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1. Loan applications.
 You want to apply for a bank loan to start or grow your
business.
Statistics will strengthen your case and prove industry
value to a bank manager who needs to see documentation about
the industry before approving your loan.
2. Mailing list
expansion.
It's time to start or expand your direct mail or electronic
mailing list.
As
a wholesaler, supplier, or distributor, statistics that
provide gift basket retailers' names, addresses, Web sites,
and other contact details that's available from one source
is what's needed to increase profits.
3. Competitive
data.
Competitors are in more places than you have time to visit.
An up-to-date listing that includes competitive data
compiled in city, county, and state order, along with Web
site addresses, uncovers where they are so you can
devise a plan to keep your clients and get theirs, too.
Many more reasons exist, but these are the top three
responses
we've received from hundreds of company CEOs, managers, and
representatives who order this report each week.
What's In the Statistics Report, and How Current is the Data?
Your custom-created report is compiled with data from
numerous sources (unrelated to our own internal mailing
list) that update their statistics monthly, so
you can be assured that what you receive was gathered
the previous month.
Each report is delivered on an Excel spreadsheet and,
depending on your request, will include any combination of the
following:
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Company name
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Full address,
telephone number and fax number
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Web site
address (where available)
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Year
established (where available)
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Type of
business
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Estimated
annual sales (where available)
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Number of
locations
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Number of
employees
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Owner's name
and title
In
addition, your report, which only documents U.S.A. firms,
can be compiled according to number of gift basket retailers
in each:
Many individuals and businesses of all size invest
in this report when:
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Ready to test
a new product for industry launch
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In-house
research is too costly or time consuming
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Preparing to
dominate market share within a particular region
Not since 2001 have we had the data to create this report, but
it's available now in the manner you specify with the above
options.
Reports with in-depth information will take a few days to
compile and deliver electronically, while data that simply
lists the number of companies selling gift baskets in a
particular area is delivered quickly.
What
Makes Me the Expert to Create Your Report?
I'm Shirley George
Frazier, and when you research my name on the
Internet, in bookstores, and by asking gift basket
retailers, you'll learn that my name is synonymous with the
industry.
My
experience began in 1989 when I decided to start a gift
basket business, which opened in 1990 under the name
Sweet Survival.
The shop started slowly as I learned more about marketing
and client relationships, and by 1995 my business not only
grew tenfold, it also gained media attention as I displayed
gift baskets for special and everyday occasions on:
In
1997, I wrote the book
How to Start a
Home-Based Gift Basket Business, published by The
Globe Pequot Press. Now in its fourth edition, it continues
to be called "the industry bible" by thousands of aspiring
and veteran gift basket designers.
The Gift Basket
Design Book followed in 2004, now in its second
edition.
Business and consumer publications regularly request quotes
and articles from me on starting a gift basket business to
share with their audiences.
I also travel extensively to
trade shows and adult education centers throughout the United States to conduct gift
basket seminars, including events in:
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New
York
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Los Angeles
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Atlanta
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Boston
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Charlotte
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Chicago
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Cleveland
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Dallas
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Denver
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Las Vegas
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Miami
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Orlando
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Washington, DC
My
experience also includes:
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Design
competition judging at gift basket conventions and other
industry trade shows
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Articles
featured in:
- Gifts &
Decorative Accessories
- Fancy Food
- Gift Shop Magazine
- Gift Association of America newsletter
- Rave Reviews Magazine
- By Design
- Retail Store Image
- Gift Basket Review
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An industry
newsletter launched in 1994, now published and delivered
online every Wednesday and Sunday, with archives housed
at
GiftBasketsNewsletter.com.
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Research and
publication of
Gift Basket Statistics 2001, a comprehensive
report about the industry from 1916-2001.
GiftBasketBusiness.com is the best-known
and well-traveled industry site on the Web. It launched in
1998 and is the place where I've created a comprehensive,
online environment for industry hobbyists, newcomers,
veteran designers, manufacturers, suppliers, and related
professionals.
The
companion blog
provides up-to-date ideas and insights about the industry,
and a
complete family of affiliated sites is listed below.
My
office library is extensive and catalogues articles,
photographs, and includes industry data available beginning
in the early 1900s, and many of these documents are no
longer available through the originators.
These materials allowed me to compile the Gift Basket
Statistics 2001 report, and now I'm taking the process to a
new level of informative data so that you can make the right
decisions to build your sales.
Here's How
to
Place Your Order
 There are two options to order your statistics.
1. By Phone.
Call office manager, Karen Smith, at (973) 279-2799 to
create and confirm your gift basket statistics' report.
Karen will ensure that all specifications are included,
provide a time table for delivery, and quote the investment
price.
2.
By Email.
 Email Karen
(info at giftbasketstatistics dot com) to complete and
confirm your order.
As
with Option No. 1, Karen will ensure that all specifications
are included within your report, provide a time table for
delivery, and quote the investment price.
Questions about the gift basket statistics report are
welcomed by Email or telephone at the above addresses.
Gift basket industry statistics are not available anywhere
else in the world. The investment cost for
each
unique report starts at $495, and while the price
does not fit every budget, those who order can move forward
confidently knowing that the data is a blueprint for success.
My staff and I look
forward to freeing your time by creating a report
that provides the detailed statistics that grow your business.
Yours truly,
Shirley George Frazier
Author, Professional Speaker, and Gift Basket Industry Expert
P.S.:
The sources selected to create this report constantly update
their data because it's their business to ensure that what
you receive is correct. Contact me if you have any questions
before ordering your custom report.
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