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Holiday Help to Full-Time Hires

Every year around this time, thousands of workers are hired for jobs catering to holiday shoppers and usually ending in January. The work can be a short-term way to generate a paycheck. But for a... more »

Know Your Market Before You Leap

While it is hard to argue with Peter Drucker's much-quoted aphorism that "the purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer," it does raise a question. What is the best way to... more »

NYIGF Launches Dynamic New Website

White Plains, NY - Extending its newly-unveiled "New Rules" marketing campaign to the internet, the New York International Gift Fair,® (NYIGF®) has launched a dynamic new website at the same URL: NYIGF.com. The new site,... more »

Colusa is doing well in tough economy

In a time of economic turmoil and uncertainty, it seems Colusa County -- which has seen the lowest unemployment rate in the state more than once -- is enjoying an economic boom. At least eight... more »

Family-run Schacht Groves puts personal touch in gift-fruit business

Vero Beach — Though Schacht Groves was founded 60 years ago, the gift-fruit shipping and retail store is the biggest reason why the business has survived.Traveling salesman Henry H. Schacht had taken a liking to... more »

Hallmark store at Greenville Mall introduces laser-engraved gifts

When Paul Dixon walked into the January Gift Show in Atlanta, he was looking for some new gifts to put in his store, not an entirely new business model. But when Dixon, who with his... more »

TAG Expands Representation with HomeStyle

HomeStyle, the sales agency which will be soon be spun off from OneCoast, now represents the tag product line in the Southwest region.tag, an industry-leading resource for well-designed, stylish and affordable gifts and home décor,... more »

Chautauqua Miniatures, 2 Chixx Gift Shoppe Open New Location

Chautauqua - Next weekend, the holiday season will arrive at the Red Brick Village thanks to Chautauqua Miniatures and 2 Chixx Gift Shoppe.Sandra Duffee and Heather Johnson, Chautauqua Miniatures and 2 Chixx Gift Shoppe owners,... more »

It’s arts and crafts galore

Cell phone sack decorated with butterfly buttons at the Seacoast Artisans Fine Arts & Crafts Holiday Show in Portsmouth: $15."Peppa burga" at St. Raphael's Holiday Bazaar in Kittery, Maine: $2.50.Pound of fudge at Eliot United... more »

New Christian gift store opens

With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, those in Calvert County shopping for appropriate Christian gifts won't have far to travel.God's Gifts, a nonprofit, volunteer-managed gift shop sponsored by St. John Vianney Roman Catholic... more »