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Reach Out and Touch - Selling Clothing Online

"There will never be a significant clothing market online," I was once told by a leading Scottish fashion journalist. "People don’t want to buy clothes unless they can reach out... Read more

How To: Establish Trust With an Online Buyer

Without a doubt, the number one obstacle to running a successful online business is getting potential buyers to trust your website enough that they are willing to make a purchase.... Read more

Humanizing Your Website

One of the biggest problems online marketers face is grabbing the attention of surfers. The second is building instant trust between the surfer and the website. The latter sounds practically... Read more

So, You Want to Be a Wholesaler? Here’s How…

As the internet makes contacting and communicating with businesses incredibly easy, more entrepreneurs are considering setting up a wholesaler business. A wholesaler is basically a middleman between manufacturers and retailers.... Read more

Make Sure You Recharge Your Batteries This Summer

Summer is halfway over and if you haven’t taken a vacation yet, you better get going! As one of our expert contributers, Steve Strauss, highlights below, it’s a must for... Read more

What to do if your supplier goes out of business

Well hopefully you don’t have one single supplier! If one of your major suppliers does in fact notify you that they are closing their doors, there’s no need to panic.... Read more

Keeping the Green Movement Going: How to Avoid Eco-Fatigue

Unless you’ve been hiding under a non-carbon based rock for the last five years, you are probably aware that there is a massive environmental movement under way. This movement is... Read more

Reach Out and Touch - Selling Clothing Online

"There will never be a significant clothing market online," I was once told by a leading Scottish fashion journalist. "People don’t want to buy clothes unless they can reach out... Read more

Advertising Do’s and Don’ts

If you’re looking to create an advertising campaign for your business, you need to make sure you approach it correctly if you want it to make an impact. This is... Read more

Buying Clothing Wholesale: Clothing Suppliers

If you want to make a profit by buying and selling wholesale clothing, there are a few important things that you will need to know. You can’t just take a... Read more

Sourcing Products at Auction Houses

Specialty retailers looking for new ways to source products may want to consider visiting local live auctions on a regular basis. The wares are always changing, and while finding products... Read more

Hot Trends: Halloween 2008 for Wholesalers

Did you know Halloween is the second most popular holiday (after Christmas) in terms of decorating and celebrating?  With so many Halloween enthusiasts young and old alike, the year long... Read more

Cash Flow Crisis? Give Bartering A Try

Bartering is a tried and true (and ancient) business practice. It is still commonly used in many countries in every day business interactions. For whatever reason, it is not as... Read more

Staying Afloat During the Storm of an Economic Downturn

If you’ve been reading the financial news magazines and newspapers in recent weeks, you may be a little worried about where things are heading. With financial giants toppling, and the... Read more

How to Get Start Up Capital for Your New Green Business

Q: I am starting a green business but lack sufficient startup capital. Are there federal grants for such a business, and if so are they realistic or even plausible? Rachael... Read more

How hard do you REALLY work?

As we get into the full swing of summer and you begin to look forward to taking that much needed 2 week vacation to the Bahamas let’s take a step... Read more

Recession Wake Up Call

Eve Tahmincioglu who writes the Your Biz Blog over at MSNBC.com had a great post today where she enlisted the help of business coach Dan Murphy, president and founder of... Read more

Using the Web to Draw in Customers

Many brick and mortar stores have learned by now that they need to have a website in order to compete in today’s internet driven consumer marketplace. What many of them... Read more

How To: Establish Trust With an Online Buyer

Without a doubt, the number one obstacle to running a successful online business is getting potential buyers to trust your website enough that they are willing to make a purchase.... Read more

Back to School Special - Seasonal Trending

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... Read more

Boosting Your Sales With Creative Retail Displays

Having an interesting and wide variety of products in your store is important, but without a creative way to display them, you could be missing out on a ton of... Read more

The Best Consultants Money Can’t Buy

No no…I’m not referring to Paris and Nicole. Sorry for the bait and switch. As savvy as those two are at marketing (themselves) I’m referring instead to good old fashioned... Read more

A Primer on Finding Good Employees for Your Small Business

All my life, I have heard people say that good help is hard to find. Why is that? Actually, there are several reasons that increasing numbers of small businesses are... Read more

Use a Professional Employment Organization and Save on Recruitment Costs

If your business is successful enough to have numerous employees, then you’ll be aware of how costly it can be to administer. Whether it’s employee benefits, health plans, simple payroll... Read more

How To: Import Products From Japan

When it comes to business and the market, many Americans operate under the illusion that the same rules apply to imports from other countries as apply within America itself; namely,... Read more

Expanding Globally? Here’s Some Food For Thought…

Going global is a huge step. It’s an important one in every business’s growth. Considering the fact that times are what they are, it could mean the survival of your... Read more

Beat the Weak U.S. Dollar–Go Global!

Expanding overseas is a common idea entrepreneurs have in their business plans as a "down the road" growth option but with the recession and subsequent weakening of the U.S. dollar,... Read more