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Melrose International collaborates with Adama

Melrose International, a wholesale supplier of home, holiday, and giftable décor, partnered with Adama LLC, sister company to Adama-Alma S.L. (Adama) of Barcelona, Spain. Adama manufactures vinyl rugs, tableware and wall art in Spain and... more »

BookExpo selected titles for Editors’ Buzz program

BookExpo selected titles for the 2019 Editors’ Buzz program, which features the top authors and titles expected to resonate with readers in the coming months. There are three Editors’ Buzz Panels where the books’ editors will... more »

Retailers respond to threat to raise tariffs

The National Retail Federation's (NRF) David French, senior vice president for government relations, responded to the President’s threat to raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10 to 25 percent. “Tariffs are taxes paid... more »

Dallas Market Center to open Western Fashion Accessories showroom

Dallas Market Center, a western lifestyle marketplace and home to WESA’s International Western/English Apparel & Equipment Markets beginning in 2021, said that Western Fashion Accessories will open a permanent showroom inside its western marketplace. Western... more »

Craft House Designs to rebrand as Col House Designs

Craft House Designs said it will be rebranding under the name Col House Designs, effective June 1, 2019. With this name change, Col House Designs demonstrates its unique approach to home decor while embracing its... more »

Lovepop introduces the Koala Family 3D Card

Lovepop has released a new design, the Koala Family 3D Card. This pop up greeting card speaks to both family and friends. "No occasion is too small, and no relationship too insignificant to go out of... more »

Expanding offerings with premium baby line: Top plush toys manufacturer introduces ebba

{Sponsored} In the world of baby gifting, one thing is certain: birthdays and baby showers happen year-round. Unlike other retail sectors, baby doesn’t rely most heavily on the busy holiday season to bolster sales. If... more »

Brandwise selects Fintech Fundbox as finance partner

Fundbox, a Fintech company dedicated to simplifying the way businesses pay and get paid, said Brandwise has selected Fundbox as their exclusive business-to-business (B2B) trade credit and financing partner; leveraging the company’s B2Bpital platform to... more »

Dallas Market Center opens Smarter Living by Design

Dallas Market Center, home of the largest residential lighting marketplace and largest open-daily design marketplace, will host a grand opening of the first smart home showroom in North America, Smarter Living by Design. The permanent... more »

ASTRA 2019 Marketplace & Academy features new Play from Day One zone

The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) said its new Play from Day One zone at this year’s Marketplace & Academy will showcase products that support play across the lifespan starting at birth and moving... more »