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Wholesalers and general merchandise vendors looking to improve customer service might want to consider the benefits social networking communities can have on their business. Social media communities are full of like-minded people who want to share, discuss, and learn more about industry issues. There can be common interests in the goods and services sold online, as well as many other topics such as returned goods, online fraud and promotions that work. Given the opportunity, wholesalers can capitalize on the ability to communicate with their current and prospective customers.

According to the latest Pew Research Center Report on Social Networking, 13 percent of online adults use Twitter, representing a significant increase from the 8 percent of adult Twitter users in November 2010. The number of people using Twitter in the 25-34 and 55-64 age groups more than doubled since then. Many wholesalers and general merchandise vendors are using Twitter for marketing and branding as shown in the Tweet below by USA Wholesalers.

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It’s always time for buyers to stock up on stylish handbags as women love to have a variety of styles and colors depending on the season or the occasion. While handbags can be very expensive, we’re going to tell all the wholesale buyers out there where they can get the best deals in handbag fashion at affordable prices. Vieta designer handbags are sold by GTGUSA.com, a trusted provider of wholesale designer handbags, wallets, belts, and other accessories. Along with offering Vieta handbags, GTG USA also offers affiliated brands and designer-inspired accessories.

Answerbase.com provides the technology that powers Community Q&As for big brands like Edmunds.com. Q&A communities can be used by businesses of all sizes because it’s a great way to create an active online community that allows you to engage visitors on your site while they interact by asking and answering questions. This activity helps bring users back to your site, as they create user-generated content that ultimately draws more visitors from search engines. Q&As are a great asset because you get traffic and links while creating good will and trust for your site.

Online retailers and general merchandise vendors are adding video to their websites because they know video can boosts sales and conversion rates. Well scripted videos can also reduce shopping cart abandonment and product returns. However, it’s not enough to simply post a video on your website. Merchants must know how to optimize their videos for better user engagement, know what metrics to monitor, and then further optimize the videos to improve performance. Below are five tips for optimizing your videos for better engagement, maximizing video performance and increasing product sales on ecommerce sites.

Intertech Taiwan has been working hard to establish themselves as the best and most reliable in the mold manufacturing sector, and their creditable performance extends well beyond the simple act of processing and building molds for everything from plastics.

Chinese police arrested 36 people involved with fraudulent scams on Alibaba.com, which had prompted the resignation of two top Alibaba executives in February. The suspects were accused of running a criminal gang that used fake personal and business identities to open accounts on Alibaba.com, China’s largest B2B ecommerce trade platform.

A recently published Government-sponsored report in Australia revealed that, in the view of the author, small retail businesses would not exist in five years. No more independent bookshops, news agents, garden centres or travel agents. I can accept that we are seeing dramatic changes, but the disappearance of these sectors in retailing takes some digesting.