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New discoveries are here: January 2009 Market Temporaries

(ATLANTA) — The nation's largest Temporaries Collection gives buyers 5,100 booths full of premier product in 28 complete home and gift categories featuring 600 first-time exhibitors and four completely new product destinations... all in the... more »

Holiday jobs in area to be scarcer

Recession conditions in northwest Ohio has produced a tighter temporary job market this holiday season, with fewer openings, more job seekers vying for the openings that exist, and many of the available positions already filled.... more »

Trillium Artisans & SiShellSea take part in Portland semi-annual expo

(Portland, Oregon) -- It really is true: 'tis better to give than to receive. Just ask the dedicated staff of two Pacific Northwest groups whose mission is to do well by doing good: Trillium Artisans... more »

Decorating items galore at Olde District 5 gift shop

South Bend, IN — With one room after another, each elegantly adorned with everything from candles to decorations to kitchenware, there are hundreds of decorating possibilities for any home during any season at Olde District... more »

Retailers hope to receive Merry Christmas … early

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go.While Halloween decorations of cobwebs and jack-o-lanterns have barely come down from doorsteps and lawns, many retailers have already frosted storefronts, hung white lights and... more »

Dear Santa, I need a job!

Wellington, FL -- Ask plenty of people what tops their holiday wish-list this year, and many will say a job."I mean people have come to me here and said 'Do you know anywhere else people... more »

Sweet Start

Why would someone who's allergic to chocolate start a chocolate company? For Mike Ashamalla, owner of Tifa Chocolate & Gelato in Agoura Hills, it's because chocolate seems more like a delicacy than a sweet to... more »

New store offers gift and home items, screen-printing

Vidalia, Mississippi — Janet and Bill Hughes had often talked about moving their screen-printing operation out of the family home, but it never seemed to be the right time.But that all changed recently, when a... more »

Americasmart license & design January 2009

(ATLANTA) -- For the first time this January, AmericasMart brings together artists and licensing agencies from across the nation with the world's leading gift and home furnishings manufactures and designers in one of its newest... more »

Unique vendors, vineyard team up

Fairmount, IL — A wine tasting paired with a shopping extravaganza and a tour of seven unique local shops should help make spirits bright at the start of the holiday shopping season.Sleepy Creek Vineyards, located... more »