Small Business Saturday
“Small Business Saturday” www.smallbusinesssaturday.com is an event to support small businesses in local communities. Held for the first time last year on Saturday in America November 24th. Small...
View ArticleRental killing local retailers
Are retailers paying too much in rent? A Savills street survey of 2600 shops in Melbourne tells us an interesting story. The survey showed that whilst premises in Melbourne City centre were doing well...
View ArticleOur first custom build stand
For most wholesalers, June and July are lean months but for us this year they were particularly bad. The mild weather and some cheap (lower quality) imitators had combined to reduce sales. Some large...
View ArticleDelivering 3 Types of Happiness
There are three types of happiness that a business can give their customer: 1. The “Expected” Happiness: The first happiness that comes from their jobs well: good service, products in stock etc....
View ArticleTrade Finance
If you have spent any time at all in wholesale you probably either are using or have considered using trade finance (selling on terms) to increase sales. In fact I recently heard that some wholesalers...
View ArticleThe death of seasons
Earlier this year, Inside Retail wrote a story about “the death of the seasons“. In this article, Nicole Naccarella, GM of Womenswear at Myer, was quoted saying the department store was responding to...
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Our Whirlwind Overseas Buying Trip..
As an importer every now and then we need to go overseas to check out trends and to buy in the new seasons stock. It sounds like great fun, but a it’s a huge amount of work. With 14 plane trips in 21...
View ArticleSix Common Scams Affecting Wholesa..
I hate scammers! As if wholesaling wasn’t hard enough without these guys around trying to steal our money away. As these guys rely on the victims being too embarrassed to mention that they have been...
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