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, ...

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 ...

Don’t underestimate the impact of packaging in your corporate gifts. Recipients associate the company’s image with how its gifts are packaged. For this reason, using a deep, sturdy and classic basket for corporate gifting is ideal for many reasons:It looks expensive. When giving a gift, the ...

What is a Living Garden Basket?At Pioneer, we don’t just wholesale quality items, we listen to our customers and create our own line of products to meet their specific needs. When customers can’t find a container that fits, a quality basic, an artificial flower that’s botanically correct or a ...

If you prebooked baskets with Pioneer this summer, you are well on your way to a successful season with promotional discounts, locked-in pricing, and guaranteed supply. We also provided marketing tools to floral and gift professionals to take some pressure off during the busy season. Timing is ...

Corporate accounts provide volume. With defined production parameters, efficient and consistent work can be highly profitable. How To Build Corporate Gift Basket Clientele It may seem intimidating, but consider that every business in your area has employees and clients. Even partnering with small ...