If you’re searching for trendy niche market merchandise to sell this summer and fall, then look backward, savvy sellers. Look back to a Nostalgia and Vintage Fashion Trend in clothing, jewelry, hats and accessories: Summer of Love Update 2009.
Would apparel and accessories buyers for Macy’s worldwide lead you astray?

Note, please, the knit caps … gauzy [...]

Keywords rule in successful search marketing, at every level, from manufacturer and wholesaler to retailer and customer. Keyword enrichment of ad copy, web landing pages, search directory listings and search marketing also filters out top-ranking product sellers from bottom-feeding losses.
Of Spider Bots and Buyers
Online marketing trend trackers and analysts reach the same conclusions: Marketing [...]

Many of the intended readers of this blog may currently be participating in the ASD/AMD Show in Las Vegas this week (3/15-18).  I wish all of you the greatest success at an event that continues to be critical to general merchandisers in the US and beyond. For those of you interested in developing new business, [...]

Whenever you go into a supermarket or drug store and begin looking over that tub full of DVD’s on sale, you can see that these are generally movie titles that had already done the circuit of theaters, followed by becoming the video rental titles from stores and online. What you may not know is [...]

We barely finished celebrating 4th of July Independence Day events when, in mid-July, major chain store retailers and discount shoe chains started flighting broadcast ads to prepare for going back to school and college. Many school systems had finished up their academic year only a month before. Those who track the retail merchandise industry thought [...]

Shopping with the wife this weekend we found ourselves at Walmart pushing a cart aisle by aisle. While many people are opposed to Walmart’s market share I do find it fascinating that in the face of roughly forty years Walmart has become the worlds largest retailer. I highly recommend reading Sam Walton’s [...]

If you have been following my posts here on the WholesaleU Blog and ToptTenWholesale you probably know by now that buying wholesale liquidation merchandise in the form of pallets and truckloads can be very profitable for your retail or auction business.  Buying liquidation merchandise is a great way to source top name brands from some [...]

Never underestimate the fashion buzz and eye-grabbing power of a celebrity’s fashion, accessories and footwear designs.
Famous faces of films, TV and music don’t always have what it takes to design women’s strappy sandals, sundresses, casual dresses good enough for work or weekend knock-around capri pants and T-shirts. But they sure do attract attention, copycat clothes [...]

Is there any good news in $4.00 per gallon gasoline, higher food prices and rising unemployment among free-spending teens?
Yes! Bargain Stores, Second-Hand Clothing Outlets, Off-Price Discount Stores and even … gasp … sewing and make-your-own Bling advice, targeted to teens, are now considered v. cool.
Tween-Teen belt-tightening is unmistakable: Retailers who target teens – like [...]

So, a few months ago, I promised Shawn Saba from US Style, Inc. that we would consider letting him write a guest post here and sharing his knowledge with all our readers. I never got around to posting it and he called me today saying I’d better put this up before he and Sam [...]