BabyNewsStores

Thinking of opening a store in the juvenile industry, but do not know where to begin? Not to worry. Here at Baby News we can help with lease negotiations, site planning and store layout. New store owners also go through a period of orientation where they are exposed to the everyday activities of owning a store and making contacts with the manufacturers' representatives.

Already own a store and looking to gain a competitive advantage? Baby News can help you through a proven program of merchandising and advertising. As a Baby News store, you will form the most complete children's department store offering service and quality at competitive prices. There's no store quite like Baby News!

We deal with over 300 manufacturers and inventory in excess of 4,000 different items. We are also the exclusive West Coast Distributor for several manufacturers such as Graco, Britax, Cosco, Evenflo, Munire Furniture and for many specialty products in many different categories such as cribs, car seats and strollers.

We are a quick-ship organization which allows your store to expand its product selection while reducing your on site inventory. This allows you to utilize your retail space more effectively and also can help you better manage your cash flow operations.

We also have many direct-ship programs available with the most widely used vendors in the industry. These programs are available either on a direct basis or with billing performed through Stanford Distributing. These programs offer exclusive pricing incentives, rebate offers, freight concessions, and advertising allowances to allow you a competitive edge and a greater bottom line.

Our goal, as an organization, is to enable you to receive goods at the best possible price available. We will supply you with a list of all the programs available as well as all the necessary order forms.

We have over 50,000 sq. ft of warehouse space accessible to our stores 24 hours a day with the click of a mouse. Our web site allows stores to access real-time inventory of over 4,000 sku's, order online, calculate costs and retain markups, and generate receiving documents all through the comfort and convenience of their own personal computer.

These options allow you to save time in ordering and receiving as well as allowing you to expand your product selection while reducing your sku's.

Our state of the art web site also automatically generates and sends you "Order Confirmation" and "Notice of Shipment" e-mails so you can easily track your orders with our warehouse.

In this industry, for you to continue to operate in the best possible manner you need to have certain products that are exclusive and not in the discount stores. We have our own private label, "Baby Luxe", and we coordinate with several manufacturers, such as Graco, Evenflo, Cosco, Mobi, Munchkin, and Perego, on developing exclusive items for our association and our group affiliations.

Baby News holds periodic association meeting & events to discuss all aspects of retail business and the Juvenile Industry.

These meetings include industry seminars plus roundtables, guests speakers and new product introductions. These meetings also help provide a forum for store owners to get together to exchange ideas and solve problems.

In addition to exchanging information , these meetings and events also help solidify the life-long friendships that inevitably develop once you join the Baby News family.

We create a full colorannual catalog with color pages of product from the industry's most widely respected vendors such as Graco, Evenflo, Britax, Cosco, Munire Furniture, Peg-Perego and many more. These catalogs are created with direct store input at our various Baby News meetings. Each store has their own personalized cover and back page with their own store information.

In addition to the obvious customer value, these promotions help obtain and secure many of our price guarantees and vendor programs. Combined with our established mailing program, successfully targeting your customer is within reach.

We send out weekly memos to our stores relating information about the juvenile industry. These memos include valuable information such as good sellers, new items, idea exchanges, and educational-type articles and recalls. All these mailings are intended to keep our stores as informed as possible and as up to date as possible in the industry so that they can make the best decisions possible.

We also keep an up-to-date e-mail database allowing us to communicate industry information, manufacturer specials and promos as quickly and effectively as possible. Our website also generates automatic e-mail "Order Confirmations" and "Notices of Shipment" allowing our stores to keep track of their orders with our warehouse.

On behalf of our stores and at no extra charge to them, we belong to many other organizations that help benefit our stores' retail operations. Our stores are members of the National Home Furnishings Association, and several other groups that can offer savings and benefits in areas such as product discounts, manufacturer specials and promotions, freight, and store supplies and equipment.

Our affiliation with ABC also allows our members to attend the industry's finest trade show, The ABC Juvenile Products Exposition, the largest exclusive independent juvenile products trade show in the United States. Click the association logos below to visit their web page.

We offer exclusive Baby News gift cards and charge card programs in which you can have your own Baby News gift or charge card. The charge card-thru Wells Fargo Bank lets you offer extended payment plans to your customers. At no or little cost to you.