Lancaster County Tornado Brings Community Together This topic may not be directly related to the wholesale market, but I felt the need to wrote something after what I saw last week. I live 3/4 of a mile away from where the tornade ended in Narvon, PA, and I got to experience first-hand the incredible generosity of the Amish Community. On my way to the Keystone Wholesale Shows on Wednesday, February 24th, I drove by the damage on Cambridge Road and Route 340 at 6:30 AM, and there were already hundereds of community members cleaning up the rubble. By Friday thousands of craftsmen had rebuilt...

Don't Miss This Year's Keystone Wholesale Show! The Keystone Wholesale Shows are this Wednesday and Thursday, and they are shaping up to be the best yet! There will be over a dozen new vendors in attendance, offering you the opportunity to connect with new wholesalers and the beautiful products they manufacture. If you can make it out I highly encourage it. I attended the show last year and vendors go all out with their displays, showcasing their products in a way you don’t get to see when you browse their websites or visit their shop. This is the premier show to meet new manufacturers, and...

Buckeye Tool Show Great Place to Connect with Wholesalers On February 19th and 20th the Buckeye Event Center is holding their annual Buckeye Tool Expo, offering wholesalers and those interesting in the woodworking or metal industries a great place to connect with over 125 vendors. Companies ranging from lumber to advertising will showcase their products to businesses from all over Ohio and bordering states, making it a great resource to meet wholesalers. We are extremely excited to showcase All American Wholesalers at this years show, and can’t wait to meet with Ohio wholesalers face to face...

The Keystone Wholesale Show is Just One Month Away! It’s hard to believe, but the 2016 Keystone Wholesale Show is only one month away! Over the last 6 months Keystone has been busy, locking in over 70 manufacturers, and putting together great giveaways for buyers. BLI is providing FREE lunch for all dealers in attendance, DavCo Advertising will be giving a $2,000 and $500 door prize, and Pine Hill is also doing a $500 door prize. Tabor Hill Wood Shop and Windy Valley Woodworks are also both doing $100 door prizes. In 2016, retail customers are looking for American-made. In a recent consumer...

DavCo Advertising Releases 2016 Lancaster County Business Directory At the beginning of every year there is one thing that remains constant in the Lancaster County wholesale market, the release of DavCo’s “Lancaster County Business Directory.” The business directory has been a valuable resource to the wholesale market for years, featuring hundreds of wholesale manufacturers from Lancaster County and surrounding areas. The directory isn’t just a resource for Lancaster County, DavCo has recently put the directory online to expose these businesses to buyers around the country. The Lancaster...

American Made Products Continue to Grow in Popularity In 2008 after the American economy crashed, imports became an extremely attractive option to wholesale buyers and retail consumers. Consumers were willing accept a lower quality product due to the drastically lower prices imports offered. Almost 8 years later, a lot has changed in the wholesale market, and consumers are looking for the quality that goes along with American-made Products. In a recent study done by www.consumerreports.com , 8 in 10 American consumers say they would rather buy an American-made product than an imported one...

After Years of Service, Wholesale Shows Remain Valuable Resource As the wholesale market for outdoor products, furniture, and crafts continues to evolve, wholesale shows and expos remain a staple in our community. When I began working in wholesale I anticipated the market, like most other markets, to be dominated by online advertising and promotion. I was surprised to find that many of the manufacturers I would be dealing with wouldn’t have their own websites, and rely almost entirely on wholesale shows for their advertising. So, after all these years, what keeps wholesale shows relevant?...

Keystone Wholesale Shows Under New, But Familiar Ownership The Keystone Wholesale shows were formed in 2002 with the primary purpose of helping our local plain businesses sell their products to wholesale buyers from across the country. While they still have a passion for the plain communities, they now include manufacturers from all over the country. In March of 2015 the partners at Keystone decided it was time to take a step back from the shows to give them more time to spend with their grandchildren. They put the Keystone Wholesale Shows on the market, with the intent of finding a buyer...

Help Us Make All American Wholesalers the Premiere Resource for Wholesale Products We are very proud how far All American Wholesalers has come over the last four months since our June 1 st launch. We are now featuring over 30 manufacturers of furniture, gift/crafts, and outdoor structures and products and that number continues to grow each month. As we continue to grow, our number one priority is that we are providing you, the buyer, a one-of-a-kind resource for finding new wholesale manufacturers, and staying up to date with the beautiful American-made products they manufacture. That being...

Swing Kingdom Gives Back With Make-A-Wish Foundation Swing Kingdom is a company driven by their strong values, and sincere mission to bring children around the world fun, quality swing sets and play sets. When they were presented the chance to work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation they jumped at the opportunity to help children in need. Swing Kingdom does everything they can to facilitate the child’s wish for the play set of their dreams. They offer live support to help design the play set according to the child’s interests, and offer full service in the delivery and setup of all sets. Swing...