- Market Directly to the Consumer
- Party Plan
- Direct Mail
- Telemarketing
- Multilevel Marketing
- Television Infomercials
- Pay-Per-Call
- Internet
- Market Through the Government
- Market Through Distribution Channels
- Market Through Foreign Trade
- Market Through Specialty Channels
- Market Through Email
- Retail Stores
- Sales Promotion
- Media Outlets
- Entrepreneur Profile
- Start-Up Costs
- Operating Costs
- 20 Financing Approaches
- Choosing a Bank
- 4 Cs of Credit
- Underwriting
- Loans
- Equity Financing
- Extending Credit
- Equipment Leasing
- Venture Capital
- Angel Investors
- Personal Guarantees
- Bookkeeping and Financial Statements
- Entrepreneur Profile
- Tax Basics
- Income Taxes
- When To Pay
- Minimizing Taxes
- Home Business
- Travel and Entertainment Expenses
- Automobile Expense and Mileage
- Retirement Plans
- Medical Expenses
- Sales and Use Taxes
- Property Taxes
- W-4 and I-9
- W-2, W-3 and Form 1096
- FICA, Social Security and Medicare
- Unemployment Taxes
- Form 1099
- Payroll
- Business Tax
- Excise Tax
- Tax Tips
- Audits
- Business Insurance Agents
- Workers’ Compensation
- Property Insurance
- General Liability
- General Medical
- COBRA
- Directors and Officers
- Employment Practices Liability
- Errors and Omissions
- Product Liability
- Operations
- Business Interruption
- Disability
- Life
- Claims
- IRS Section 125
- Home-Based Business
- Entrepreneur Profile
- Nondisclosure Agreement
- Sale of Goods Agreement
- Sale of Specialty Goods Agreement
- Terms and Conditions
- Promissory Note
- Guarantee
- Corporation Articles of Incorporation
- Corporation Bylaws
- Bank Resolution
- IRC Section 83 Election
- Independent Contractor Agreement
- Employment Agreement
- Sexual Harassment Policy
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What are the sources for off-price and clearance stores?
Manufacturer Overruns: Manufacturers often overestimate the demand for a product and produce too much. They sell the leftovers at low prices.
Factory Downtime: Many manufacturers have slow periods when it is cheaper to continue running the assembly line than to close it. At these times, they often agree to produce products at a fraction of normal costs.
Warehouse Relocations and Closures: Manufacturers and wholesalers regularly relocate or close warehouses, creating the need to sell large amounts of merchandise.
Canceled Orders: A retailer or wholesaler may go out of business or cancel an order before delivery.
Discontinued Products: Manufacturers introduce thousands of new products a year to replace older lines. They also test market and then discontinue many new products. Other leftovers include out-of-style designs or colors or fad items past their peak.
Buy Backs: The manufacturer sells the merchandise to a retailer. The manufacturer guarantees the sale within a specified time period. At the end of the period, the manufacturer buys back the remainder, selling it at a substantial discount.
Customs Appropriations: US Customs often appropriates and auctions abandoned or confiscated products.
Excerpted from Business Start-Up Guide © 2002, Tycoon Publishing