Artist Spotlight: Wendy Cleveland

Sustainable, washable bags with fair trade artisan detailWhat would inspire an attorney and licensed customs broker to leave her job and pursue a patent for a new handbag design and to begin working with marginalized... more »

Museum Store at The Children’s Museum of Atlanta

A smart place to playThe Museum Store at The Children's Museum of Atlanta is certainly not one of those, Don't-touch-the-merchandise" stores. Instead, store staff encourages guests to bang on the xylophone and shake the maracas,... more »

The Maritime Aquarium Gift Shop

Where the sea and the Sound are put on displayA purchase from the Maritime Aquarium Gift Shop in Norwalk, Conn. is more than a great souvenir — it's also a great way to give back.A... more »

Editor’s Letter: Cleaning Up

If you own a business and have never read anything by Seth Godin, best-selling marketing author, blogger and founder of Squidoo.com, I highly suggest that you do. All 14 of his books have been bestsellers... more »

Showroom Shopping

Make it part of your sales strategyThe experience is everything," retail experts Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender of "The Kizer & Bender Institute of Marketing Strategy" believe. And as any specialty retailer knows, creating a... more »