Kole Imports Blog

Promo Pallet Display Pallets On The Sales Floor In A Retail Store

One of our customers sent this picture of some of our Promo Pallets displayed in their store.  As you can see, display pallets of merchandise from our Promo Pallets collection look great on the sales floor, and they allow you to add more items for sale without having to add shelving or wall hooks.  We have a wide selection of Promo Pallet displays, from counter-top single-item displays to large multi-item pallet displays that you see in the picture.  All of the items in a display have the same UPC code, so it is quick and easy to add to your POS system.

To see all of our Promo Pallet items, go to http://www.promopallets.com/, a special website we’ve built to display and sell our Promo Pallets line.  Take a look around, and you’ll find something perfect for your store and get a great wholesale deal.

Michigan Wholesale Mart Show

Come visit us in Michigan at the Michigan Wholesale Mart Show and see our newest wholesale closeouts and specials.

Make your reservations now for the Las Vegas ASD Wholesale Merchandise Show.  The show runs from February 27 to March 2, 2011.  We’ll be there, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Upper Level, Booths V1000-1020 and V1100-1120.  This is the same location we’ve been in for the last few years. 

This year we’ll have more show specials and closeouts than ever before, and we’ll be unveiling our newest Promo Pallets as well. We are in the process of receiving a huge lot of closeouts. You will see them all in Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas ASD Merchandise Show is the biggest wholesale merchandise show in the United States, and it’s the only place you’ll be able to shop so many different wholesalers and see their wholesale merchandise in person. As a bonus, there are lots of fun things to do in Las Vegas at night after the ASD show closes. Buy a plane ticket and fly out to see what’s new and have some fun in Las Vegas. You’ll be glad you did. We hope to see you there.

Here are some helpful links from ASD.  We’ll see you there.

Show registration is here:
http://www.asdonline.com/info/registration

Hotel reservations can be made here:
http://www.asdonline.com/march/hotel-travel

It’s time to make your New Year’s Resolutions.  What are you going to do differently this year?  It’s time to make some changes which will improve your personal and business life.  In order to be effective, these resolutions need to be Specific, Measurable and Stated In The Positive.  What does that mean?

Specific:  State exactly what you intend to do. 

Measurable:  Build measurability into the resolution, giving specific numbers of pounds you want to lose or money you want to make. 

Stated In The Positive:  The resolution should say what you will do, not what you are going to stop doing. 

Don’t say “I’ll try to get more exercise.”  Do say “I will exercise an hour a day 5 days each week.”  Don’t say “I’ll make more sales in my store.”  Do say, “I will increase sales in my store by 10% in 2011.”   Don’t say “I will stop eating junk food.”  Do say “Every day I will eat healthy nutritious foods which are good for my body.”

If you are clear in stating to yourself what you intend to do, your mind will go to work making your resolutions come true.  If you resolved to increase sales by 10% and you find your sales flat at the end of February, you’ll know that action is necessary to reach your 10% goal by the end of the year.  If you keep doing what you did last year, you’ll get the same results.  If you are committed to keeping the promise you made to yourself, you’ll find a way to increase your sales.  More impulse items?  More advertising?  Bigger signs in front of your store?  Seasonal items?  Regional sports team merchandise?  Big sales?  Funny gadget items?  If you’re focused on keeping your resolution every day, you will find yourself experimenting with new things every month until you find what sells, and you’ll hit your 10% target. 

The purpose of a New Year’s Resolution is to make your life better by prompting you to keep promises to yourself.  When you make resolutions this year, be serious about them, write them down, and put them somewhere you will see them every day.  Then spend the year having fun trying different approaches to keep your resolutions.  And don’t make weak resolutions.  Really challenge yourself, and you will find that you have a very happy new year in 2011.

Heart Decoration # HM345

It’s time to stock your store for Valentine’s Day.  It’ll be here before you know it.  Kole Imports can help, with a huge variety of wholesale closeout Valentines Day items at great prices.  We have many different Valentine’s Day decorations and gifts.  We won’t be reordering any of these when they sell out, so order now to get the best items.  These are very nice quality closeout items from some of the USA’s biggest stationery and party supply companies.

If you’ve never sold Valentine’s Day items in your store, think about selling them this year.  Most of our items are wholesale priced low enough to be retailed for a dollar, which means they are inexpensive impulse items, which will add to the size of your customer’s average order over the next month.  It’s an easy way to add a little more profit to the beginning of your year, and it is also another way for you to better serve your customers and give them items they’re looking for.  It’s a true win-win situation.

Click here to see our Valentine’s Day items.

Family Car Window Decals # CA292

We’ve just received a big wholesale closeout lot of car window decals in a variety of styles, and we’re selling them for 49 cents each.  You know the ones I’m talking about.  These are decals of parents, big kids, medium-sized kids, babies and pets, which people put on their car windows to represent the members of their family. 

We also have a few other styles of car window decals, including soccer balls, shamrocks and flowers.  Window decals are still very popular, and these items originally sold for well over a dollar.  They would be a great bargain in a dollar store, or even priced at $1.99 in a discount store.  We’re wholesaling them for 49 cents, so you’ll make a profit no matter how you price them. 

These are closeouts, so you need to order now to make sure you get some.  When they’re sold out, they’re gone.  You can find them on http://www.koleimports.com by searching for “window decal.”

Christmas shopping season has begun.  What can you do to boost your store’s sales this holiday season?  Of course, we’re going to recommend that you buy wholesale Christmas merchandise from us (We have more wholesale Christmas items this year than ever before), but there are other things you can do as well. 

Start out by looking at your store and imagining you are a shopper getting ready for Christmas.  What are you looking to buy?  If you’re like most people, you have a few very specific needs and a lot of vague ideas.  This makes you especially susceptible to impulse items.  You may go to a discount store looking for Christmas wrapping paper, and as you walk through the store you see Christmas stockings for the kids, clear tape to use when wrapping presents, small inexpensive toys to put in the stockings, an As Seen On TV item to give to your weird uncle who already has everything, a mini LED flashlight for your mom to keep in her car for emergencies, socks and underwear for the kids.

As you can see, getting ready for Christmas doesn’t just mean stocking christmas items.  Retail shoppers are also looking for gifts of all sizes and prices during the holiday season.  If you have a lot of great gift items way in the back of your store, and all of your Christmas decorations and wrapping paper in the front of the store, will your customer make it to the back of the store or not?  Consider creating displays of great gift items and placing them in the front of the store along with your Christmas items.  Christmas shoppers are often in a hurry, but they will grab an impulse item if it is easy to find and it fits their Christmas gift giving needs. 

Letting people know you have Christmas items is also very important.  You should have signs outside the store advertising Christmas items as well as displays inside the store.  If you want to go the extra mile by dressing your employees up as elves, we have 794 elf costumes to sell, item number AR004, which we bought as a closeout.  We’re wholesaling them for $2.75 and the minimum order is 24.  If you’re not into elves, we have hundreds of other low-priced wholesale Christmas items, which you can see on our webstie by clicking here.

Getting yourself and your employees into the Christmas spirit is very important.  Holiday shoppers can be stressed out and rude, and it is important for a retailer to maintain a friendly, calm demeanor with everyone visiting their store.  As a manager, it’s up to you to communicate this to your employees and keep them motivated enough to make your customers feel welcome.  Customer service is a difficult job to do well, but it makes a huge difference.

Take some time today to look at your store and objectively ask yourself if you’re ready for Christmas shoppers.  You’ll find areas for improvement, and you will be able to improve your store and boost your profits. 

Kole imports wishes you a happy and profitable holiday season.

We’re coming to Houston with our newest wholesale merchandise and closeouts.  Come see us December 8 – 10.

Kole Imports is and will continue to be a dollar store merchandise supplier, but we also carry a variety of Over $1 wholesale items perfect for all kinds of stores.  Our closeout buyers have found great deals on higher-priced items, and our customers love the variety.  Our latest lot of wholesale closeouts includes craft and home decor items, like animal statues, crafting toolboxes, yard art and signs, craft items, pictures and home decor items.

If you’re looking for some high-quality items for your store at a low wholesale price, take a look at what we have to offer on koleimports.com or call 800-874-7766 to talk to one of our salespeople.  We’ve never had this much variety before, and we know you’ll find great items to sell in your store.