The sun is finally out and this year, for the first time in a long while, it looks as though we will have a proper summer here in the UK. With the sun shining so brightly and most of us not used to this phenomena there will be plenty of people looking to add a pair of nice sunglasses to their fashion accessory collection.
Books are always a great stock item for wholesale traders not only are they a popular item amongst retail buyers they’re also easy to store, package and send. On top of that there is a plethora of review sites out there allowing would be customers to check whether they’re buying the right book for them – these review sites can also serve as a great aid to wholesale buyers as they can be used as a gauge on whether or not to stock a book or not.
Since the rise in popularity of modifying cars throughout the 90s the car audio industry has boomed to the point where almost a third of cars over 7 years old now have some kind of aftermarket stereo system. Whether it’s a high end sound system or just a better replacement for the standard manufacturer unit there are many consumers out there in this sector.
It may not have felt like it here in the UK due to the elongated grip of winter but Summer is coming and with it comes new retail opportunities for traders. Much of the UK public will be trawling the high-street and the internet for their summer fashion fix and whether they’re planning on some holliday time abroad or just relaxing on British shores one item that’s proving ever popular year-on-year is the enjoyably named flip flop.
Ever since the smart phone revolution there has been an ever increasing amount of devices that can play musical content. As these devices are usually compact their speakers are generally pretty poor and hence have given opportunity for the rise of a plethora of docking stations which not only pump out music at an increased level they also charge up your device. It’s this ever popular sector we’re looking into for this month’s case study.
With international sales revenue of over $200m USD there’s not too many sneaker fans out there that haven’t heard of US footwear giant Vans. Exceedingly popular in the UK, Vans started out in California pre-dominantly marketing to skateboarders and other street extreme sports where during the 70s the company experienced a huge boom in popularity. Nowadays you’ll find someone with a pair of Vans trainers on every UK high street and they are stocked by all of the UK’s biggest footwear retailers. The beauty of the Vans range is that it is ever evolving resulting in the customers always wanting the latest styles and designs on their feet – this has been the company’s secret to success over the last decade or so.
They are perhaps a product that’s not on everyone’s radar, when a lot of people think ‘buying wholesale’ their first thoughts go towards products like electronics and clothing not perishable items such as flowers. Maybe it is because they have a limited shelf life that many wholesale buyers skip past the flower sector? Or is it because the flower industry is simply overlooked by budding traders? When recent reports from the UK Flowers & Plants Association puts the market consumer spend in Great Britain on fresh cut flowers and indoor plants at £2.2bn per year (thats more than the UK music industry) can you afford to miss out on this sector?
Stone Island have been a long standing high end Italian fashion brand bridging the gap between couture designer garments and high street fashion, selling extremely well with men aged 18-50 in the UK. Due to the popularity of the brand we’ve had many requests from our wholesale buying members to find reliable, genuine suppliers of this well known sportswear brand.
The problem in the wholesale industry with many high end designer clothing brands is their popularity, everyone wants to source the brand at a low cost and this in turn gives rise to counterfeit goods which no-one wants to stock or sell. That’s where the expertise of our research team come in ensuring that we source supply information for authentic Stone Island wholesalers.
So with their objective defined the WholesaleScout research team began investigating possibly distributors of genuine Stone Island clothing with the aim of finding a supplier that could offer a wide range of the brands products from jumpers to polo shirts and jackets. This wholesaler also needed to offer value alongside the variety enabling our members to make a healthy return on each lot of stock bought.
Yep, it’s that time of year again! The weather turns from wet and windy to finger numbingly cold and frosty and retailers look toward the burgeoning Christmas market sector. However we’re not going to focus on what gifts are going to sell well this year, or what is going to be the next big thing in the children’s toy market – we’re going to focus on trees, Christmas Trees. As the retail sector focuses on the hoards in shopping centres it’s a product that’s often overlooked but you’ll find a real Christmas Tree in 20% of UK households this year (according to a recent survey by Which?) so with a product one in five households desire, in a sector reputedly worth £1bn each year in Europe,you’ll be guaranteed some willing buyers.
The cosmetics industry has been a lucrative one for retailers for almost a century with the health and beauty industry now worth over £15bn a year in the UK it’s a market with no shortage of buyers. However this sector has always been very brand focussed with the vast majority of customers only interested in buying the best products from brands such as Mac, Smashbox, Urban Decay and Dior amongst others, the great difficulty for start-up wholesale traders has been finding wholesale suppliers of these brands and this is where the WholesaleScout.co.uk research team can help.
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