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				<title><![CDATA[SaunaKing - in reading this thre]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[SaunaKing - in reading this thread I think perhaps you are trying to
do something that may&#160; not be your best strategy.&#160;&#160; I know the
carrot is out there - big bucks from big-box retailers,&#160; but you need
to understand]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Hi Sauna King,
  &#160;
  ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Hi Sauna King,
  &#160;
  I was interested in this thread, so went to your website. Your product looks great, but you&#160;have many, many typos,&#160;punctuation errors&#160;and odd phrasings on your site. It sounds like i]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Hi saunaking,
  If you are ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Sell-to-Big-Box-Retailers.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[
  Hi saunaking,
  If you are still interested in showing your products to Costco let me know.&#160; I have extensive experience conducting business with all 3 divisions of Costco.
  &#160;
  Drop me a note and let]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[As a former buyer, I would not s]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[As a former buyer, I would not suggest sending an email and being so direct. Buyers are busy but if you`re proposal is compelling, they will think about it. The reason is that they do not want to miss an opportunity to differentiate or risk being embarasse[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Alex,
How are you communicating]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Alex,
How are you communicating with them, phone or email?&#160; The problem with buyers is that they are always busy with new or existing vendors and will not respond when we want them too even if they are interested in your product.&#160; Yo]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dear ethnicomm,
I am the corpor]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Sell-to-Big-Box-Retailers.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dear ethnicomm,
I am the corporate sales manager for a computer manufacturer, who is making a new and unique mobility product for the "ultra portable" pc market. This market segment is HOT! I have been only been actively working at g]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I don`t think you need to have a]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Sell-to-Big-Box-Retailers.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I don`t think you need to have a warehouse, rent, employees etc and you certainly don`t need to sell online.The large retailers will do an DI program with you - let then commit to a container and pass on the savings to them. You get an LC first, pr]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[KB buys from&nbsp;our&nbsp;facto]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[KB buys from&nbsp;our&nbsp;factory in china&nbsp;and distributeds to retailors. Now our factories are making our own brand "saunaking". In the long run, what we want to do is slowly eleminate&nbsp;KB so to speak cutting of the "middleman". Therefore, "S]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am really confused now.&nbsp; ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am really confused now.&nbsp; Where does one purchase your products?&nbsp; I know you say places in this thread but&nbsp;you have&nbsp;not given your visitors a clear path to purchase.&nbsp; When you go the the site the SunForce site you just click on "W[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[This is one of our OEM clients, ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This is one of our OEM clients, sell in Homedepot, Costco and Wal-mart. &nbsp;SaunaKing2007-7-19 16:36:45]]></description>
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