JCKstyle Editors Outline Fall Fashion Trends

Retailers who attended the Wednesday afternoon "Make Your Store Fashionable for Fall 2007" session learned about upcoming fashion trends and got tips from JCKstyle magazine editors Carrie Soucy, Jennifer Heebner, and Laura Finkelstein. Soucy led... more »

Retailers Still High on Watches

Are watches passe?That's what many news and blog reports worldwide claimed in recent months, citing widespread use by young people of cell phones and iPods, which have time displays. In March, JCK reported on watch... more »

Another MT shop center? $30M Main Street-style complex, featuring Dick

Lancaster County, Pa - An estimated $30 million shopping center is being proposed in the Granite Run Corporate Center, along Route 283, but the development faces some high hurdles.Berkshire Development, based in Springfield, Mass., is... more »

Start-ups downtown get a boost

Trenton-- As part of its ongoing efforts to breathe new life into the capital city's downtown, the Trenton Downtown Association is assisting with a retail incubator project.Entrepreneurs who want to start their own shop can... more »

Purse Parties Carry Panache; Customers design their own made-to-order bags

It's only 10 a.m. on a recent Monday, but it's party time at bag lady Christina Cabrera's Orangecrest home.Six women, all homemakers, sip coffee and chat as they peruse a panoply of purses, portfolios and... more »

Culinary couple keep shop alive; Millette’s Kitchen Store changes ownership

In early February, Bend residents Jake and Ginger Aguirre strolled into Millette's Kitchen Store on Northwest Newport Avenue in Bend looking for a teapot - three months later, they would own the longtime Central Oregon... more »

Small-town treasure awaits: Shop Adel, Pella and Winterset

On a sunny spring day, shopping at the mall seems more like an act of self-denial than a real outing.Why not rid yourself of any lingering cabin fever, once and for all, by exploring some... more »

Pressman Toy and Pokemon USA Announce New Licensing Agreement

New York - Pressman Toy Corporation, the third largest U.S. games manufacturer, and Pokemon USA, Inc. have reached a licensing agreement under which Pressman Toy has the right to develop board games, matching games, travel... more »

The West Coast’s Top Professionals in the Contract Furnishings Industry Serve as Keynote Speakers at NeoCon Xpress LA

Chicago - The first-ever NeoCon Xpress L.A., the West-coast architecture, design and facility management community's premier opportunity to see hundreds of hot new products fresh from the NeoCon World's Trade Fair, will feature top-name presenters... more »

Manchester shopping season off to hot start

Downtown Manchester was buzzing yesterday at noon as the temperature climbed to nearly 80 degrees.People walked in and out of the post office, and visitors window-shopped at several small gift stores.Traffic ran smoothly at the... more »