Sustainability: Design for a Better World Returns & Expands for Winter 2008 NYIGF

White Plains, NY - Encouraging sustainability as a business paradigm is the focus of SustainAbility: design for a better world, a special curated exhibit and two-track seminar program to be presented at the 154th semi-annual... more »

Celebrity Interior Designer, Alexandra Stoddard, is Featured Speaker During December

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center, a resource in Las Vegas for the interior design community, will welcome internationally celebrated and acclaimed interior designer, Alexandra Stoddard on Friday, December 7,... more »

Black Friday is Busiest Day in Key Holiday Gift Categories with More than One-Third of Gift-Buying to Occur Before 10 a.m.

Purchase, NY - Black Friday was the busiest day for holiday shopping last year in the top five traditional gift-buying categories (brick-and-mortar department, discount, clothing, electronics/appliances and sporting goods/toy stores), with more than one- third... more »

Rising Energy Costs Dampen Holiday Spending Plans

Washington - Rising costs of gasoline and home heating are putting pressure on consumers to cut back on their holiday spending plans, according to data from the eighth annual survey on holiday spending conducted by... more »

New location gives Warm Splendors Country Shoppe exposure

Bradenton -- There's lots to look at in Terri Vickers' shop - cows, pigs, apples, gingerbread and roosters.Amid the menagerie is plenty of style - Americana, Primitive and Retro.The Warm Splendors Country Shoppe on 301... more »

Shoppers making lists, checking twice

Madison County shoppers are finalizing their gift lists, dusting off their shopping shoes and clearing out their trunks in anticipation of the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. It's considered to be the... more »

Flower shop hopes to make the grade in old Ledgeview schoolhouse

The old schoolhouse at Dickinson and Creamery roads in the town of Ledgeview has been a piece of history for many in the area who attended school there or, in more recent years, stopped in... more »

Safety first with toys

As children make out their Christmas lists this year, parents may add a request of their own: toys without lead paint, harmful chemicals or hazardous parts.The Christmas shopping season moves into full force this week.... more »

Entrepreneur chooses Market Square

Marte Bowsher had already planned to open a gift boutique in Market Square shopping center before new owners took over the 28-acre property on the north side of Lafayette.Mayor Tony Roswarski helped Bowsher cut a... more »

NYIGF’s At Home Division Expands and Evolves for Winter 2008

White Plains, NY - An expanded collection of hard lines and a refined concentration of soft goods will be among highlights in At Home at the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), February 1-6, 2008,... more »