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Pizzaz offers that personal touch
More than a year ago a local mother and daughter decided to open up a gift shop together in Gulf Breeze. The Gulf Breeze women knew they wanted their business to sell items not necessarily... more »
Valuing independents
To encourage residents to shop at locally owned businesses, Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker and the group Shop Local Raleigh last Thursday issued a statement declaring July 1-7 to be "Independents Week.""All of those businesses you... more »
Three Bears for three times the shopping fun
Three Bears Gift Shop is open at Parkside Place in Invermere. The store is the brainchild of husband and wife team Daryl and Wendy Stankewich.The store is a gift shop with a twist.The couple have... more »
World Market Center Las Vegas to Honor Influential Designer Vicente Wolf as Design Icon at September Market
Las Vegas -- World Market Center Las Vegas and Las Vegas Design Center will honor design visionary Vicente Wolf of Vicente Wolf Associates Inc. as its Design Icon September 16 during the Fall Las Vegas... more »
Cloud B Wins Creative Child, PTPA Media and Dr. Toy Awards
Los Angeles, CA – Cloud B®, a children's toy and accessories company specializing in sleep products, announced that it has won prestigious awards from Creative Child, PTPA Media (Parent Tested Parent Approved) and Dr. Toy.Gentle... more »
Downtown Denver Partnership to focus on retaining business
Downtown Denver Partnership officials will put a new emphasis on attracting and retaining businesses in the coming year, going as far as communicating with every significant office whose lease is up for renewal.The new initiatives,... more »
Appleton jewelry designer Susan G. Allen finds sparkle in business
Appleton — Good things come in small packages.That saying can apply both to jewelry boxes and to jewelry businesses.Susan G. Allen, owner and designer of her self-named jewelry manufacturing company and boutique in Appleton, has... more »
Danielle and Company® Announces 4 New Product Launches This Season
Scranton, PA. - Danielle and Company, manufacturers of award-winning organic products for your bath, body and home, will be launching 2 new product lines, 1 gift line and 2 new scents this tradeshow season.First to... more »
Wine, gift store in downtown Bloomington plans expansion
Bloomington, IL -- A. Renee, a wine and gift boutique in downtown Bloomington, will more than double in size by fall. The 1,200-square-foot store at 306 N. Center St., which already offers gourmet foods, chocolates,... more »
Profile: Countryside Cottage
Countryside Cottage is a gift shop that also carries home decor, jewelry and much more."We try to have a selection of gifts that the customer is happy to purchase and the recipient is excited to... more »
Crowds help shore merchants breathe easier
Atlantic City — Last week, Judy Urban admits, she felt she was walking on eggshells - or seashells. Preparing for the make-or-break weekend of the summer season, after a month of rainy weather, she would... more »
Marketing musings with no blarney
Just back from the Emerald Isle and a long overdue vacation. It was a bit of a pilgrimage... to the pubs, to the ancestral village and parish church, and to Dublin and James Joyce's lair... more »