October is "Adopt-a-Pet-Shelter Month," and, as far as I am concerned, we should be celebrating this every month of the year. According to the Humane Society, animal shelters care for up to eight million dogs and cats every year and euthanize around four million animals. Today, there are more than 135 million dogs and cats … Continue reading The Best Therapist You Ever Met
Build It & They Will Learn
Last week the White House released their American Jobs Act proposal. Two ideas that caught my eye [were] preventing up to 280,000 teacher layoffs and modernizing at least 35,000 public schools by supporting new science labs, Internet-ready classrooms, and renovations at schools across the country in [both] rural and urban areas. No matter what your … Continue reading Build It & They Will Learn
DollarDays Cuts Through the Site Search Thicket with “Natural Language” Technology
The e-commerce site operated by wholesaler and closeout company DollarDays presents a daunting site search challenge. DollarDays sells some 140,000 products spread across 5,000 departments, and the smaller business owners who typically purchase there [...] often had to navigate through a thicket of unwanted item[s] before finally finding the desired product[s]. But the e-commerce company says … Continue reading DollarDays Cuts Through the Site Search Thicket with “Natural Language” Technology
DollarDays Rings up E-commerce Dollars Using EasyAsk Natural Language Search & Merchandising
EasyAsk, the leader in e-commerce search and merchandising software, and DollarDays, the premier online wholesaler and closeout company, today announced one of the largest and most diverse uses of e-commerce search in e-retail. DollarDays is using the natural language conversion power of EasyAsk eCommerce Edition to get customers from the home page to the right … Continue reading DollarDays Rings up E-commerce Dollars Using EasyAsk Natural Language Search & Merchandising
May No Soldier Go Unloved
This is the slogan used by the nonprofit, volunteer-led organization Soldiers Angels, [which assists] families of veterans and veterans deployed, wounded and moving back into society. These volunteers are mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters of soldiers, as well as regular Americans who know the sacrifices our military makes to keep all of us safe. For … Continue reading May No Soldier Go Unloved
We Are Forgetting About Our Kids
I don’t need to rehash what has been going on in Washington. The moves that were made with the most recent agreements, we are told, were made to protect our children and their future. I am more worried about protecting our children of today to make sure we don’t have a lost generation gliding through … Continue reading We Are Forgetting About Our Kids
Interview: Marc Joseph of DollarDays
This week, it’s my great pleasure to post an interview we ran with Marc Joseph, founder and President of DollarDays, and Kevin Ryan, [DollarDays] Vice President and General Merchandise Manager. It would be great if you could share some details about your company’s history, goals and values. DollarDays is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. It … Continue reading Interview: Marc Joseph of DollarDays
Nonprofits a Loser in All This Mess
Yesterday, July 20, there was an article in The Huffington Post called “Debt Ceiling Standoff Hurts Consumer Confidence.” In The Wall Street Journal today, an article says, “Layoffs Deepen Gloom“ and concludes, “The stepped-up pace of layoffs suggests companies are losing faith in the prospect of a second-half rebound.” Obviously, this is all bad news … Continue reading Nonprofits a Loser in All This Mess
School Supply Giveaway Contest
The Wall Street Journal reported today “For Small Businesses, Recession Isn’t Over.” As a supplier to small businesses of over 140,000 general-merchandise products, we knew the recession wasn’t over months ago, because small businesses are still having trouble getting traffic into their business, [and] those buyers [are spending] less than last year. [O]n top of … Continue reading School Supply Giveaway Contest
64% of Small-business Owners Say Sales Down Due to High Gas Prices
More than 64% of small-business owners polled say revenue is down as a result of increased gas prices, and more than a quarter of those polled say they will have to lay off employees, according to a survey conducted on DollarDays.com. DollarDays, a subsidiary of America's Suppliers, Inc., is a premier Internet-based product wholesaler to … Continue reading 64% of Small-business Owners Say Sales Down Due to High Gas Prices