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English Gardener Gift Shop—It’s Brilliant!

Haddonfield, NJ - An open door at The English Gardener Gift Shop does more than invite pedestrians in. It lets the scent out. The heady mix of lavender, body lotions and scents and fine English... more »

Keeneland Gift Shop Gears up for its Busy Season as Spring Meet Nears

Keeneland, KY - The Keeneland Shop is a slice of retail heaven for horse lovers.First-time shoppers are sometimes unprepared for the array of beautiful clothes and high-end home accessories when they walk into the oak-paneled... more »

Well-Defined Goals Help Ensure Social Media Success

When Comcast was looking to decrease the number of customer service calls it was getting, it turned to Facebook to better engage with its customers.When Giant Glass wanted to reach out to university students to... more »

Facebook Fans Nurturing Growth in Plymouth

Plymouth, IN - A spring flowering of small businesses in downtown Plymouth is leveraging Facebook in a mutual "Liking" arrangement that multiplies exposure and accelerates traffic. "It's amazing the kind of stuff we have downtown... more »

Beach-Themed Flip Flop Island Opens in Visalia

Visalia, CA - Bright colors, grass skirt-adorned walls and the products themselves — flip-flops galore, beach bags, wraps and more — at Flip Flop Island in Visalia are reminiscent of the shops on every street... more »

‘Cash Mob’ Targets Loveland Businesses

Loveland, CO - Downtown Loveland business owner Tracey Gonzalez stood outside the door of Splurge grinning and laughing last Saturday afternoon as a dozen customers entered her store.Gonzalez had just experienced the second Loveland Cash... more »

Cancer Survivor Says She is Giving Back Through New Boutique

Newark, OH - Randy and April Daum arrived at Licking Memorial Health Systems on March 29 for April's first chemotherapy session since being diagnosed with breast cancer.They wore shirts saying, "Together we will fight, together... more »

Just Opened: Millville Shop Sells Jewelry, Odds, Ends

Millville, NJ - My Things offers fragrances for men and women. I have all the top-of-the-line products such as Chanel, Calvin Klein, Gucci and Versace. I also sell jewelry for men and women. I have... more »

Cold Spring Local Notable: Leonora Burton

Cold Spring, NY - Leonora Burton says her business isn't about making sales, it's about making people smile. "If I can make one of my costumers laugh or smile I'm happy, and if I can... more »

Chandler Gift Shop Owner Finds Satisfaction in Eclectic Mix

Chandler, AZ - Many roads led Patty Leon to where she is today: owner of her own store, Chandler's Green Table Gifts. First, it was her personal goal to either start her own business or... more »