Archive for the 'Sales' Category

The Boston Globe:
As Gloucester native Ann Andrew recalls, it didn’t take much for her to dream up Mommies Who Shop, the series of suburban shopping events and “play dates” for mothers that she launched two years ago. A former director of merchandising at the now-defunct Sigrid Olsen who’d left her job in 2004 to become [...]

The Boston Globe:
In a failed toy store in Hingham Square, four women are taking on the recession in style.
Their brainchild, which opened in December, is a cooperative shop that the four “mompreneurs” hope will weather the recession and serve as an incubator for other mothers with business ideas.
“We wanted to do something creative and mom-friendly,” [...]

Bedford News:
A love of music and sheep farming has added up to an unusual fundraiser, New Hampshire-style, for Bedford High School’s music department.
Donna Ferranti was the only one of four children to move away from the Rollinsford sheep farm where they grew up. Her parents still live there, and her sister and two brothers are [...]

Cleveland.com:
When Tricia Hodson opened up a shop on Etsy two years ago, her sigh of relief was likely heard all around Garrettsville, her home of 11 years. Gone was her concern that her crocheted and knit creations would bomb locally.

“My neighbor doesn’t have to love them,” the stay-at-home mother of two said lightly. If long, [...]

PR Web:
Started in 1998 as a small online retailer of children’s and baby toys, Genius Babies has grown into a national supplier of developmental and educational toys. Over the past ten years, they have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine and the New York Times for their high-quality, innovative products, unique web site, excellent customer [...]

Business Edge News Magazine:
Jody Steinhauer’s small business has come a long way since she started it from her apartment with $1,000 two decades ago.

The Bargains Group, a Toronto-based discount clothing wholesaler, sells about 5,000 clothing products to retailers, as well as providing branded promotional items to other small and medium-sized firms and charitable organizations.
Steinhauer, who [...]

TheRecord.com:
A new parent is usually occupied with thoughts of sleepless nights and diaper changes.
Agata Majerski was thinking about a business opportunity.

Majerski was pregnant with her first son while she studied biology and chemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. She began thinking about the type of stroller she wanted, but found they were not available [...]

The Sydney Morning Herald:
The front door opens and two poppets in pyjamas scramble over each other to say hello before their father shoos them off to bed. It’s a school night. And, besides, they’re not even allowed in the lounge room. That’s where Mummy’s having her party. She’s showing her friends her frilly knickers [...]

If you don’t enjoy the product, how well do you think you’ll do when you try to sell it? When you’re not sure about something you hope to sell, your potential customer will most likely going to pick up on that in your presentation.
Angie Aller, a distributor for LifeMax could tell you that. [...]

STNG:
Shopping with a purpose is the theme behind the second annual Vendor Show organized by the MOMS Club Grayslake - South. The event includes 17 vendors selling children’s books and toys, candles, makeup, jewelry and more. All proceeds benefit a Lake Villa-based charity called Newborns in Need, which helps sick or needy babies and their [...]