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New Collinsville Business Features Amish Furniture and More

Canton, CT - Area residents will soon have a local source for custom-made Amish furniture and more at a new a Collinsville business.Over the past several days, Greg Wasoka and Kellee Abramczyk have been hard... more »

HackensackUMC Auxiliary Opens the Dr. Earl & Ingrid Doyne Corner Shop at the John Theurer Cancer Center

Hackensack, NJ - HackensackUMC recently opened the Dr. Earl & Ingrid Doyne Corner Shop inside the John Theurer Cancer Center. This latest addition to the HackensackUMC Auxiliary offers customers a highly-specialized shopping experience. "The Dr.... more »

Gift Store Proudly Sells Mostly ‘Made-In-The-U.S.A.’ Goods

Moorestown, NJ - Just months after Melissa McGrath shepherded the last of her four kids off to college this fall, the Massachusetts native resolved to shift her focus from the days of school fundraising and... more »

Tiverton Consignment Boutique Partners With Cambodian Village

Tiverton, RI - Tiverton's newest consignment shop and gift boutique, Cutie Curls, is partnering with a Cambodian village - bringing silk scraves and bags to Tiverton shoppers while helping to fund a clean water initiative... more »

Delving Inside the Box

Elmsdale, NS - We're deep into heart season now."Heart-shaped anything," said Nancy McTiernan, co-owner of the Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop in Elmsdale.Their customers like heart-shaped chocolates, or gifts packed in heart-shaped boxes."They like to have... more »

More Than a Consignment Shop: Majestic Treasures Incorporates Chapel Gift and Bookstore Into Its Operation

Grand Island, NE - Majestic Treasures at 216 W. Second St. in Grand Island is now handling the inventory of the former Chapel Gift and Book Store and expanding its line of Christian-themed merchandise, said... more »

Craftsman Now has Showroom in Dover

Dover, VT - Expert craftsman and woodworking entrepreneur Mark Sprague is setting up shop in a section of Dot's Restaurant. "I decided that as soon as this room became available, I might as well give... more »

Champion of Shop Local Movement Rings in 12 Years on North Damen Avenue

Bucktown, IL -There's just one reason a local merchant's still kicking after 12 years in business. "I wouldn't be standing here if not for the grace of neighborhood," said Julie Horowitz Jackson by telephone on... more »

Retail Spotlight: Sellwood Shop Spices Things Up For Portland’s Foodies

Sellwood, OR - A shop that sells only herbs and spices? That's crazy, isn't it? How often does anyone buy spices? Why, that can of curry powder has been in the drawer for three years... more »

Japanese Gift Shop Open in Montgomery

Montgomery, OH - At her new shop in Montgomery, Teruko Nesbitt sells high-end porcelain pottery, wrapping cloth and accessories from her native Japan.Nesbitt opened Hanamiya Beautiful Japan gift shop in the historic Weller House, 7795... more »