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Fresh Ideas Abundant at Pacific Market Center Spring Home Decor and Gift Show

Seattle - Pacific Market Center, the leading destination market on the west coast, will host the Spring Home Decor & Gift Show April 26-29, 2008, 9 am to 5 pm. New showrooms will be opening... more »

Iota Announces New Licensing Agreement and Product Line With Paperproducts Design

Basalt, Colo. - Popular stationery and surface designer, iota, announces a new licensing agreement with Paperproducts Design (PPD) and introduction of its new PPD product line. Named the iota Designer Series, signature iota patterns Be... more »

For Retailers, ‘Kakadu’ Translates to Profits

From Alaska to Maine, and nearly every state in between, more than 300 retailers in the U.S. have discovered the profitability of the Kakadu product line from Israel. Hundreds more throughout the world have experienced... more »

New Resource Site Online for Gift Basket Makers

Paterson, New Jersey - Gift, gourmet, and floral retailers searching for products and supplies to make gift baskets will find hundreds of sources at GiftBasketWholesaleSupplies.com. This new site features food, gift, basket, and wrapping resources... more »

Luggage store packs its bags downtown

Scratch another legacy retailer from battered Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland.This time it is Traveler's Shoppes and Cleveland Trunk, a luggage and gift store in the city's Theater District since 1936 that traces its history... more »

Local Store Offers Unique Custom Items

The business is inspired. Inspired by creativity, originality and a desire to give people in Dade County a local place to purchase these unique items.Polkadots is located on Highway 11, near the square in Trenton.... more »

Area businesses try to cope with the dreaded ‘R’ word

Longtime restaurauteur Jack McFadden now offers half-portion entrees at his upscale Gables Restaurant in Pennsbury. He uses a scale to measure all meat and fish delivered to his door to make sure he is not... more »

P.G. shops look for support

A "sustainable" Pacific Grove isn't just about the environment; it's economics too, City Councilwoman Vicki Stilwell told her colleagues at Wednesday's council meeting.In her case, the economics of the city didn't sustain her and her... more »

World of Rocks not your typical gift shop

After 22 years in business, Gail Kornbluth says she has developed a loyal following.The owner and operator of downtown Ypsilanti's World of Rocks, 43 N. Huron St., says after moving her business from Ann Arbor,... more »

Friendly Neighbors

Ed Iadarola, owner of Drew Edward's Jewelers, has a lot to celebrate.This past October, his jewelry store celebrated its 10-year anniversary. This past February, he opened The Flower Shop.Mr. Iadarola started working part time in... more »