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Arts Business Institute, Wholesalecrafts.com partner in artist education program

(Mooresville, NC) -- The Business of Wholesale premiers May 31 and June 1, 2009, at the American Craft Retailers Expo (ACRE), Las Vegas Convention Center. ACRE University: The Business of Wholesale will focus on education... more »

Retailers Counting on Cyber Monday as 
Bright Spot of Challenging Holiday Season


(Washington) — People who don't want to fight Black Friday crowds will have a less chaotic shopping option just three days later. Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is expected to be more promotional than... more »

Discover best practices for business success: Americasmart University

(ATLANTA) — AmericasMart University (AMU) - the home/gift/area rug industry's most complete retail business education program - gives January 2009 Market buyers unmatched learning opportunities with a slate of facilitators drawn from the highest echelon... more »

Global Product Resources Announces New Company Headquarters

(San Diego, Calif.) -- Global Product Resources, Inc. (GPR), manufacturer of the popular brand of decorative floor and table top fans known as Deco Breeze, has moved its company headquarters into a larger facility in... more »

Puppy love

Mini chocolate cupcakes. Cinnamon rolls. Peanut butter cups.But the baked goods sitting on the counter of the Pooch Barkery in downtown Ayer aren't meant for the human palate.If you bite into those yogurt-covered, sprinkled pretzels,... more »

A not-so-simple gift

They don't offend. They're easy to pick out. And people love to get them.Gift cards have mushroomed into the most requested holiday gift by consumers. Nearly 55 percent of people want to receive a gift... more »

Gift shop prepares for its first Christmas in Maumee

A newly relocated stationery and gift boutique is preparing for its first Christmas in Uptown Maumee.The Birds & the Bees moved from Perry's Landing to 103 E. Wayne St. in June."We were on Louisiana Avenue,... more »

Holiday season has small businesses owners ‘nervous’

Wallingford, CT - Running Simply Special has been a dream come true for Geri Wasilewski. She opened the gift shop in Madison in 2001, but moved it to Wallingford about a year later. In Madison,... more »

Retailers expect a merry – but frugal – Christmas this year

Holiday shopping is predicted to increase in the Tucson area with more dollars spent than last year despite the free-falling economy.National holiday shopping forecasts call for increases in the 1 percent to 2 percent range,... more »

Fido first: Pet boutiques bucking trend

The economy hasn't gone to the dogs yet — or at least not to Fido's kibble.Despite a sagging stock market and signs of belt-tightening throughout the retail sector, Boston's four-legged friends are still getting their... more »