Jan 17, 2008
GHTA’s Retailer Advisory Board to Present In New York

The Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA), the industry’s non-profit professional trade association, will sponsor seminar at the New York International Gift Fair on Sunday, February 3 at 2 p.m. in the Javits Center, Room 1A02-03. Two of GHTA’s Retailer Advisory Board Members – Carol Schroeder of Orange Tree Imports and Cinda Baxter of Details, Ink. – will present the hour-long seminar in the organization’s popular “Retailer to Retailer” discussion format.

During the seminar, Schroeder and Baxter will explore issues and opportunities facing retailers in today’s marketplace. This fast, fun and interactive program will offer retailers ideas and inspiration, as well as practical solutions and strategies. To register, visit www.nyigf.com. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 onsite.

Watch for additional, upcoming Retailer Advisory Board seminars at markets across the country at www.giftandhome.org. The Retailer Advisory Board is led by GHTA chairperson Andy Bjork of BrassSmith House and has added two new members – Roseanne Brown of Venice Stationers and Debbie Dusenberry of Curious Sofa – this year. The 2008 Retailer Advisory Board members are:

  • Cinda Baxter, Details Ink in Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Roseanne Brown, Venice Stationers in Venice, Fla.
  • Debbie Dusenberry, Curious Sofa in Prairie Village, Kan.
  • Melissa Haberstroh, The Burlap Horse in Boerne, Texas
  • Carol Schroeder, Orange Tree Imports in Madison, Wis.
  • Sonia Mott, Motiff in Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Tom Ungrodt, Ideation Inc. in Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Gina Zagerman, Waterloo Gardens in Exton, Pa

About the GIFT AND HOME Trade Association:

GHTA is the gift and home industry’s non-profit professional trade association formed to help vendors, sales agencies, industry affiliates and retailers work together to improve the industry. GHTA’s mission is to lead and transform the gift and home industry to ensure its long-term health and viability. GHTA hosts an annual conference, and distributes monthly newsletters, to inform and educate its members. GHTA also has a nine-member Retailer Advisory Board that advises on how best to support independent gift and home retailers. GHTA can be reached at 138 Garfield Street, Denver, CO 80206, 1-877-600-4872 / 720-748-4872 Fax: 509-479-5254, or by email at info@ghta.net. For more information on the GIFT AND HOME Trade Association visit giftandhome.org.


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