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Unique gifts on sale at Town Hall

This holiday season, the Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts (FCCA) is offering shoppers a chance to be sure that all of their gift choices are one of a kind.The FCCA will hold a... more »

Hartford-Themed Holiday Pop-Up Store Opens Downtown

The Hartford Store, a holiday pop-up shop downtown, is offering merchandise from dozens of area businesses and groups.The temporary store at 45 Pratt St., in the former Arts Council Welcome Center, stocks gifts, apparel and... more »

Fair trade stores growing in cachet in North Jersey

"This necklace," says Cynthia Thek, "is made of a reed that you find in Kenya."Every item in Fair World After All, an Englewood fair trade gift shop, has a story: handbags, bracelets, vases, gloves, chafing... more »

Salem shops share space, save on expenses

Salem, MA — Pam Jaynes, who owns a gift shop in Beverly, wasn't really looking to open a second store in Salem. But when she spotted a "for lease" sign in a storefront on cobblestoned... more »

Carroll Lutheran Village shop gets boost from local students

What began as a project for marketing students at Carroll Community College last fall has turned in to an ongoing professional partnership between students and the administration at Carroll Lutheran Village. "We weren't exactly sure... more »

Gift store owner creates military tribute

Orange Park -- Red, white and blue are more than just colors to Annabelle Hamachek, owner of Annabelle's, a gift shop and interior design studio in Orange Park. She uses these colors in her shop... more »

UVM’s student run store accentuates the local

With shopping season in full swing many people are looking to their local economy for gift ideas.Growing Vermont is a retail store on the UVM Campus. It's also a non-conventional incubator for students and local... more »

Local shop, local gifts for local businesses

At CONNfetti, a new gift shop in downtown New London, consumers will find the usual array of candles, chocolates, ornaments and knickknacks. What's different - and what owner Barbara Ford of Waterford hopes to capitalize... more »

Women in Business: Sherry DeBray

Sherry DeBray is not your average gift store owner, or even interior decorator.She does both out of It'Za Gift and Interiors, which is located at 8127 Vaughn Road down from Chappy's Deli in the Peppertree... more »

Tiny, Victorian-style shop makes a big splash in Eaton

If someone would have asked Julie Danielson 10 years ago what she would be doing for the rest of her career, operating a successful tea room wouldn't have even been a remote thought.But here she... more »