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How Social Media Helps Small Businesses

The most important tool a business needs to fix its social media content strategy can't be bought online or found on a blog or in a chat room.Social media's all-in-one tool is patience."For all the... more »

Cash Mob Helps Out Local Business

Logansport, IN - With hushed voices and a secretive air, a group of about 15 women sneaked around the side of Village Peddler and flooded through the door to surprise store owner Cindy Meister.The "Surprise... more »

Art & Gift Gallery at the Adobe Opens for Holiday Shopping

Agoura Hills, CA - Agoura Hills will be bringing a new kind of holiday shopping experience to the public this season with the Art & Gift Gallery at the Adobe.The gallery store, located in the... more »

A Good Day for Chocolate Lovers: Indulgence Boutique Opens in Shorewood

Shorewood, WI - November 6 marked a very important day for Julie Waterman, owner of Indulgence Chocolatiers. Not only did her daughter, Claire, turn 10 days old, but Waterman was able to celebrate a milestone... more »

Suburban Shops Cautiously Optimistic for Holiday Season

While consumer confidence climbed to a five-year high this month, area small retailers remain cautiously optimistic that this holiday season will bode well for them.Any shift in the economic tide — inflationary reports, a bad... more »

Lemon Tree Fills Gift Store Niche

Hanover, NH - Since its opening over a week ago, home decor and gift shop Lemon Tree has attracted a number of Dartmouth students and Upper Valley customers. With products ranging from handbags and scarves... more »

New Louth Sweet Shop Hopes to be a Focal Point for Teenagers in the Town

Louth, UK - THE owner of a new sweet shop in Louth hopes it will become a focal point for teenagers in the town.Jassies, in Pawnshop Passage, officially opened on Sunday. And although it serves... more »

Lake View Toy Store Preps for Holidays After Devastating Flood

Lake View, IL - Every nook and cranny at Building Blocks Toy Store in Lake View is packed with enough colorful toys and games to make your inner-child squeal with joy, but it wasn't long... more »

New at the Loop: Gifts With Love, a Shop With a Mission

Mobile, AL - Ester de Aguiar, the Mobile International Festival's "Ms. Brazil," has a new outlet – "Gifts With Love," a store at the Loop featuring exotic items from around the world.Rumor has it that... more »

Pink Placebo Gift Shop at MMC Celebrates 50 Years!

Oak Ridge, TN - Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge's Pink Placebo Gift Shop celebrates its 50th birthday this year. The Pink Placebo Gift Shop opened in 1962 inside what was then called Oak Ridge... more »