product trends
Published September 8th, 2008
Las Vegas was recently host to one of the largest trade shows in the wholesale industry. The MAGIC Marketplace is full of the latest clothing and apparel from top designers and brand names. Fashion shows, booths and exhibits are in rich supply and it’s the perfect place to source products for either a brick and mortar or online retail store.
While all the booths received some attention, it was clear that there were a few that everyone clamored to get a glimpse of. Street and urban wear were the belles (okay, booths) of the ball and the following list highlights... Read more
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Published July 30th, 2008
In order to maximize your profitability during seasonal changes, specifically with the back-to-school season, you need to remove the guesswork. You need to know exactly how the market is going to behave to make the most money.
Predicting the Future
How can you know when the peak sales are going to drop off? You can’t predict the future can you? Of course we can’t predict the future, but we can learn from our past.
Retailers keep track of what happened previous years to know how to effectively sell this year. Managers order enough calculators not only to get them through... Read more
Tags: advice, back to school, Generating More Sales, HammerTap, product trends, Sales, seasonal trends, tips
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Published November 9th, 2007
Part of being successful in business is knowing when to listen for the knock of opportunity. The savviest, and most successful, business owners will be able to detect that knocking even when it is faintest. This means being aware of products that will sell well before others, or at least before the market becomes saturated.
Let’s take a look at how you can figure out which products will be hot or are currently hot in order to take advantage of your chance to sell them.
Research Different Locales
Generally speaking, a product will hit hard in an area with a... Read more
Tags: ebay, Generating More Sales, google trends tools, Leeia Ladipoh, online auctions, product trends, source, trends, what to sell
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Published October 17th, 2007
As 2007 comes to a close, people are scouring the stores, the Internet, and their crazy friend’s craft shop for that perfect Christmas gift. This is the time of the year when sellers become psychically tuned to the state of the world and decide what the hot ticket item is for the year. Filling the requests of millions of holiday shoppers is a big task, but if anybody is capable of making consumers happy, resellers can.
What are the most popular products for the 2007 holiday season? Technology seems to be the key.
If it doesn’t plug up, use batteries... Read more
Tags: Generating More Sales, jennifer ratliff, product trends, Sales, shopping trends, top products of 2007, trends
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Published September 21st, 2007
Product sourcing is one of the most difficult aspects of running a wholesale business. In order to maximize profit, wholesalers have to provide their customers value and convenience. For seasonal merchandise, this can be a challenge. Demand for it is variable, even with increased interest in holiday memorabilia.
Wholesalers are finding that in order to properly compete with e-commerce sites and online specialty shops, they have to source their products much earlier than in the past. It is true that Christmas comes in July–at least to the wholesaler. It is not uncommon to plan four or five months ahead of... Read more
Tags: advice, jennifer ratliff, oneupweb, Product Sourcing, product trends, quantcast, seasonal, seasonal trends, source, tips, trends
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