How to Start a Dollar Store: A Complete Wholesale Sourcing Guide
What to stock, how case packs work, how to calculate margin at fixed price points, and a practical opening range for a new discount store.
Wholesale Guides
Wholesale Buying Guides
Practical, no-nonsense sourcing advice for retailers, dollar store operators and bulk buyers — written by the team at JMD All Star Impex Inc. from more than 30 years of wholesale distribution.
Whether you are opening your first store or refining a range you have run for years, these guides cover the buying decisions that actually move the needle: case packs, minimums, seasonal timing, and which categories earn their shelf space.
Wholesale Buying Guide: Case Packs, Minimums and Bulk Pricing Explained
The vocabulary and mechanics of buying wholesale — case packs, MOQs, landed cost, price breaks and terms — explained plainly for retailers new to bulk purchasing.
The Best Wholesale Product Categories for Convenience Stores
Non-food categories that consistently justify shelf space in convenience retail, and how to think about space, margin and turnover when choosing between them.
Wholesale Christmas Supplies: A Retailer’s Sourcing Guide
Why holiday buying happens in summer, how to plan a Christmas range that sells through, and what to avoid carrying into January.
Wholesale Winter Products: Stocking Your Store for the Cold Season
Cold-weather categories that sell, when the wholesale buying window actually opens, and why winter stock is a lower-risk seasonal buy than Christmas.
Have a sourcing question we haven’t covered?
Call (732) 287-0123 or contact our wholesale team — we are happy to advise on range planning even before you place an order.