The State of Retailing Online 2009 reports that ecommerce spending will rise 11% to $156 billion this year from $141.3 billion in 2008.
Although many retailers have experienced lower sales, four out of five online retailers surveyed think the web is better suited than other channels to withstand the recession. Furthermore, one-third of the retailers said [...]

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 [...]

With so many options for starting an online retail or sales site, the best way to get your bearings is simply to examine a few. There are some very small, limited options for a new site. If you just want to accept Paypal or Google Checkout, for example, you could simply dump www.fatfreecart.com into your [...]

As a retailer, you work with a lot of manufacturers, and a lot of brands. Each manufacturer has their own brand image and their own ideas on how they’d like to see that brand represented. While their brand might be a useful sales tool, sometimes brands can be more like an ego which needs [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This Spring fashionistas from all over will be following the rainbow by looking to the crayon box for inspiration. This season’s runways were awash in bright, bold colors, a stark contrast from last season’s macabre obsession with all things dark and Gothic. This season, expect to see fashion mavens donning such cheery hues [...]

Fashion industry trade shows are the best destinations for buyers and retailers to source apparel and accessories in all categories and price ranges, with total immersion in upcoming trends and one-on-one access to the broadest reach of media, advertisers and online marketers in the trade.
Entering the final stretch of holiday gift sales — transacted [...]

Imports Offer Quality and Exoticism to Your Local Department Store
Imported items can be found in virtually any store you may visit. Because of their high appeal and considerably low cost, imports provide a large amount of business to today’s merchandising industries. It is not necessary for you to deal with a store that sells strictly [...]

Wholesale Crafts and Fabrics Can Make Your Hobbies Less Expensive
Crafting is a popular pastime for most modern Americans. So many people enjoy making crafts for themselves and others. Those who make crafts using an array of supplies and fabrics have the satisfaction of creating something with their own hands. He or she can let his [...]