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Associated Wholesale Grocers Streamlines Member Access to Instacart Delivery and Smart Carts

Retail TouchPoints

Cooperative food wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) , which serves independently owned supermarkets, has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer ecommerce and same-day delivery solutions as well as smart cart technology to its member retailers.

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Top Promotional Wholesale Products for Trade Shows

Independent Retailer

Whether you call them promotional items, tchotchkes, or swag, handing out free products or giveaways can greatly attract and encourage attendees to enter your space. Select a provider who has a location in the show city so you can pick up your giveaway and avoid costly freight charges. Sunglasses. Reusable Water Bottles. back to top.

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Wholesale Dropshipping

Independent Retailer

The wholesale product manufacturer creates, packages, and ships the product out to your customer for you, making this a low maintenance business model. In the current web-based world of retail and wholesale, dropshipping makes a lot of sense. What is Dropshipping? Why You Should Drop Ship. Basic Dropshipping Principles. back to top.

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L.L.Bean Expands to Dillard’s and Moosejaw, Plans 4 New Brick-and-Mortar Stores

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wholesale accounts, along with 10 independent specialty retailers in the southeastern U.S. We’re grateful to be in a position to expand our retail presence and build new wholesale relationships in order to serve more customers.” The outdoor goods retailer also will add Dillard’s and Moosejaw to its key U.S. billion in revenues.

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How to Start a Wholesale Business

Independent Retailer

If you are debating whether or not to start a wholesale business, you have come to the right place. As a wholesaler, you are going to be providing products to other companies at a discounted price. Now that you know what wholesalers do, you also need to understand profit margins in order to make money. billion in revenues).

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Glossier Bolsters C-Suite with New Creative, Marketing and Commercial Officers

Retail TouchPoints

Beauty brand Glossier has expanded its all-women leadership team with three C-suite appointments, including the promotions of Marie Suter to Chief Creative Director and Kleo Mack to Chief Marketing Officer, as well as the hiring of former Chanel executive Chitra Balireddi as Chief Commercial Officer.

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5 Ways to Manage Retail or Wholesale Prices

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Price management is one of the most important operation in any retail or wholesale environment. Retailers and wholesalers both must manage merchandise prices. You can set prices for the location of each store or region. For instance, you may have one price for retail, one for wholesale, and one for your outlet stores.