ETD: 814 Member Needs Information answers; Landplanfran; Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market

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Tue Aug 31 11:14:11 GMT 2004


  E-Tailer's Digest --- Everything for the  Retailer
  Issue #0814             August 31 2004
  George Matyjewicz, Moderator         mailto:georgem at gapent.com
  Published by:  GAP Enterprises, Ltd.  http://www.etailersdigest.com
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  CONTENTS

  [1]  Greetings
  [2]  Member Needs Information answers
  [3]  Landplanfran
  [4]  Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market

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  [1]  Greetings.
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Hi All:

We have some answers to member help inquiries in the last issue.  Any other 
help?

For those of us who find trade shows to be effective, there is still time 
to make the Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market.  That venue is the 
largest in the U.S., and well worth the trip.  Most folks believe the 
January shows are key, but often you find better deals at the fall shows.

Today we have information on Landfranplan.  Tell us about your business 
which will remain  for posterity at our  "Members: Who Are You?" 
site.   http://etailersdigest.com/resources/members/index.htm And we have a 
form there for you to tell us about you.  As I said when I first proposed 
this idea, we have "known" each other for a long time, yet we often don't 
know anything about each other.   So, tell us who you are and what you do.

Now, let's get to everything for the retailer.

Sincerely


George Matyjewicz, PhD
Chief Global Strategist, GAP Enterprises, Ltd.
mailto:georgem at gapent.com
http://www.etailersdigest.com

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  [2]  Member Needs Information answers
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For new member Lonny Dill needing info:
 > Etailer software reviews
 > Credit card fraud protection for etailer
 > Server suggestions
 > Phone systems
 > State evaluations of inventory taxes
 > Shipping supplies sources
 > Shipping carrier cross comparison
 > Secondary damaged shipment insurance

Here is someone for Secondary damaged shipment insurance.

The website is www.pipinsure.com talk with Scott Gehner at 1-800-325-7390 
x-20.   For association rates mention the NMOA.

If there are any companies that need group Health insurance or want to try 
and lower their current Health insurance rates, please read this page:
http://www.nmoa.org/healthins.htm

Best regards,

John Schulte, President and Chairman
National Mail Order Association (NMOA)
http://www.nmoa.org
Tel: 612-788-1673

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  [3]  Landplanfran
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Landplanfran sells gardening and outdoor living products.  By using our web 
site, customers streamline their searches, gain insight into product 
suitability and compare alternatives.

We feature the best products from competing online merchants and promote 
their seasonal sales.

Landplanfran evolved from selling live plants on eBay to a mainly affiliate 
publisher of exceptional merchants. We have been in business for five years 
including the eBay learning curve.  We rely on search engine optimization 
(SEO) and have a high percentage of repeat customers.

Shopping price points are moderate to high end.  Browse and buy at 
http://www.landplanfran.com

Fran Greicius, Owner
Landplanfran
15330 Beechwood RD
Findlay, OH 45840
Tel: 800.830.1266
Fax: 800.830.1266

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  [4]  Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market
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The Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market is the last order-writing 
show of the year, September 11-13, 2004.  This is a great opportunity to 
build your southeast buyer base and add 2 points to your seniority point 
base.  A 10x10 booth is only $1580.00!

We will have about 200 Gift temporaries and 100+ Gourmet temporaries...in 
one location - Building 3, Floor 1.  We anticipate between 10,000 - 12,000 
buyers in attendance.

The show is small enough for the buyers to walk the entire floor, 
discovering product they would not see in July/Jan unless they were 
shopping the category specifically.

Drayage - September is different from Jan/July.  Drayage IS included in the 
booth package for POV's.  If you ship your product to Freeman in advance, 
you will be charged a handling fee to bring it over to show site.  There is 
NO marshalling yard.  You are allowed into the dock on a first-come, 
first-served basis.  Freeman will unload your product and bring it to your 
booth.

The temps are now located together (Gift and Gourmet) in Building 3, Floor 
1 for the first time.  This will make move-in and move-out much easier with 
direct unloading access from the street onto the exhibit floor.

Product in the Gift temporaries is a mix of gift, home accents, fashion 
jewelry, garden, framed art, and imported as well as hand-made product.

Buyers are from the Southeast and made up of independent gift and home 
furnishing stores, hotel/hospital gift shops, "mom & pops," specialty 
stores, boutiques, decorators, etc.  This show is also attended by regional 
theme parks (DisneyWorld, Dollywood).

Over 40% of buyers do not attend July or January, preferring the smaller, 
more casual atmosphere of the Fall Gift market.  This gives the exhibitor 
another opportunity to establish new buyer accounts.

  Please feel free to email me at mjackson at americasmart.com or call me at 
404-220-2234 if you have any questions or if I can be of any 
assistance.  You can also visit our website at www.americasmart.com to 
download the application to exhibit.

I hope to hear from you very soon!

Regards,

Mary Ellen Jackson
Executive Director
404-220-2234

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