Retailers Forum Magazine May 2019 by Martin Stevens

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This is a Buying Guide for

RETAIL STORE OWNERS

Presented within the pages are the latest oﬀerings from the country’s leading merchandise wholesalers. The advertisers herein sell strictly wholesale and require that you purchase with the intent of reselling through retail channels.

HOW TO USE THIS DIRECTORY ☛

Locate the products that interest you. See our product directory located on pages 6 & 7.

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CONTACT US: TEL: 1-800-635-7654 383 East Main Street, Centerport, NY 11721 FAX: 631-754-0630 Email: ForumPublishing@gmail.com www.RetailersForum.com RETAILERS FORUM MAGAZINE | MAY 2019 Page 5

ADVERTISERS INDEX Sell to over 60,000 stores through Forum

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ADVERTISING

RAMSONS IMPORTS . . . . . . . . 13

FORUM AD RATES . . . . . . . . . . 09

REMY WAREHOUSE . . . . . . . . . 42 SMARTEST BARGAIN . . . . . . . 88

100’S IN STOCK All Occassions

www.USACostumers.com See our ad on page 52

Light Up Without Lighting Up! Electronic Cigarettes Full Service Wholesaler • We Ship Worldwide

LIGHT E CIG • Disposables • Atomizers

• Kits • E-Cig Batteries

• E-Liquids • E-Cig Accessories

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5mL Bottle E- Liquid E-Juice for E-Cig $1.30

1 cig, E-Cig kit Includes USB, 10cartridges, Wall, Car Chargers $6.50

SHISHA Zero le Nicotine Disposab E-Cig $3.45

Recycled Clothes E-Case w/2 Cigarettes + 1 USB Charger $10.50

Round Mouth E-Cig Set 3.5ml Atomizer w/Coil Heads $3.83

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APPAREL

SWEET WHOLESALERS . . . . . . 03

1 STOP WHOLESALE . . . . . 44/45

TOP TEN WHOLESALE . . . . . . . 84

BLANK TEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 BOUTIQUE CLOSEOUTS . . . . . 59

BOOKS

CLOTHINGWARE . . . . . . . . . . . 39

AUCTION BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

DD BULK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

BUYERS CONTACTS . . . . . . . . . 91

FASHIONABLE SALES . . . . . . . 55 FLIRTY WHOLESALE . . . . . . . . 40 KARMA CIRCLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 SCARF WAREHOUSE . . . . . . . . 53 SELINI NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 STYLE IN FASHION . . . . . . . . . . 04 STYLISH PLUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 T SHIRT REP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 UIN DEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 UNIVERSE WHOLESALE . . . . . 79 USACOSTUMERS.COM . . . . . . 52

ASSORTED ITEMS

Page 67

These Shoes

are Made for

PROFITS

79 South China Page 19

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AUCTION FINDER . . . . . . . . . . . 38 BARGAIN OUTLET . . . . . . . . . . 18 BEAN WHOLESALERS . . . . . . . 30 CROV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 DOBA DROPSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . 47

CLOSEOUT DIRECTORY . . . . . 89 HIDDEN WEALTH . . . . . . . . . . . 87 TRADE BOOKS . . . . . . . . . 94-100

CANDY SWEET WHOLESALERS . . . . . . 03

CELLULAR CELLCITY.BIZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 WHOLE-CELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

COMPUTERS REFURB SHOPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CONSUMER ELECT. FIND IT CHINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

EVERYTHING CLOSEOUTS . . . 20

CREDIT CARD

EZ DROPSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

PROCESSING

GET THAT WHOLESALE . . . . . . 82

EXP MERCHANT . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

MEGA UBID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

NOAMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

$4.50 Each

BUYING GUIDE FOR RETAIL STORES! DISPLAY/SUPPLIES & SERVICES AVVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 CC WAREHOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . .85 E-STORE BUILDERS . . . . . . . . . 68

E-CIGARETTES & SMOKE SHOP ITEMS 3’x5’Embroidered Flags $14.00 Each

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LIGHT E CIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 LOGIC WHOLESALE . . . . . . . . . 80

WindSocks $48.00 dz

Min.Order SELLER . . . . . . . . . . 49 NOVELTY $150.00

$42.00 dz

See Page 9

COOL GLOWING . . . . . . . . . . . 15

$18.00 dz

$9.00 dz 5” Patches $36.00 dz FLAGS

GALAXY IN’L. . . . . . . . . . . .$39.00 . . .dz 23 Tri-Fold $5.00 Each

Leather Wallets $5.50 each

FOOTWEAR

12”x18” Metal Sign $5.25 each

2.7¢ Long Distance!

R/C & TOYS

Metal Sign $4.75 each

8” x 12” Metal Signs $39.00 dz

E-STORE SITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 SNEAKER CLEARANCE . . . . . . 71

Magnets 3”x8” $18.00 dz

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RC VARIETY . . . . . . BACK COVER

$36.00 ut/72pcs

Metal Plates $27.00 dz

SOARING RC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 $4.00 each

sold by the

Giganticdozen! Selection of Variety Goods

SPECIAL FEATURES 8” x 12” Parking Sign $18.00 dz

$30.00 dz

$15.00 dz

Accept Credit Cards At Your Business. EXP Merchant $6.00 dzSee HatPage Pins Also 50

$48.00 dz

. . . . . . . . . . 19 E STORE SIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 79 SOUTH CHINA . $21.00 dz $36.00 ut 72 pcs

Metal Sign 12”X18” $5.75 Each

$15.50 Each

$18.00 dz

Hat Pins $6.00 dz

$36.00 dz

3pc Magnet

$5.25 Each CARTOON CONCEPTS . . . . . . . 28

Garden Flags

48.00 dz HEAVENLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Belt Buckles $36.00 dz

Advertise in

NOVELTIES

Leather Bracelet $18.00 dz

FB CAMPAIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 FIND IT ASIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Playing Cards HANDBAGS $18.00 dz 12”x18” Metal Signs

Garden Flags $48.00 dz

$5.50 Each

BAG CLOSEOUTS . . . . . . . . . . . 63

FORUM ADVISORS . . . . . . . . . .60 BAG VENDORS . . . . . . . . . .Belt . .Buckles . 30 FORUM PRINTERS . . . . . . . . . . 76 FUNDING OFFICES . . . . . . . . . . 26 KWIK INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 PAYROLL HELPER . . . . . . . . . . 75

Metal Signs $5.50 Each

$24.00 dz

$42.00 dz

HOME & HOUSEWARE Patches $18.00 dz 3’x5’Embroidered Flags $14.00 Each

$21.00 dz

DAKOTA STEEL ART . . . . . . . . . 17 MERCHANDISE REP . . . . . . . . . 18 RUG PROFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

FORUM ANNIVERSARY . . . . . 12 12” Metal Signs $5.00 Each

FORUM WORKSHOP . . . . . . . . 35 $15.00 dz

$24.00 dz

RETAILERS BANK . . . . . . . . . . . 58

WHAT’S HOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Belt Buckles $36.00 dz

1ut/5 dz Mood Rings $33.00 unit

SALES GROUP BAGS . . . . . . . . 48

ACCESSORIES BLING WHOLESALER . . . . . . . 51

ASD VEGAS SHOW . . . . . . . . . . 34

DVD BUNDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

WATCHES & CLOCKS

VACATION PROMO . . . . . . . . . 72 BUND JEWELRY . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TIME WHOLESALERS . . . . . . . 43

WHOLESALESOURCES.COM . . . . 101 CLOSEOUTS FOR SALE . . . . . . 69

WATCH DEALERS . . . . . . . . . . . 24

DROPSHIPPERS

JEWEL CLEARANCE . . . . . . . . . 28 JEWELRY MINERS . . . . . . . . . . 57

DOBADROPSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . 47 KAASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 EZ DROPSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 SHAKE WHOLESALE . . . . . . . . 26

Tri- Color Necklace $18.00 dz

1000’s of Items See our ad on page 47

WHOLESALERS:

SETON SIGNAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 BODY CANDY HQ . . . . . . . . . . . 41

HIPWHOLESALE . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

DROPSHIP TO PROFITS!

TRADE SHOWS

VIDEOS & DVD’S JEWELRY/

36 pcBiker Ring $39.00 unit

$7.00 Each

PROMOTIONAL REWARDS . . 46 RUSH SUPPLIERS . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PROTECTION PLANS . . . . . . . . 72

RAMSON’S

Friend Necklace READER RESPONSE . . . . . . . Best . .$24.00 11dz/setsSee our Ad on Page 13

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WIND SPINNERS Sells Like A Breeze!

DAKOTA STEEL See Our Ad on Pg. 17

VISIT FORUM ON THE INTERNET View our latest books at

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THIS MONTH MARKS OUR WE HAVE BUYERS 38TH ANNIVERSARY PG 91

1981-2019

THANKS TO ALL!

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ESTABLISHED IN 1981 as a buying source for store owners and wholesalers, Retailers Forum offers advertisers a large national circulation to showcase their products

Discount and Dollar Stores

and services. Many of our readers are located in rural

Distributors and Jobbers

areas where access to merchandise is difficult, making our

General Merchandise Stores Internet On Line Stores Mail Order Catalog Sales

magazine indispensable to their buyers. Through our unique direct mail and trade show circulation we constantly rotate our mailing lists, adding new stores monthly enabling us to deliver new, fresh buyers each and every month you advertise with us.

Novelty and Toy Stores On Line Stores Resort and Souvenir Stores

In addition to your print ad, your company will be featured in our digital on line monthly version at www.RFmagazine.com. Our online magazine produces over 265,000+ page views monthly for our advertisers,

Sporting Goods Stores

which is in addition to our print and mail distribution.

Variety Merchandise Stores

Your online ad will link to your website and email

Wholesalers

address and we provide unlimited transfers from our readers into your website 24/7.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER Welcome to

our 38th Anniversary Issue of Retailers Forum Magazine! It is truly amazing how quickly time has flown by since our first issue was published in 1981.

THERE are so many memories that we have of our humble beginnings when we started with $100 and a lot of dreams and hard work to get our operation off the ground. Having worked at Forum Publishing for the last 38-years it is truly one of the most unique experiences of my life. And one that I am extremely grateful of. WHEN I first handed out the first copy of our magazine, then called Flea Market Forum to local vendors in the New York area I had no idea of what the future would bring or even if we’d make it to the next issue with our shoestring financing. Now, here we are 456 issues (months) later, still publishing and proudly serving our industry! OUR Anniversary is very special to me and I want to share it with our readers old and new as well as our dedicated advertisers who make every issue possible. I often think back to the early years when we started, pre-computer, prefax machine when everything was done by hand. That included laying out the magazines, typing labels for mailing and hand sorting mail bags to delivery to the posy office. THERE was nothing easy back in the “old days” and technology has been both

a blessing and a curse in both the publishing as well as the retailing industry. OVER the 38 years I have been fortunate to have worked with some of the best staff in the publishing world, the finest printers and tradesmen. Many of the high school students who interned with us decades ago have gone onto successful careers and started their own families and businesses. All that have passed through our doors have felt the entrepreneurial spirit that pervades our offices through this day. Our company has been the epitome of the American dream that was started with $100 and a great deal of determination. ALONG the way our company went from starting in a studio apartment in the Bronx, New York to a one bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, queens to a commercial basement in Great Neck, Long Island to our first “nice’” office in Syosset, Long Island. In 1987 we purchased our current office building in Centerport, Long Island where we’ve been for the last 32 years. ALONG this journey I have learned a great deal and continue to do so. Life holds great opportunity for us all - we just need to pay attention when it shows itself. Thank you everyone!

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RETAILERS FORUM SALES & MARKETING Gregory Brown Tom Richards Scott Savitt Martin Stevens OFFICE MANAGER Leah C. PRODUCTION Lisa Maresca-Smith CREDIT DEPARTMENT Kristine Hines CIRCULATION Discount Reading Svc. LITERARY STAFF Patricia Luebke Jason Meyers Rachel Spearman COLOR PRODUCTION Anchor Imaging PRINTING Composing Room ART DIRECTION Gregory Stevens Martin Stevens OVERSEAS OFFICE Trade Channel N.W. Guineastr 30 2022 PA Haarlem Netherlands +31-23-531-90-22 Published Monthly by: Forum Publishing Co. 383 East Main Street Centerport, NY 11721 Tel: 631/754-5000 Fax: 631/754-0630 forumpublishing@gmail.com

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Years

1981-2019 RETAILERS FORUM is published monthly at $75/year USA, $125/year foreign. Entire contents copyright ©2019 by Forum Publishing. Publisher assumes no responsibility for contents herein. First and third class postage paid at Centerport, NY. Bulk mail paid at NY, Brookfield, WI and Hooksett, NH under private mail indicia via publication mailing.

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Reader Response FREE PRODUCT INFORMATION FROM OUR ADVERTISERS Have our advertisers contact you directly! Simply select the advertisements that interest you and fax this form to 631-754-0630 or ﬁll in on-line at www.Vendor411.com

APPAREL

❒ All Advertisers in APPAREL ❒ 01.

1 Stop Wholesale ❒ 13. Karma Circle ❒ 08. Selini NY ❒ 28. Style in Fashion

CREDIT CARD PROCESSING ❒ All Advertisers in

CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

❒ 38.

EXS Credit ❒ 68. NOAMB.com

FOOTWEAR

❒ All Advertisers in FOOTWEAR ❒ 37.

79 South China

GENERAL & VARIETY

❒ All Advertisers in GENERAL & VARIETY ❒ 48.

Bargain Outlet ❒ 11. Crov ❒ 04. Galaxy Flags ❒ 07. Ramsons

HOME & HOUSE

❒ All Advertisers in HOME & HOUSE ❒ 23.

Dakota Steel Art

JEWELRY & ACCESSORIES

❒ All Advertisers in JEWELRY ❒ 06.

Kaash

WESTERN ACCESSORIES

❒ All Advertisers in WESTERN ACCESSORIES ❒ 33. JR Palacios

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Anniversary

‘d never thought that back when I was 22-years-old just starting to publish Forum that it would be a run lasting over three decades and one that I can honestly say I still enjoy as much today, 38 years later, as when I started! Now, 38 years and 456 issues later, we celebrate embarking on our 39th year servicing the wholesale/retail industry. Reflecting back over the years is always sentimental for me as I remember the birth of my daughter in 1983 and the 7-days a week working with her crib in a corner of my office. I recall moving from our basement office in Great Neck to our first modern offices in Syosset, the birth of my son in 1987 and then purchasing our own office building in Centerport, where we remain today. They say that time flies, and it certainly does. My daughter’s now 35, with a newborn, while my son’s 32. Both of them have pursued careers in media and marketing. e – May 1981 Our First Issu Retailers Forum has been my passion that brings me great joy in addition to great stress at deadline times! Publishing is a fast-paced industry Page 12 MAY 2019 | RETAILERS FORUM MAGAZINE

that requires a dedicated staff and loyal advertisers and readers to remain successful. I have been blessed with both, which has allowed us to continue strongly as over the years.

Publisher Martin Stevens circa 1981

Being the first trade magazine sets a high bar. In many instances we have shaped the marketplace by exploring and presenting new opportunities to our clients. When we started there was no such thing as a computer or fax machine (wow, am I old!). Now, technology changes constantly and we must all embrace and harness its power to stay ahead of the curve. We take our responsibility of guiding the market very seriously. As we start our 39th year in the industry I’d like to thank everyone who has contributed to our business over the years and help us build what we like to think is the best trade magazine in the country. Hopefully you think so also and will be with us for the next 38! Martin Stevens, Publisher

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MAYBE you already know this but we have found that women really do like jewelry! One of the largest wholesalers of fine jewelry at really incredible prices is Jewelry Miners. This well established company is trusted to offer the best quality jewelry at the most competitive prices in the marketplace. WITH over 22 years experience knowing exactly what sells, the company runs super sales on their website regularly for their wholesale buyers with discounts as high as 75% and NO minimum order. Having no minimum allows you to stock up small quantities at a time allowing a great mix of merchandise. IF you were thinking of opening a bridal boutique section at your store or online site, check out Jewelry Miners right away as they will help you set up the department.

Visit Our New Monthly What’s Hot online at: www.HotProducts.biz • Get listed: 800-635-7654 Page 14 MAY 2019 | RETAILERS FORUM MAGAZINE

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Labor Department Set To Boost OT Threshold

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NYC Flagship Stores Closing

FOR big brand retailers having their flagship store on Fifth Avenue or Madison Avenue in New York City was almost a requirement for them. Lately however so many things in retailing have been changing that several iconic retailers have been closing down their flagship stores. This certainly is not a promising sign for our industry when Lord and Taylor announces closing their New York location or most recently Tommy Hilfiger announcing the closing of theirs on Fifth Avenue. HILFIGER’S 22,000 square foot store is yet another loss to the famed Manhattan shopping street. And to make matters worse the brand also annunced that they will be closing its Collins Avenue Store in Miami as well. This is happening at a time when retailing is becoming more of an online experience than a physical shopping one. So maybe you want to believe from some of the other industry magazines that you need to “create instore experiences” to stay alive. Honestly we have more of a challenge coming than having a clown blowing up balloons at your store lobby is going to fix. When the deep-pocketed retailers like Hilfiger, Toys R Us, Ralph Lauren, Henri Bendel and others are having troubles it becomes increasingly obvious that many of us need to pivot more, and quickly into online marketing to our shoppers. NOW is the time to spruce up, promote and prepare your website, social media marketing!

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lined with expansive malls and shopping centers – their stores serving as places to be as much as places to buy. In the country, any trip into town invariably becomes a trip to shop some local store. And where you find a faded Long before they were called entrepreneurs, in- downtown, it’s a sign the community’s vital esdependently minded men and women found tablishments opted for another location, taking careers and financial freedom by running retail the crowds with them. businesses. They were merchants who plied the trade routes, bearing exotic goods from distant lands. They were blacksmiths shoeing the horse and selling the hinge. And they were weavers Whatever the era, wherever situated, indemaking and marketing cloth for citizens of pendent retailers provide an essential service to town and country. the community and its citizens. Your mission as a retailers, whether you’re selling from a flea In our American history, now forgotten retail- market booth, a strip shopping center, or a dazers, the proprietors of general stores and ped- zling storefront, is to provide the buying public dlers roaming the countryside in wagons, access to goods and services. People will pay helped tame the land. They provided the pio- handsomely for that access. That’s fortunate neers access to the tools and goods that since, as a retailers, you’ll make your living, couldn’t be carried along on the western ad- and hopefully your fortune, off the difference vance. And when the wilderness was con- between what you pay for goods and what you quered, there could be no surer sign of the can sell them for. victory than a street lined with shops addressing the needs and indulging the wants of a civil If you’re the type of person who can sense what society. Success as a retailer then required a spe- that public wants, and you’re willing to assume cial combination of confidence, marketing and the responsibility to find and deliver it, owning management skills, and gut instinct about what and operating a retail store will prove a rewardcustomers would buy. And that’s still what’s re- ing and challenging profession. As the owner quired. of a small store, you’ll be in charge of your career and your life. You’ll only answer to the Today, the products available through retailers man or woman in the mirror. If you long for large and small help define our time and aspi- that kind of self-determination, your own retail rations. As the heart of any city are the shops store offers a promising path to independence. and stores that mirror its diversity and culture. RETAILERS FORUM MAGAZINE | MAY 2019 Page 35 The border between city and suburb is often continued...

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forumworkshop FORUM WORKSHOP In the consumer marketplace, there’s always room for the store owner who can keep the customer satisfied. You may not think that’s true when you first glance at today’s retail landscape, where if there’s a predominant trend, it’s toward “super” stores and warehouse clubs. But those giants’ “everything under one roof” approach to selling goods is at once their greatest strength and potential weakness. People shop those stores for bargains. But in exchange for that good price, they must also be willing to accept the selection on hand. These retail generalists stock a little of everything but not much of anything.

Small Stores, Big Opportunity What about the shopper who doesn’t really know what she wants? The shopper who wants more selection than can be found in stores that

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Your success as an independent retailer in the 21st century depends on your ability to provide that expertise, and to use it to benefit your customers. In retailing you may be boss, but you work for everyone who walks into your store. While you don’t need to worry about getting fired if you don’t do your job for them, you do need to fear being ignored. If that happens, it’s only a matter of time before you’ll be investigating other lines of work. On the other hand, if you follow the fundamentals of smart retailing and develop and implement a business plan that’s right for your store, you’ll share in the success that makes retailing one of the best opportunities any self-assured man or woman can enjoy. continued...

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forumworkshop FORUM WORKSHOP Traditionally, small stores are staffed by family members or from the pool of unskilled or semiskilled labor; a transient labor market of mostly young people more interested in short-term employment than a career in retail. That pool of young prospective employees will soon shrink while the number of available mature workers will increase.

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Most of the $100 goes to the distributor, the retailer’s immediate supplier, to cover the retailer’s cost of the coat. The distributor takes his cut for handling the merchandise, then pays the manufacturer. The distributor’s profit from the sale helps meet expenses, including the salaries of his staff, and contributes to the distributor’s income. continued...

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the store to attract more shoppers. The distributors sees enough business to invest in computerizing operations to handle the volume. The supplier adds a second shift at her factories to keep up with soaring demand for coats. She also designs a couple of new styles to give the shoppers more selection, hoping an additional increase in sales will follow.

While retail helps drive the national financial trends, your store can have an even more telling and immediate impact on your local The actual retail cycle is obviously a bit more economy. Any successful store owner lives off complicated, but that’s basically how it works. the profits from his business. He purchases all What happens at your store affects people his goods and services, pays taxes, and makes around the country and world. When lots of donations to charity with money generated by women buy lots of coats, there’s lots of money store sales. When his store concept succeeds, he moving around. The retailer can give his clerks also creates jobs in the community, giving other a raise and start thinking about a redesign of people a livelihood. continued...

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FORUM WORKSHOP forumworkshop FRONTLINE OBSERVERS As a retailer, your primary value to your suppliers is in creating a marketplace for their products. Without stores stocking and selling its products, a supplier would be forced to develop some alternative system to reach the consumer. The expense involved would drain her resources, demanding more in staff and expenditures than she could afford. Even then, she couldn’t hope to place her products before as many consumers as she could with a national network of independent retailers carrying her products in every town and city.

Some suppliers strive to offset that knowledge gap through extensive market research and consumer focus groups.

Nevertheless, it’s you, the retailer, who mans the front line in the consumer market. Day in, day out, you’ll observe firsthand what shoppers are buying, and why. Long before the marketing departments at corporate headquarters sense a new market trend, you’ll know consumer attitudes have changed. Your insight can be of immeasurable use to suppliers, enabling them to fine-tune their products to the changing consumer tastes. Its value will become even more important as new One problem with the suppler’s use of distrib- computer technology allows you and other reutors and dealers is that she has little direct tailers to track developing trends with the cold contact with the end users of her products. precision of science. continued...

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In fiercely competitive markets of high-priced goods, smaller retailers, like you, try to shift as much of the financial burden to suppliers as possible. The recession’s toll on retail forced many specialty store owners to adopt a “justin-time” approach to inventory. Instead of committing to one large order for a selling season, these retailers placed smaller orders more frequently. When something moved off the shelf, they ordered another. And they expected delivery within days. You’ll be adopting this just-intime approach from day one. All retailers look to their larger suppliers to “presell” recognized brand-name products through a combination of advertising and promotions. continued...

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FORUM WORKSHOP forumworkshop When the programs work, the store traffic that results helps all aspects of the retailer’s business. For local advertising, many manufacturers offer “co-op” finds to offset the retailer’s costs of advertising the manufacturer’s products in local media. Some also supply product literature imprinted with the store’s name and location. As enticement to get store personnel behind their products, manufacturers run incentive programs: Sell so many Brand X televisions and you “win” a trip to Hawaii for two.

those goods. But despite all the ambitious planning that guides a marketing program, you’ll serve as the shopper’s main source for product information. Most people don’t decide what to buy until they’re standing in the aisle.

Successful specialty store owners, servicing a narrow market niche, know everything about their category of choice and anything related to it. Shoppers will turn to you and your sales staff for help in selecting the product right for them. For the specialty store, this service before the sale is critical to survival. Once customers All these promotions and advertising are de- trust your store’s advice, they develop a sense signed to help move products off your store’s of loyalty that keeps them coming back. shelves. Consumers shop stores as sources of continued...

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By default, your store is the consumer’s sounding board when she has complaints or praise for a product. To the shopper, you’re accountable for any purchase made in the store. A poor-quality product may be the manufacturer’s fault, but it’s your problem until that customer is satisfied.

A STORE FOR EVERY SHOPPER What does it take to ensure customer satisfaction? There as as many answers as there are shoppers. That’s why our marketplace supports such a wide variety of stores. Each is developed around a distinct retail concept that caters to a particular group of shoppers.

Discount stores emphasize price over customer service. “Hypermarkets” and warehouse clubs take this approach to the extreme. Pallets filled with products is about as far as these stores go in the service category. In department stores, there’s more attention paid to the needs of the individual shopper. They market goods by category in departments staffed by employees well versed in the products. Take the department out of the department store, add breadth to its selection and service, give it a catchy name, and you’ve got a specialty store. Specialty stores concentrate on a niche of the market, a select class of products thoroughly understood by the staff. For you, the trick is to take this concept as far as possible. continued...

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The theory holds with respect to products that aren’t widely distributed. When you get into mass-market products, there’s “intercompetition” among all classes of retailers for the same business. Eventually that situation forces someone to cut prices to boost sales. Better to sell at a lower price than not sell at all, is how the reasoning goes. It’s a game only the largest retailers can hope to win. As a retailer, you’ll make your money from the difference between what you pay for a product and what you sell it for. continued...

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Before you can begin adding up your profits, you must settle accounts with everyone else your business depends on. The landlord, utilities, employees, advertising, etc. Then, what’s left is your profit. That’s not all going to pay for a family weekend in the Florida Keys, however. When you decide you want The immediate advantage is actually with the to expand the store, or discounter. Most people shop price first. For add another location, them to spend more, you’ll need to offer the you’ll need to pay for consumer some compelling reason to buy your that out of profits. continued...

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