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Toy Store Caters to Local Shoppers for 20th Holiday Season

Glen Rock, NJ - After two decades, Grow-Cery is more than prepared to help local shoppers find the right items during another holiday season.“In this type of business, not much changes,” said owner Dee Stevens.... more »

A Candy Store Straight Out of the Past

Wendell, NC - Stepping into The Candy Store in downtown Wendell is like stepping back in time. The handmade gifts, vintage toys, and the bushel baskets of “penny candy” wrapped in wax paper are reminiscent... more »

Local Christmas Shopping Lucrative for Small Merchants This Year

How are small local stores, especially those who carry unique, locally-made items, doing for the holidays? It’s a rough economy, and hard to compete with bigger discount chain stores, but plenty are popular with Pulaski-area... more »

Wanderlust Finds Home in Portsmouth

Portsmouth, NH - A California native, Elizabeth Wivell also lived in Italy and Scotland and traveled extensively before deciding to make the Seacoast her home. A year and a half ago, as a natural extension... more »

Seven Sisters Gift Shop a Hidden Holiday Gem

Wyoming, DE - The youngest of seven daughters born to artistically talented parents, Jennifer Cravens Wooleyhand has been drawing and painting all her life and now owns a folk art shop, Seven Sisters, in west... more »

Businesses Tap into Pinterest, Instagram

Small businesses are using social media to promote their businesses and lure shoppers this holiday season — and they’re not just on Facebook. Or Twitter.Pinterest and Instagram are getting big “likes” from business owners. Facebook... more »

Visionary Artware On Broadway

Long Beach, CA - ‘Tis the holiday season, and there are plenty of shopping opportunities close to home. Gazettes has chosen to highlight a few unique mom-and-pop retailers. We will continue to shine a spotlight... more »

Guilford Boutique Showcases Local Talent

Guilford, CT - If you don’t drive slowly past the Connecticut Shoreline Arts Boutique, you might just miss it, if not for the small roadside sign that reads “local arts sold here” in colorful chalk.The... more »

La Paloma Boutique: Entrepreneur Juggles Business and Family

Taos, NM - Meet one of the youngest businesswomen in Taos. Twenty-two-year-old Jenee Paloma Trujillo has wanted to open her own store since she was in high school.Trujillo was practically raised in Taos Plaza, where... more »

Lollipop Shop Offers Sweet Treats For Community

Shippensburg, PA - Shippensburg is known for its locally-run businesses, and one such local business, located on King Street, can be easily overlooked in the midst of row homes, churches, and restaurants and bars.The Lollipop... more »