As any clothing or fashion accessory retailer will tell you licensed merchandise is a must any children’s apparel or novelty business. For better or worse, we live in a pop culture driven society. Television, advertising, and the movies have as much impact on our manner of dress, the way we talk, and the values we communicate to others than does religion and politics combined.

Here are some of the most popular licensed brand names and brief descriptions of what has made them must haves for any clothing or related merchandise retailers. If you’re hoping to sell children’s apparel these are some names to seriously consider.

If you haven’t done so, it is time to get with your wholesale supplier and get those hot selling summer items in stock. The biggest boost to summer items comes at the beginning of the season when consumer excitement over …

If you are planning to start out a business but do not yet know what to engage into, you should take into considerations the possibilities of retailing closeouts. Many people would buy closeouts simply because they are cheap and if you would really spend enough time rummaging through the stocks, you can always find good quality merchandize somewhere among the heaps. Closeouts are actually one of the best ways to stock your store as you can buy closeouts are minimal cost and sell it a double or three times the price depending on the condition of the item.

Click Fraud is a huge problem!

Google recently called click fraud “the single biggest threat” to their business model!

Whether your competitors are clicking your ads on a regular basis or fraudulent web publishers are having others click on your ads for them, chances are that at some point you have been the victim of some degree of click fraud! Some of our customers have discovered that 50% of their PPC budgets have been the result of fraudulent clicks! (Others have discovered little to no click fraud but continue to subscribe in order to keep an eye on their clicks).

In order to decrease a store’s loss (shrink) you must be able to identify and react to shoplifters. You can improve your ability to do this by removing any bias or preconceived notion as to what a shoplifter looks like. Having preconceived ideas about shoplifters only limits how many of them you will catch. Do you really think that the homeless guy dressed in rags and stumbling around the store is the type of target that is causing the majority of your loss? NO! He is the easy target that might lift an item or two but anyone can spot him, you’re a trained professional right?. As a retail store owner it makes sense to be aware, you need to cut through the exterior and look for the behavior. People are creatures of habit, ask any police officer and he will tell you he has seen and heard the same thing from people over and over again. Shoplifters are no different. There are several different types of shoplifters to be aware of.

Selling magnetic jewelry has been an excellent business for retailers for years now and is expanding still. Jewelry retailers have told us that they added lines of magnetic jewelry to their other merchandise and have found them an excellent addition. …

I stumbled across this interesting link to a list on the 10 most powerful people in television news. It is produced by TVWeek.com  and while based only on the opinion of …

We know that many North American companies would like to buy products from China.  We also know many Chinese manufacturers would like to sell into the American market.  However, a variety of language and cultural barriers make this very difficult.

The Google chinese language translator is now available in beta. This will certainly make the possibility of a connection much more of a reality.

 GENCO Marketplace’s Bob Auray Awarded
IWLA’s 2008 Distinguished Service and Leadership Award

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – March 20, 2008 – GENCO Supply Chain Solutions, North America’s second largest and a Global Top 50 third-party logistics provider, today announced that Bob Auray, president and chief executive office its wholly owned subsidiary, GENCO Marketplace, was awarded the 2008 Distinguished Service and Leadership Award by the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA).

Jaguar Imports has a unique and interesting line of wholesale stun guns. Below is just a small example of what they can offer your business, they also carry a wide selection of pepper spray, knives, airsoft products and more! See all of their self-defense products at www.jaguarimports.com.