Pork Scandal in China Closes Some Wal-Mart Stores
by Claudia Bruemmer Wal-Mart in China is accused of selling ordinary pork as organic pork in the southwestern city of Chongqing. As a result, some Wal-Mart stores will close temporarily. “We have...
View ArticleGoogle Trusted Stores Open to All U.S. Merchants
Google recently announced availability of its Google Trusted Stores program. As shown below, Trusted Stores provides online shoppers with information on retailer performance in shipping and customer...
View ArticleDollar Stores Gain Popularity in Today’s Economy
by Claudia Bruemmer Dollar stores are flush with shoppers these days, and they have a new clientele, people who never shopped there before. For years, most dollar store shoppers were poor people and...
View ArticleBest Time Fashion Wholesale Accessories
LOS ANGELES – Best Time Fashion is one of the largest distributors, wholesalers, and importers of women’s scarves, shawls, and ladies belts in the entire west coast. With the ability to supply the bulk...
View ArticleThe Trend to High End Pet Supplies
Wholesalers in the pet care industry should know that pet products has been one of the fastest growing niche retail markets for several years now. The overwhelming success of the retail chain Petco is...
View ArticleHalloween Scares Up Great Sales for Dollar and Discount Stores Who Stock The...
We are half way through National Sewing Month. But to every crafting ghoul, decorative ghost, SuperMom seamstress and trick-or-treat princess in need of sparkle dust and a feather boa … that means...
View ArticleOn Pets and Profits
Mankind has a long history of living with animals. It is probable that the very first animal domesticated by man was the dog. There is evidence that the dog was domesticated in about 10000 BC although...
View ArticleLooking Closer at the Top 10 Dollar Store Suppliers
There are thousands of suppliers in the wholesale industry, and many of them are reputable and trustworthy, as they deliver value and profitability to their clients on a daily basis. As such, narrowing...
View ArticleBuyers Get Best Prices in Bulk T-Shirts from The Adair Group
by Claudia Bruemmer It’s the middle of summer and the weather is getting warmer by the minute. That makes it time to shop for t-shirts in every style and color for barbeques and many other summer...
View ArticleDollar Stores Hot Sector in Retailing
Dollar Stores Hot Sector in Retailing Dollar stores are one of the hottest high-growth sectors in retailing. This sector includes the one-price general merchandise stores and closeout stores and is...
View ArticleAnhui Light Industries: Best Quality Garments and Apparel at the Best Prices
Anhui Light Industries Int’l. Co., Ltd. (ALIC) is a large-scale business enterprise offering a product range so diverse and far-reaching that there is little chance that you or your household hasn’t in...
View ArticleAre Discounters Losing Their Edge to Department Stores in Off-Price Marketplace?
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...
View ArticleCan Ross Survive a Modern Retail Market?
Ross Stores are old school retail. They have a limited market without an international reach, no online shopping, and their running costs are going to rise once the minimum wage is raised in...
View ArticleMacy’s Closes Stores, Ross Opens More
Back in January, Macy’s announced that it would be closing 40 of its stores nationwide, which caused CEO Terry Lundgren to lose his job. Alternatively, Ross Stores has now announced that they will be...
View ArticleSeveral Fake Apple Stores in China Shutting Down
In September 2015, there were more than 30 fake Apple stores in one of China’s electronics districts (Chinese town of Shenzhen). Today, there are a third less. img via uk.businessinsider.com Now some...
View ArticleAre Discount Stores Killing Department Stores?
Department stores are being killed by the influx of discount stores. Research shows that 2 out of 3 Americans prefer to shop at discount stores over department stores, due to trying to find the best...
View ArticleTarget Opening Smaller Stores Targeted At Millennials
Amidst the ongoing battle of declining traffic and sales, Target is slated to open several small stores in predominantly urban centres where millennials live. From New York City to Pennsylvania and...
View ArticleDon’t Get #Amazoned: How Retailers Can Compete with the Online Giant
Retailers have been shutting doors left and right from East, West and all over the United States. Arguably, a big driver behind that is the success of Amazon. Ironically, retail is expected to rise,...
View ArticleDollar Stores’ Retail Growth is Red Hot
Whether it is Dollar General, Dollar Tree or Family Dollar… discount stores are one of the hottest retail spaces in your local strip mall. And, actually now in the entire retail sector. In fact,...
View ArticleFacial Recognition in Stores Threatens Privacy
Privacy is a sensitive topic. Increasingly, consumers have been ditching it for the sake of convenience. We now live in the time of auto-pay, and Alexa knows the ins and outs of our daily lives. Not so...
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