Company profile
Kole Imports
A profile of Kole Imports, a Carson, California importer of general merchandise and closeouts, recording what the company publishes about ordering.
What this company publishes
- Headquarters
- 24600 Main Street, Carson, CA 90745
- Product categories
- General merchandise, Variety goods, Closeouts
- Buyer types
- Discount and dollar stores, Convenience stores and gas stations, Online sellers including eBay and Amazon, Flea market and swap meet vendors, Non-profits, schools and fundraisers, International wholesalers and exporters
- Geographic coverage
- United States, and export to what the company states is over 100 countries
- Minimum order
- 500 US dollars per order, published in the site header
- Pricing
- Not publicly disclosed
- Shipping and collection
- LTL freight arranged by the company for orders over 100 pounds, a drop-ship programme, and on-site pickup at the Los Angeles showroom
- Account requirements
- Not publicly disclosed
Rows marked "Not publicly disclosed" are fields this company has not published. We record that rather than estimating a figure, and no row here is inferred.
Kole Imports is a direct importer of general merchandise and closeouts, family owned since 1985 according to its own account, operating from a 250,000 square-foot warehouse in the Los Angeles area with a 10,000 square-foot showroom attached.
What the published terms tell a buyer
The order minimum is the clearest signal. At 500 dollars it sits above the level a very small retailer can absorb casually and well below a pallet-buying threshold, which places the company between the closeout wholesalers that sell by the truckload and the general-merchandise suppliers that sell by the case with no floor at all.
The published buyer list is unusually long and unusually specific, running from dollar stores and convenience retail through to fundraising groups and international wholesalers. A supplier that enumerates its customers at that level of detail is telling you the account process is not restricted to one retail format.
Shipping is described in three modes: LTL freight for orders over 100 pounds with the company arranging the carrier, a drop-ship programme, and collection from the showroom. The presence of both a drop-ship programme and a walk-in showroom is worth noting, because those serve very different buyers.
What is not published
Pricing does not appear without an account, and account requirements are not stated on the public site. Neither is unusual for this channel, and neither is recorded here as a figure we assume — both rows say what they say.
The published minimum should also be checked against your own line: an order minimum is not a case minimum, and this company sells goods that are packed by the case. The distinction is set out in what a minimum order actually covers.
Before contacting them
Run the checks in checking a supplier is real, which apply to any supplier regardless of how much they publish, and prepare the account paperwork covered in opening a wholesale account.
Category context is in general merchandise and closeout supply, and the market structure behind it in how the closeout market works.
Sources
- About Us, official site — Kole Imports Accessed August 29, 2026.
- Terms and Conditions — Kole Imports Accessed August 29, 2026.
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