Do you ever consider the benefits of selling wine baskets? Whether they are part of your current offering or an area you’d like to grow, wine baskets are an important part of gifting. A wine basket aligns with important gifting trends. Consumers today tend to prefer purchasing gifts that support ...

When buying hardgoods for your business, there are a few items to consider when building your order. This is especially helpful when purchasing baskets for a busy gift basket season. When you’re scrambling to make it a profitable season, here are a few tips that remind you how to make the most of ...

For a year-round gift basket business, it is important to have options for everyday occasions. These are the reasons customers and corporations need gift baskets 365 days a year, such as for new homes, new babies, new hires, or any sort of congratulatory effort. And a study by the Society of ...

Merchandising baskets in your retail location solves many challenges for shop-owners. Good displays increase traffic, increase sales, and increase individual purchase volume. It also gives you the added benefit of more working space in your back room! We know the space in your design area is at a ...

In May and June, Pioneer Imports & Wholesale offered a prebook program on baskets because we know Q4 brings a huge spike in the gift business. Our goal was to set you up for success and profit!However, if you didn’t prebook, you can still order today and get ahead of the Q4 rush.Better ...

Welcome to the Pioneer Imports & Wholesale Sample Room!In the past few years, our business, like so many others, has gone thru times of change and reinvention. One of these exciting changes is our redesigned Sample Room. By appointment only, we welcome your company, starting September 20, ...

What to call artificial flowers – Part 3: What term should I use? In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed how consumers refer to artificial flowers. In Part 2, we discussed the variety of ways that floral professionals refer to artificial flowers. But which is the best one for your business? Below ...

What to call artificial flowers – Part 2: What do floral professionals call artificial flowers?  In Part 1of this series, we noted that “artificial flowers” is the term people search most often online, but is it the right language for the professionally designed product you provide? Is it ...

Looking for Part 3: What term should I use? Click here!What to call artificial flowers – Part 1: What do consumers call artificial flowers? In the famous Shakespeare excerpt, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.”Well, Bill might think the naming of things ...

As designers, you need your supplies shipped to you. And shipping costs can drastically affect the designs you make and the customers you serve.  Your Retail Price = Cost of goods + Markup. Cost of goods includes the price you pay to have the product shipped to you. For example, if a $10 box of ...