IMPORTANT ISSUE, LOADED WITH MANY NEWS! ITALIANMODA NEWSLETTER The Newsletter for the Users of the ItalianModa Business-to-Business Marketplace published four times a year AUGUST 2003 Issue #9 Maurizio Verga, Editor, info@italianmoda.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- By subscription only! Welcome to your next issue of "ITALIANMODA NEWSLETTER". You are receiving this newsletter because you requested a subscription or claimed interest in ItalianModa. Unsubscribe instructions are at the end of this Newsletter. ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE ------------------------------------------------------------ => New Layout for the Italianmoda Front Page => New Companies in the Marketplace => More, better Search Tools to find Italian Suppliers => Your Control Panel at ItalianModa => Rate your Italian Supplier! => The BillBoard System => More E-Catalogs at ItalianModa ------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORSHIP NOTICE ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the new MIRAGE Shoe Electronic Catalog at http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/mirage ! MIRAGE offers an astounding range of classic & fashion men's Italian shoes. Buy wholesale, direct from the manufacturer, the best Italian footwear. Highest quality & style, low minimums! Visit http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/mirage now! ------------------------------------------------------------ SHORT ANNOUNCEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Maurizio Verga, CEO and Founder of ItalianModa.com, will be in the following States (USA) between August 12 and 26: Georgia (Atlanta), South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC. Any personal communication to Mr. Verga about his trip should be addressed to mailto:verga@italianmoda.com ------------------------------------------------------------ NEW LAYOUT FOR THE ITALIANMODA FRONT PAGE ------------------------------------------------------------ The ItalianModa Marketplace front page at http://www.italianmoda.com/index.cfm has got a major upgrade. It is much cleaner and shorter than before, but it always offer an outstanding range of services and sections. Just leave your mouse cursor over a link for a while to get additional information about the link itself! Most links have been grouped in a different way, just to create "groups of links" aimed at a specific goal. For example, the first box in the left top area of the screen is named "More Italian Suppliers" and let you find new Italian Suppliers asking for Free help to the ItalianModa Staff through the popular "Moda Advisor" service. In that same box you have also a second Search engine box, just finding the Showrooms (operated by Italian companies) matching your favorite keywords. In the right column don't forget to visit the "Getting Started" section, offering valuable information to learn more about the ItalianModa Marketplace and turn it into a terrific Business tool for your company. Below it you can find a new box named "Highlighted E-Catalog". It offers the display of one product randomly taken from all of the Electronic Catalogs individually operated by the Italian Manufacturers joining the Marketplace. If this is the type of product you are looking for, please consider to click it or the name of the Manufacturer to sign in for the E-Catalog! Any comment or suggestion about the new layout of the ItalianModa's front page? Please send us a message at mailto:info@italianmoda.com ! ------------------------------------------------------------ NEW COMPANIES IN THE MARKETPLACE ------------------------------------------------------------ Some of the very latest companies joining the ItalianModa Marketplace: MICHELA ELITE Bridal gowns and ceremony suits for men's, women's and children's RIALTO Luxury women's Lingerie and Beachwear MARTINELLI GINETTO Finest Fabrics for Linens and Home Textiles ARIENTI Classic & Fashion men's Shirts and Women's Wear PAIMAR Huge range of hats, caps and accessories TESSITURA VASINO Curtains, Furnishing and Contract Fabrics COR LINGERIE Nice range of Lingerie and Bras EUROSETA Branded and unbranded silk scarves, neckties and accessories MADA BAGS Broad range of leather and fabric Handbags GIMMY FASHION Printed polyester Scarves, Pareos, and Accessories CITONI Classic and Trendy Women's wear Go to http://www.italianmoda.com/storefronts to visit the company Storefronts. More new companies join ItalianModa weekly ! *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* Do you want to deliver a Request For Quotation (RFQ) about a product or service to many possible Italian suppliers? Just fill in the simple form at http://www.italianmoda.com/reverse You'll get feedback direct from the companies joining ItalianModa! *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE, BETTER SEARCH TOOLS TO FIND THE ITALIAN SUPPLIERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The main ItalianModa's Search Engine has been positioned in the central upper part of your screen, under the name "Power Search". If - before launching a search - the "Find Results with Exact Phrase" box is checked you will be returned with less but more precise results. For example, if you search for "leather handbags" (without quotation marks) and the box is checked you will get a listing of Italian companies associated somehow with the exact "leather handbags" string. If you run the same search with the box deselected you will get more results, as all the companies associated with both "leather" and "handbags" (but not necessarily in a row) will be considered. Try by yourself! After each Search, ItalianModa suggests you even more related Searches able to help you find your next Suppliers more easily and quickly. Below the "Power Search" box there is the new "More Searches" section, introducing a list of related searches: just click one the linked Keywords to launch a new, even more effective, search! You should also have a look at a new box on the left of your screen: "Most Popular Searches". Here you get a (regularly updated) list of the most frequent searches carried out by vthe ItalianModa Visitors. Click any of them and you will get a new page, including a comprehensive listing of new Product Categories, Searches, and Electronic Catalogs related to that popular search term. More, you will find also some links to send a Request direct to all of the Italian companies selling a given type of products. Enjoy the power of the ItalianModa Search engines to find the best Italian Suppliers for your business! ------------------------------------------------------------ YOUR CONTROL PANEL AT ITALIANMODA ------------------------------------------------------------ In the left column of the ItalianModa's Front page (http://www.italianmoda.com/index.cfm) there is the new "Your Control Panel" box. If you already registered with the ItalianModa Marketplace at http://www.italianmoda.com/forms/fashionregister.cfm , possibly to claim your interest in getting in touch with Italian manufacturers to import wholesale Textile, Fashion or Leather merchandise, you can sign in your brand new Control Panel in ItalianModa for Free! Please use the same Username and Password you created when registering with ItalianModa to sign in the Control Panel. Once into the Control Panel, you can have direct and faster access to some important services of the Marketplace: 1. "ModaDisplay", the Electronic Catalog of all of the E-Catalogs individually managed by many Italian companies. 2. "Tender Service", an advanced Reverse Auction system, where you can details the type and quantity of product(s) you are looking for, fixing a price cap. Then wait for rebates from the Italian manufacturers! 3. "Rate an Italian Company", a service to be used after you had closed a deal with an Italian company found at ItalianModa. See next chapter for more info. *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* If you need to find a product or company and you have no time to do it by yourself you may use the Free "Moda Advisor" service at http://www.italianmoda.com/advisor *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RATE YOUR ITALIAN SUPPLIER! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ItalianModa cares a lot about the global quality and service delivered by the Italian companies you can find in the Marketplace. We carefully select them before allowing them to be included, but we know the best evaluation ever comes direct from the Market! Because of this, ItalianModa now allows the international Buyers who closed a deal with an Italian supplier found at the ItalianModa Marketplace to leave a Feedback about their business experience. It is a simple form where you can quickly rate some aspects of your deals with the Italian company. We strongly encourage you to make use of this Rating tool whenever you do business through our Marketplace. Your rating (positive or negative) will supply a set of valuable information to our automatic system. In such a way you will contribute to better assess the global quality of the Italian supplier, sharing your evaluation with others'. When getting a given amount of positive rating the Italian company will get one or more yellow "stars" next to its name. The more stars it has the more satisfied are the Buyers who left the rating! You can use the Rating system when signing in for your Control panel in the ItalianModa Marketplace at http://www.italianmoda.com/cp Please remember you must be a Register User of the ItalianModa Marketplace. Registration is always available for Free at http://www.italianmoda.com/forms/fashionregister.cfm Please keep in mind you can use the Rating system ONLY if you closed a deal with an Italian company found at the Marketplace. If not, please do NOT use it. Cross-checking is always active and any abuse will lead to a permanent ban from the Marketplace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE BILLBOARD SYSTEM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ItalianModa Marketplace has a new Billboard system at http://www.italianmoda.com/blog.cfm This is the section where the Italian companies publish short communications announcing new products or collections, trade shows where they will exhibit, and availability of inventory and liquidation stocks at bargain prices, as well as looking for agents and resellers. Don't miss it, have a look at it now! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MORE E-CATALOGS AT ITALIANMODA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New B2B Electronic Catalogs are available at the ItalianModa Marketplace: ANTARTIDE : http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/antartide Fine silk neckties, woollen scarves and accessories CAMICERIA BOTTERI : http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/botteri Quality men's shirts and neckties CHARME : http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/charme Luxury bed, bath, and table linens and home textiles EMMEBI : http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/emmebi Baby and children's wear LINEA DORI : http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/lineadori Men's and Women's Underwear and high quality T-Shirts MIRAGE : http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/mirage Quality men's shoes VALDI : http://www.italianmoda.com/bstores/valdi Great neckties, ceremony suits, accessories and cuff links ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2003 ItalianModa.com Srl ------------------------------------------------------------ List Maintenance: To subscribe Go to http://www.italianmoda.com/newsletter/newsletter.cfm To unsubscribe Please click mailto:remove@italianmoda.com?subject=Remove_from_Newsletter and send