not only the ultra-violet beta kind. Besides blocking UVBs and protecting our eyes, sunglasses are all about making a statement. Sunglasses say: I’m a team sports fan or motorcyclist always leaning into the wind. I’m the Undiscovered Celebrity hiding from paparazzi or Trendy Club Crawler in these wrap-around designer shades. Would you believe Surfer Betty or Dashing Aviator, …

Retailers and Resellers … Online Auction Sellers … Trade Show Exhibitors … Internet Merchandise Marketers … Flea Marketers: How Do You Close the Deal? When a potential Customer asks: “Do you take credit cards? Debit or check cards? Checks?” Is Your Answer: (a) “I don’t have my credit card terminal with me.” (b) “We keep our prices low by not paying high payment processing fees. Cash, Certified or Letter of …