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2011年10月22日 星期六

Adding Wholesale Baby Accessories to Your Baby Boutique

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Wholesale baby accessories add that extra touch that ties everything together in your baby boutique. Stocking complementing products increases your opportunity for up selling, particularly when customers purchase clothing with coordinating colors and prints they can layer as a set. Building a complete gift thoroughly adds a personal flair that is unmatched. For your best chance at business success, consider some of these irresistibly charming items.

Creating an Ensemble

Rarely do you see an outfit on display with a sign next to it that reads, "Well that's all, folks!" Wholesale companies are always eager to provide delightful baby accessories, using similar prints or hues. A fashion-forward baby dressed in a full ensemble is absolutely endearing. Matching bibs with clever sayings or appealing designs are for the practical mom in favor of expression. Hats are incredibly popular in numerous styles, from standard baseball caps, to knit beanies and floppy boat hats.

Whether it is plain or sporting huge pompom balls that tie under an infant's chin, it is by far the most delightful way to protect a little one's head from the sun. Little girls' headbands and hairpieces are a common boutique favorite (even if they do not have a full-head of hair yet!). Other additions for girls' dresses are colorful or lace accented tights and socks with timeless Mary Jane's.

Welcome to the World

New parents celebrate bringing their newborn home to a fully decorated and themed nursery. From the paint color on the walls to the stuffed elephant positioned in the corner of the crib, on top of the blanket Grandma knitted for the new arrival. This day is starting a new chapter for everyone involved, and it should be obvious to all why the full picture needs to be just right. Parents strive to create a soothing and visually appealing nursery for their children. From the bedding and pillows with corresponding mobile hanging above it, to the dolls, rattles, and plush toys - all have a "home" inside your infant's room.

As the child graduates from crib to bed, parents welcome the toddler years as they hunt for all new decor, such as growth charts to hang on the wall, personalized with the child's name. Diaper changing tables make way for new piggy banks and tooth (fairy) holders.

Preparing to Add New Inventory

Your wholesale baby accessories should come from a manufacturer that knows how to merchandise them properly. This means brilliantly planned and executed packaging, labels, and POP (Point of Purchase) displays to showcase items in ways to which customers will respond as they browse your store. Racks and other assorted shaped containers or baskets are recommended for displaying more petite items that do not transfer well on a shelf or hanging on a rack. Search for companies with unique and innovative products designed in collections. Promote layered gift giving to optimize your inventory selection and volume of sales.

Wholesale baby accessories are a monumental means of kicking add-on sales into high gear for baby boutiques.


2011年10月16日 星期日

Wholesale Baby Accessories: The Exhibition of Baby Boutique Suppliers

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With designers including more styles for infants and toddlers in their collections each fashion season, the demand for wholesale baby accessories is on the rise. This is a painless guidebook to gathering information about baby boutique suppliers at industry specific trade shows.

Maintaining a profitable business requires the ability to understand your target audience. What do they need and what do they want? What do they wish they had but just cannot seem to find elsewhere? What do they value? How do they make purchasing decisions? If you have done your homework and can answer these vital questions, you are ready to attend industry trade shows and really explore what is out there waiting for your business.

Trade shows are an exhibition for companies in specific industries to demonstrate and feature their products to potential retailers. As an attendee at a private show, you are exposed to the newest items and services on the market. Trade show exhibitor numbers can be in the hundreds to thousands, depending on the size of venue - an exorbitant amount of products to take in!

Wholesale baby accessories fall into two industry categories: children/infant, and gift. If you are attending a show for the first time, a good strategy is to start with the most specific, and in this case it would be children. Although baby boutique suppliers exhibit at gift shows, they are not the majority - the category is vast and includes so many other items that may not apply to your business.

A Suggested Trade show

ABC Kids Expo - Louisville, Kentucky

The ABC Kids Expo is the premier juvenile products expo in the nation. Boasting over nine hundred exhibitors, it is one of the fastest growing trade shows in North America. Sounds like a lot, doesn't it? Not to worry. The showroom is divided into specific categorized sections: Apparel/Layette, Baby Gear, Nursing/Feeding, Baby Care/Safety, Furniture/Bedding, Gifts/Room Decor, and Toys/Games/Books. Last year, over 14,000 retailers (just like you) attended this show.

Key Advantages to Attending

Show Specials

Manufacturers frequently run show promotions for attendees only.

Awareness

There is no better way to be exposed to this many companies and products all in a matter of days. Bring a small carry-on suitcase with wheels. You are going to need it by the time you grab catalogs from every designer or distributor you are interested in.

Networking

Meet new business contacts and have fun shopping while you are at it! Face to face interaction and sales are just that much more personal.

Samples, Samples, Samples

You may wind up putting a few of these in that catalog-stuffed suitcase. One thing the phone and Internet cannot replace is the effect of holding the product in your hand. See the actual size of items. Get a feel for the quality before you decide to buy.

Buying wholesale baby accessories from baby boutique suppliers is a piece of cake when attending industry specific trade show exhibitions.