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What’s in Store: Vita Casalinga Brings Tuscan-Created Kitchenware to Healdsburg

Healdsburg, CA - Open the door and enter a narrow shop. On one side, you see colorful rows of Italian ceramics, on the other side are high-end cast iron, stainless and copper kitchenware products, Italian... more »

Fair Trade Store Opens in Downtown Grand Blanc

Grand Blanc, MI - A new retail store has opened its doors in downtown Grand Blanc.7 Loaves, a member of the Fair Trade Federation, sells products from across the world.The fair trade concept is an... more »

Business Offering American-Made Goods Expands

Lebanon, OH - American Pi is opening a new location in Lebanon, suggesting the "Buy American" movement has caught on locally.American Pi is a family-owned retail business that started as a pop-up shop in an... more »

Use Pinterest To Prioritize Your Merchandise

Merchandising and display planning for a small retail business can, in short, be a serious pain. Especially if you’re functioning with a small or inexperienced staff. While some businesses may think that displays should be... more »

New Downtown Shop Offers Gourmet Oils and Vinegars

Spartanburg, SC - Sandy Burn hopes to bring some flavor to downtown with her new business venture.Burn, an entrepreneur from Greenville, has opened the doors to Olive and Then Some in a 2,300-square-foot space at... more »

Retailers Ring in the Shopping Season Earlier

Long Island, NY - 'Christmas creep," the retail phenomenon that brings sightings of Christmas trees and inflatable snowmen in late summer, has picked up its pace this year.Independent retailers across the Island have started rolling... more »

Fair Trade Boutique Owner Works to ‘Be The Change’

Madison, WI - When Nikki Anderson opened Change, a fair trade boutique located at 1252 Williamson St., she didn't want to play up the "fair trade" aspect too much. She wanted people to shop there... more »

Kilgore College Business Course Pays off for Boutique Owner

Longview, TX - Rebekah Rogers was a 25-year-old nursing student at Kilgore College in 2011 when the daughter of a small business owner decided to dream.“And I just decided I’m going to either spend X... more »

Shopping Made Easy: Buying into Ashland as a Destination

Ashland, VA - A new gift certificate program could help Ashland become a hotspot for shopping, dining and entertainment.The gift certificates can be used to make purchases at more than 30 businesses in Ashland.“The program... more »

Michigan Retailers Promote ‘Buy Nearby’ with 1st ‘Get Caught Blue-Handed’ Day

Grand Rapids, MI - Jeff Joyce and thousands of other retailers across the state hope to launch a new tradition today, Oct. 5.The first “Get Caught Blue-Handed” day was to show people that when they... more »