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Meet Your Merchant: Luxuries await shoppers at Home Treasures

Susie Messina admits her gift boutique in the Carson Mall is all about the wants, not the needs.Home Treasures, which Messina, 54, co-owns with Dawn Henderson, 48, is the sort of store that is filled... more »

Lavender Thymes has always been ahead of theirs

Since Jean Iverson opened her business more than 20 years ago, she has expanded twice, moved once and was ahead of her time when it came to the now common practice of "cross merchandising."She credits... more »

West Village stores prosper in new homes

Call it making lemonade out of lemons.Four tenants in the Village West Shopping Center -- Elegant Bridals, The Antique Market, Georgia-Lina Billiards and Coco's Cabana -- were forced to move out to accommodate a new... more »

Holiday shoppers going social, mobile

If you're looking for just the right gift for Aunt Sally, you may find yourself turning to social networks and your mobile phone this holiday-shopping season.More consumers expect that these two aspects of technology will... more »

You buy, and the store gives to charity

It's one of the most iconic images of the Christmas season: On a snowy night outside a department store, shoppers drop money in the kettle of a Salvation Army bell-ringer. The holidays are known as... more »

How to Market Your Business With Facebook

Business owner, you might want to friend Facebook.A growing number of businesses are making Facebook an indispensible part of hanging out their shingles. Small businesses are using it to find new customers, build online communities... more »

Wholesalecrafts.com Reports Record Breaking Number of Online Orders in October

Mooresville, NC — Wholesalecrafts.com, the premier web service for sourcing American and Canadian made crafts, reports record breaking number of online orders in October.The total number of orders placed online in October 2009 was 1,746, a... more »

C.R. Gibson Announces Debut of Jim Shore Licensed Gift and Home Products in Highly Anticipated January 2010 Release

Nashville, Tenn. — The enormously popular, award-winning folk artist, Jim Shore, licenses his distinctive American Folk Art aesthetic to C.R. Gibson on a broad line of photo, home and gift products set to debut at... more »

New gift shop opens in Cleethorpes

A Cleethorpes woman has started up her own business – in memory of her late mother.Sadie Harness, 35, has opened Barbarello's Gift Shop in Market Street to honour mum Barbara, who died earlier this year.The... more »

Gift shoppers: Bag your best bargains early

New York, NY -- If you expect holiday bargains to get better as Christmas Eve draws near, you may be disappointed this year.Retailers aren't as panicked about the upcoming holiday shopping season as they were... more »