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Global Pet Expo 2018 photo gallery

The 14th annual Global Pet Expo took place March 21-23, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. Gift Shop magazine staff were on site to report on the thousands of new and innovative products for the pet industry. What started as... more »

Up With Paper to celebrate 40th anniversary at upcoming National Stationery Show

Up With Paper, the original pop-up greeting card company and the world’s leading marketer of innovative three-dimensional greeting cards, introduced its very first collection of six pop-up greeting cards at the 1978 National Stationery Show... more »

Easter spending expected to be second highest in NRF history

Easter spending is expected to total $18.2 billion this year, almost on par from a record $18.4 billion in 2017 but still the second-highest level on record, according to the annual survey released this week... more »

Gift for Life and NSS Team Up Again for AIDS Walk New York

For the seventh year in a row, Gift for Life and the National Stationery Show are once again joining forces to sponsor a team to walk in AIDS Walk New York on Sunday, May 20. AIDS Walk... more »

Urban Expositions announces the launch of The Gathering West

Urban Expositions, a leader in the Gift & Souvenir tradeshow business, announced today the launch of The Gathering West, a by-invitation-only hosted event for the souvenir & gift market’s winter buying needs. The Gathering West is... more »

Attendance is up at The Rocky Mountain Gift Show and Denver Apparel Market

The combined Rocky Mountain Gift Show and Denver Apparel Market presented over 70 new exhibitors and welcomed more stores than in previous years. Numerous exhibitors reported significant orders from new, out-of- state retailers in addition... more »

Exhibitor application deadline approaching for NY NOW juried sections

This summer, NY NOW®, the Market for Home, Lifestyle + Gift, will bring together the design and décor industry for the highly-anticipated summer 2018 market at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New Yok City. The... more »

Top Shop Award winners announced at Niche Fair

The show floor at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland was buzzing as Niche Fair, a wholesale gift show, launched February 23 & 24 in Cleveland. While modern shopkeepers found a curated collection of makers... more »

UK card shop finds itself in middle of Russian spy poisoning

When the staff of G&T’s World of Cards greeting card shop in Salisbury closed up last Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. and left the store by the back door, little did they know that only... more »

Merger between Dexsa and James Lawrence companies

2018 has brought some exciting changes to the Dexsa Company.   As of January 1st, 2018 Dexsa Company has taken over the James Lawrence Company and everything now falls under the Dexsa brand.  Since the start... more »