Yes, it’s time!

Sounds like we’re getting ahead of ourselves because we haven’t mentioned anything about Halloween. It’s just that the anticipation of buying and selling Christmas products (the biggest profit-maker) has already begun and many of the items are a real treat to see! We’ve got plenty Halloween merchandise though, including head-turning costumes, spooky outdoor and indoor home décor, and pumpkin kits that will fill your caldrons and store shelves to maximize your sales.

Seems as if only last week we were talking about back-to-school products. We don’t need to remind you that we carry an extensive selection of school supplies all year long, (which includes children’s character licensed wholesale products). But you don’t really need to worry anymore, you’ve got that covered, right? Remember our showroom has begun to harvest Halloween and Christmas wholesale merchandise already, come in or log onto 4sgm.com and see! Just contact your sales representative or e-mail iss@4sgm.com for details now!

If you don’t know whom your target customer is, your strategies grow weak, go off track and ultimately fail. Here are some questions about demographics, lifestyles, and customer wants to get you started to identifying your target customer.

How much does the target customer spend on your retail category? What type of job does your target customer work in? What is their ethnicity? What is their education level? What cultural values and customs are important? How does the target customer spend his/her time? How important is your product to the target customer? Is convenience important? Another good question could be whether they are male, female, or both?

Perhaps it sounds like just a bunch of questions, but if you identify and focus on the right demographic, you spend your dollars in the right categories, you avoid excess dead merchandise, and buy products that bring you true profit. Get to know your customer, and then get to know www.4sgm.com, your profit source – today!

Posted 34 hours ago

A long-time Wichita candy store is on the market. [Link]

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Posted 34 hours ago

Starbucks Corp.'s Seattle's Best Coffee brand said it's now sold in 30,000 locations, a tenfold increase since March of this year. (SBUX) [Link]

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Posted 34 hours ago

The owners of the local Saxbys Coffee franchise are opening a second location in an unusual spot — inside an auto dealership. [Link]

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Posted 34 hours ago

Home Express Sales and Lease LLC will close its original New Albany, Ind. store at 1638 E. Market St., on the corner of Market and Vincennes streets. [Link]

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An appeals court has reinstated Wisconsin’s minimum markup law, overturning a district court decision that found the law violated federal antitrust rules. [Link]

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Kuru Kuru Sushi expects to open its second Oahu location at Kahala Mall in late December. [Link]

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Pho Vietnam opened at 777 Kamokila Blvd. in Kapolei last week. [Link]

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Posted 35 hours ago

LifeWay Christian Stores, one of the major Christian bookstore chains in the United States, is moving into the Twin Cities after acquiring five Northwestern Book Stores in the area. [Link]

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Posted 35 hours ago

After opening a second showroom in Kaneohe earlier this summer, Discount Windows & Doors will soon expand the 4,500-square-foot space by up to 40 percent as it adds kitchen cabinets and appliances to its stock. [Link]

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Posted 36 hours ago

The Riverstone Shoppes has become the third retail center in Parkland to be hit with a foreclosure. (FITB) [Link]

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Bella Petrella's Holdings Inc., a pasta sauce manufacturer with ties to DeBartolo Holdings, could raise as much as $1.3 million after expenses in a stock offering. (KR) [Link]

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Burns & Scalo has begun demolition of a South Side building in order to make room for an Aldi grocery store. [Link]

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Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has made management changes at its St. Louis casinos and will combine some back-office support functions to improve margins, the gaming company said Thursday. (PNK) [Link]

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Posted 37 hours ago

A host of public officials gathered in St. Paul on Friday to highlight how $3.3 million in government funds are helping to pay for $8.5 million in expansion work and energy efficiency upgrades at J&J Distributing in the city’s North End. [Link]

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Publix promoted Joseph DiBenedetto to Atlanta Division vice president. [Link]

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Posted 38 hours ago

Revenues for Winston-Salem-based Krispy Kreme Doughnuts rose by 6.3 percent to $87.9 million in its fiscal second quarter, while net income rose to $2.2 million from a loss of $157,000 compared to a year ago. [Link]

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Posted 38 hours ago

Plans to construct a $50 million Toyota-Scion processing facility in Temple have been delayed three years, economic development officials announced with an extension to incentives for the project. [Link]

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Posted 38 hours ago

Venerable Cincinnati furniture store Closson’s will close its doors this month after 144 years in business. [Link]

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Posted 39 hours ago

A new Hard Rock Cafe is expected to open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa before year-end. [Link]

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Ocean City is already saying goodbye, Earl. [Link]

Posted 42 hours ago

Investor awaits final court approval for takeover of department stores. [Link]

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Posted 2 days ago

Eva Mendes, who wore Dior to the Academy Awards, hosted the cocktail party for the luxury boutique. [Link]

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Posted 2 days ago

Balenciaga boutique, located at 10 Avenue George V, marries the history of the house with the futuristic vision of Nicolas Ghesquière. [Link]

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Posted 4 days ago

The world’s second-largest retailer reported first-half net profits of 82 million euros. [Link]

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Posted 4 days ago

It looks like the retailer has snared one of the hottest labels in Europe for its next designer collaboration. [Link]

‘”Consumers will be looking for retailers that provide the best return for their dollar. This clearly gives the advantage to discounters, warehouse clubs and online retailers over department stores and mall-based retailers” stated National Retail Federation’s President and CEO Tracy Mullin in recent survey findings.

To you, the retailer, this means as competition escalates, your inventory must be in tiptop shape, displaying the latest trend (at cheap prices of course) and as the French say the crème de la crème up in front of your aisles because more customers are coming to shop at your store!

Our wholesale stock includes the basic essentials that are of quality and many brand name items from shampoos, toothpaste, soaps, sun tan lotions, and grooming kits, to little luxury items such as hair dryers, fondue sets, framed art and of course our entire line of children’s licensed products! Ideal merchandise for your inventory.

Retailers everywhere are gearing up for the only holiday in which wacky ‘World’s Greatest Dad’ neckties, golf clubs and barbeque sets prove to be thoughtful gifts.

Variety shops, gift shops and even dollar general stores will be the places that consumers will hit first! Need some help with finding unique gifts in wholesale quantities and prices? Then, you’ve come to the right place – gifts are a Four Seasons’ specialty!