New Products Added to Woodstock Music Collection

Just in time for the 2008 Toy Fair, Woodstock Chimes has added new products to the Woodstock Music Collection, a unique assortment of instruments from around the world that can be played and enjoyed without... more »

Gig Harbor shops show no fear

A long-awaited Costco in Gig Harbor is scheduled to open on the north end Friday.On the other side of town, the massive Uptown development opened Thursday with a Borders bookstore. It eventually will have a... more »

Halloween good for business

With Halloween now a $5 billion holiday, it's almost scary how much people spend for one spooky night. According to a National Retail Federation survey, people are expected to spend $5.07 billion this Halloween, up... more »

Holiday becoming big-ticket event

Lockport — The only thing scarier than the severed limbs, deformed faces and gory props on sale at your local big-box store this month might be the credit card bill that arrives in November.Halloween, once... more »

How to find safe toys for the holidays

Carla Fischer was on the hunt for toys.As she roamed the aisles of an Orange County Wal-Mart, Fischer spied a Hot Wheels white monster truck -- a must-have Christmas gift for her 6-year-old son, Zeb."It's... more »

South Shore growing into the place to shop

There was a time when builder Guido Passarelli referred to his Veterans Road West property as "nanny goat" country, a desolate scrub overlooking the West Shore Expressway where, yes, goats could once be spotted.Today, Passarelli... more »

Customers not deterred by Christmas Creep

Lisa McGinty said it still felt like summer when she went shopping at Westfield's West County Center, a mall in Des Peres, about two weeks ago. So she was unprepared for what she saw: Christmas... more »

New gift shop tests the waters downtown

While some downtown Crawfordsville storefronts remain empty from businesses moving out, one new business is taking its chances downtown, staying open later to accommodate more customers.Cortney's Cottage, 108 S. Green St., is a gift shop... more »

Retailers get into Halloween spirit

They may come and go quickly compared with their full-time retail counterparts. But experts say the revenues generated annually by temporary holiday stores -- about $12 billion from September through December -- are hardly fly-by-night.For... more »

Russ Berrie U.S. Gift, Inc. Introduces Over 600 New Products In 2008

Russ will debut new Baby, Christmas, Mother's Day, Shining Stars , Softies , Wedding lines and more at the Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, L.A., and New York gift shows.Shining Stars interactive plush received high accolades this... more »