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Georgie Lou’s Retro Candies and Gifts Finds a New Home in Carlisle

Carlisle, PA - Finally, Georgie Lou's Retro Candy & Gifts in Carlisle has relocated just in time for the holidays.The 4-year-old candy and gift shop owned by Stephanie Patterson Gilbert reopened Dec. 12 at 56... more »

Shop Small Momentum Carries into Holiday Season

Sauk Valley, IL - While the founders of Sauk Valley Shop Small know it can be difficult to quantify their ongoing goal of boosting awareness of small local businesses, some numbers are coming in to... more »

Fun Stuff! is a Stocking Stuffer Gift Shop

Birmingham, MI - It's always a good time at Fun Stuff!Chief Fun Officer Denise Kulak recently submitted information about the Birmingham business through the Patch Small Business Spotlight.Here are her answers.What does your business offer? more »

Plymouth Teen Opens Jewelry, Boutique in Mason City

Mason City, IA - Michael Meacham was 15 years old when his mother, Deborah Meacham, told him to get a job.Instead of getting a job he decided to start his own jewelry business. Two year... more »

Kittson Boutique Owners Reflect on Local Business

Grand Forks, ND - It’s been two years since Nicole Johnson, 24, and Tessa Hiney, 26, saw their conversation over coffee transform into the reality of Kittson Boutique.The two met in summer 2011 at a... more »

Making Cents: Gift Shop Emphasizes “Home-Grown Kind of Stuff”

Chesapeake, VA - The past and present have collided for Louise Franklin and she couldn’t be happier.Franklin opened her store, Past & Present Gifts and Home Décor, on Nov. 15. She owns it with her... more »

New Home Decor Store Isabella Sparrow Brings Vintage Farm Style to Bryn Mawr

Bryn Mawr, PA - On the days she is not at her new shop, Hillary O’Carroll is out traveling around eastern Pennsylvania on what she likes to call her “hunting and gathering” rounds. That’s when... more »

Kelly Launches Her Soft Toy Shop in Ipswich

Ipswich, UK - There have been some famous bears in fiction; Rupert, Paddington and Baloo, for example.Now there is a chance to have you own individual bear, and name him (or her) too.With Christmas just... more »

Shoppers Fill Haddonfield Shops for Small Business Saturday

Haddonfield, NJ - Crowds of shoppers lined the streets and filled the more than 200 shops in Downtown Haddonfield during Haddonfield’s Small Business Saturday weekend, Friday, Nov. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 1. 

As part of... more »

Gift Shop a Hidden Gem

Hillsdale, MI - Noel Bisher, manager of the Hillsdale Community Health Center's gift shop, believes the shop is a hidden gem in Hillsdale County.Bisher, who recently took over the position as gift shop manager, said... more »