Winter 2009

Best Sellers in… Honolulu, Hawaii By Katlyn Murray

Red Pineapple

Customization and customer service rule at Red Pineapple, the chic Honolulu gift shop owned by Nalani Holliday. Red Pineapple is Nalani’s second business venture. She also owns a bakery called Auntie Nalani’s Cookies and was inspired to open a gift shop when many of her customers began asking for more than sweet treats to go into the custom gift baskets that she is known for making.

Red Pineapple is focused on helping customers find exactly what they are looking for. Customers sometimes bring in magazine clippings of items that they would like to buy. Holliday tracks these items down and then carries them in the store. Store staff provide personal shopping services if needed and also call customers to let them know when their favorite products are in stock. The store offers to ship products via regular mail, which saves island customers on shipping costs.

Best Sellers
Overall: Stephanie Johnson bags
Baby: Deglingos dolls
Home: Heavenly Hostess Aprons
Bath: Lollia
Food: Dean & Deluca
Wedding: Red Pineapple custom wedding favors

Nalani Holliday, owner
808.593.2733
RedPineapple.net

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Katlyn Murray

Katlyn Murray is an outgoing, adventurous Los Angeles native and freelance photojournalist who recently moved to Hawaii to study language and visual anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She enjoys capturing the interesting tales of the people that she meets on film.