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Goshen ‘Shop Local’ Campaign Becomes Big Hit

Goshen, IN - A number of area communities have encouraged folks to shop locally this holiday season. The goal is to bring more business to mom and pop stores.Goshen, for instance, has even opened downtown... more »

Topsfield Couple Runs One of Oldest Gift Shops at Faneuil Hall Market

Topsfield, MA - Boston Pewter Company, owned by Topsfield residents Lorraine and Jeff Allen, is one of the longest surviving gift stores in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace. "For ten years after college I managed a... more »

Eagles’ Wings Gift Shop Offers One-of-Kind Gift Possibilities

Northport, AL - The Eagles' Wings gift shop in Northport is tiny, but the shelves are chock-full of one-of-a-kind items that would be welcome under a Christmas tree."We just expanded what we carry this year,"... more »

New Shop Goes Crazy with Popcorn Flavors

Belmont, NC - Another unique business has popped up in downtown Belmont.Tastebuds Popcorn opened Nov. 29 at 208 N. Main St. and is already getting lots of traffic from kernel crazies, Christmas-gift shoppers and customers... more »

Small Businesses Grow by Offering Unique Goods

Davenport, IA - DeEtte and Jim Sexton know the importance of selling specialty items that do not directly duplicate what's on the shelves of larger stores. They are the owners of Blue Sky, a gifts... more »

Visit FabulousMe for a Fabulous You

Cumberland Gap, TN - If you want something unique for yourself or someone else and you don't want to travel very far, just visit FabulousMe, located in Cumberland Gap.Tasha Fortner is the owner of this... more »

Truffies’ Sue Ellen Clarfeld Extols Value of Local Shops to Community

Palm Beach, FL - Sue Ellen Clarfeld and her husband, Alan Kessler, moved to Palm Beach from Manhattan on Halloween of 1986. Once here, they opened Truffies, a gift shop named after their pet bunny... more »

New Gift Store Offers Gifts with Unique Scents

Show Low, AZ - Like the candles they make, Jeff and Sherry Harrison needed to mold their brand new gift store to what they needed it to be. It must have worked because, also like... more »

Floral and Gift Shop in Wood River Recognized as Business of the Month

Wood River, IL - For its efforts to make the area festive, attractive and warm, Jeffrey's Flowers by Design has been recognized as the River Bend Growth Association Business of the Month for December."I was... more »

Holiday Pet Spending Has More Bite

Saratoga Springs, NY - The family dog slept outside when Melanie Dallas was growing up, but she wouldn't dream of the same treatment for her pets. The owner of Sloppy Kisses Dog Boutique says her... more »