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Holiday hiring time not joyful; Retailers expected to add fewer workers

Odds are greater this year that the person who rings up your holiday purchases will be a year-round worker rather than someone hired for the season.If labor trends hold, retailers will add fewer temporary workers... more »

Holiday fever: Start your shopping engines

Christmas came early to Lakeside Avenue this year, and it's sticking around.The first ever "Holly Jolly Christmas" weekend united shops along the 1 more »

Store gazing

Never have I been so excited to not find a parking space.Last Friday night, as I drove around and around and around downtown Bangor, I noticed something unusual. Not only had the sidewalks not been... more »

Return Fraud to Hit $3.7 Billion this Holiday Season, According to NRF Survey

Washington, November 7, 2007 - As retailers across the country gear up for increased holiday sales, they are also bracing for higher returns, some of which will be fraudulent. According to the National Retail Federation's... more »

Get Lost in a (bigger) Country

Snow Hill -- It might be called Lost in the Country, but this gift shop is actually located right in the middle of downtown Snow Hill.Lost in the Country, the gift shop owned by Susanne... more »

Doing Laundry, Shoveling Snow or Shopping at the Mall: Yahoo! Poll Finds Holiday Mall Shopping Is the Real Chore

Sunnyvale, Calif.--According to a new Yahoo! poll conducted by Harris Interactive, consumers see the Internet as essential to taking some of the pain out of holiday shopping. The survey finds that 66 percent of holiday... more »

New York Market Producers Launch Cooperative Marketing Campaign

White Plains, NY - Four New York Market entities - tradeshow producer George Little Management, LLC (GLM) and permanent showroom buildings 41 Madison, 230 Fifth Avenue and 7 West 34th Street - have extended their... more »

Pacific Market Center tenant, Park Avenue Agents, hosts sample sale holiday fundraising event

Seattle - Park Avenue Agents of Pacific Market Center will host its 15th "Gift for Life" sample sale benefiting The American Foundation for Aids Research (amfAR). Donated merchandise including everything from gifts, toys and books... more »

Buffalo Games Wins Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award

Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Games, makers of the Monster Maker card game, have been granted a Creative Child Magazine 2007 Preferred Choice Award in the "card games for kids" category. Monster Maker is an outrageous... more »

Sierra Nevada Fine Art Photographer Announces New ‘Nature’s Fine Art’ Tiles

Carson Valley, NV - Wolfgang 'Wolf' Kohz, popular Sierra Nevada landscape photographer and Tahoe-area resident since 1966, announces the launch of his new Nature's Fine Art tiles. These 9-3/8" square ceramic tiles are handsomely framed... more »