Product Features

Holiday Gourmet: The Season Never Tasted So Good!

Affordable Luxuries In this economy, it all comes down to this simple message: customers are looking for simple, affordable luxuries. For retailers like you, read small treats at low price points. Ron Tanner believes that... more »

Pink or Blue? Greening Baby Sales

Growing Green Just a few years ago in 2001, retailer Gerry Lewarne had limited success selling glass baby bottles. A few years later, the chemical BPA (Bispenhol-A), made news headlines as a potential carcinogen. Plastic... more »

Working Wedding Wonders

Value Proposition You knew it was only a matter of time: The popular monogramming trend has been making inroads into wedding accessories as well. Carolyn Siderys will attest to this. At Marilyn's Keepsakes, the Indianapolis... more »

Green Marketing

Sonya Hart, co-owner of River Forest, IL-based Two Fish Art Glass, has been practicing an eco-friendly lifestyle all her life. She has also been slowly convincing her partner to make changes within their lighting showroom,... more »

Trending Up Spring 2009

Anna Griffin Inc. These limited-edition lunch totes cash in on current customers' trend of eating in. Made of 100% laminated cotton, they are available in seven patterns. Dimension: 7 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 4 3/4".  888.817.8170AnnaGriffin.com Traffic... more »

Monogram Mania

Southern Comfort Retailer Julie Butler still treasures her baby blanket. Her mother, Charla Schlabs, monogrammed it for her many years ago with a traditional sewing machine. As co-owner of the store Texas Threads in Hereford,... more »

Customers Tote Green

Reusable totes: packing with pride The conditions were ripe for green bags to take off in a big way. First came the increased public awareness of the risks of global warming. Then, there are the... more »

Fab Finds: Winter/Spring 2009

  Figs and Ginger Jewelry from Figs and Ginger use a minimum of 50% recycled/reclaimed silver and gold. Any stock silver used is 100% recycled. Green principles travel down to all business practices including mailing... more »

A Season to Sell

To everything there is a season. Anyone who has a store in a beach town or a ski resort knows that that statement surely includes retailing. Seasonal retailers may have stores in places where there... more »

Fab Finds: Winter 2009

UNO Industries Customers can combine a ball chain and magnet in innovative ways with MAGNETIK DISTRACTIONS. The possibilities are varied: necklaces, bracelets, rings, anklets, or other accessories. 305.397.8003 UNOIndustries.com black+blum "Salad plant" includes melamine salad... more »