Ancient Concept, New Artistry – Bay Area Designer Launches Unique Line of Environmentally-Friendly Planters This August at SF Gift Fair

Marduk Productions, LLC today announced it will launch its new brand of unique self-watering planters at the San Francisco International Gift Fair being held at the Moscone Center August 6 – 9. These ceramic planters... more »

Tastemakers Get Ahead of the Curve of Interior Design Trends

Three of the nation's most celebrated interior designers, Anthony Baratta, Jeffrey Alan Marks and Nathan Turner shopped five-million-square-feet of showrooms during this week's Summer Las Vegas Market. Today they uncovered what will become next season's... more »

Longtime Resident Stocks Boutique With Unique Items

This & That Gifts owner Nancy Cartolano just smiles when people stop in her store, thinking they're coming for tea. Located in the former home of the Pickwick Society Tea Room, Cartolano still gets visitors... more »

The Airport Experience Now Includes Shopping for the Family

After visits to malls plummeted during the recession — and have yet to bounce back — many mass-market retailers stepped up their search for other locations to lure shoppers.Places where people might be bored. And... more »

Studio Loaded with Ammunition for Nose

Fort Wayne, IN - In the first light of day, the scent of a dew-drenched garden is earthy, floral, airy.Renée Gabet captures this essence as she blends oils into a perfume that will be named... more »

Award Winning Menswear Designer Opens Gift Shop in Salem

Salem, MA - Marblehead resident Jamie Burns, an award winning menswear designer who began in the fashion trade with Giblees of Salem, has opened a gift shop in Salem. Adjacent to the popular In a... more »

Feather Your Nest at Three Birds, a Lovely new Home Decor and Gift Shop in Queen Anne

Seattle, WA - Queen Anne just got a new home décor and gift store to explore. Three Birds opened in late July to the delight of top-of-the-hill shoppers. Right on Queen Anne Avenue North, it's... more »

Yarn Store to Open in Downtown Northfield

Northfield, MN - Knitters and fiber lovers know that oftentimes a project is inspired by the beauty of a skein of yarn. Sometimes it's the color, the feel of the yarn in the hand or... more »

Olin Business School Retail Expert Attributes soaring Sales of Luxury Goods to expanding Personal Wealth in China

St. Louis, MO - Sales of luxury goods, which analysts say could spike as much as eight percent this year, are soaring thanks to expanding personal wealth in China, says a luxury retail expert at... more »

Entrepreneur Knits Together $1 Million Apparel Business

North Oaks, MN - They're handwoven by artisans in Peru, and some are so elaborately patterned that they take days to finish.These days, North Oaks entrepreneur Mary Ann Weerts, 49, generates about $1 million annually... more »