Retailers' Buying Habits (TCR 4/01)

Retailers' Buying Habits

For artists the bigger question is: Are retailers shopping online? As many retailers report that they find artists online, either through artists' Web sites or through wholesale craft sites, as report finding artists at retail shows.

More than a third of retailers say they purchase or consign work they found online. Of those, however, less than 5 percent say they do so frequently. Thirty percent say they do so only occasionally.

Almost half of respondents say they find up to 25 percent of their new wholesale accounts online; the other half reports that they find none.

DO YOU PURCHASE OR CONSIGN WORK ONLINE?

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