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he economy is defi nitely taking an upturn, and 2011 looks to be a better year for wholesalers and retailers


alike. That’s the word from the wholesalers Independent Retailer interviewed recently, with all agreeing that the New Year will bring increased sales and business. While one of the biggest surprises of the recent economic upheaval is that consumers have now become more savvy, smart businesspeople will see this challenge as an opportunity to grow and prosper. One of those in agreement is straight-


talking Steve Ladd, president of bed sheet wholesaler, Country Club USA. “Our sales are good and getting better because we consistently beat the competition with high quality, low prices and on-time service,” Ladd says. In business since 1939, Country Club is always trying to stay one step ahead of the competition, and with what consumers want. Consequently, the — cont’d pg. 101


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provide independent retailers with what they need, but who supplies the other wholesalers? That’s a question Summit Road Distributing asked itself, and will be answering when it rolls out SummitRoadWholesale.com this month. “The idea is that we’ll be a distribution center for other wholesalers,” says


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Summit Road Distributing marketing director, Jennifer Rudolph. The original Summit Road had been


serving a regional market of retailers in the Southeast for nearly 30 years, and then went nationwide in 2008 with the launch of its website, summitroaddistributing. com. “We were serving a more regional market of wholesalers and independent distributors, who’d — cont’d pg. 112


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