Atlanta’s Market Snapshot Program showcases 40 top products

Atlanta Market announced that 40 exhibitors are finalists for the Summer 2021 Market Snapshot program including five products selected by Oprah Daily Creative Director Adam Glassman to raise awareness for Gift for Life's Feed the... more »

Zazu Gifts

Zazu Gifts is a well-known, established retailer in an affluent region close to Washington D.C. Owner Marilyn Park purchased the business, located in Ashburn, Virginia, in 2015. She and her 12 employees are dedicated to... more »

Nominations open for the 2021 Toy & Game International Excellence Awards

Now entering its fourteenth year, the TAGIE Awards, presented by People of Play (POP), will once again honor the best and brightest innovators, designers and marketers in the toy and game industry. Each year, the... more »

Decency

FIRST AMENDMENT The First Amendment is a cornerstone of American law and jurisprudence. It is most certainly one of the laws that distinguishes our country from others. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of expression, among... more »

DMC’s June Total Home & Gift Market experiences biggest summer show in years

A surge of enthusiastic buyers from across the country arrived early in Dallas for the first show of the summer season, Total Home & Gift Market, driving record attendance including a historic number of new... more »

Cultivating Calm

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, stress levels have been soaring. As it swept across the globe, fear and uncertainty reigned. COVID made an enormous impact on well-being as it disrupted routines, created vast... more »

NRF says retailers’ uncertainty transforms into recovery

As retailers head into the second half of 2021, the “great uncertainty” that clouded the nation’s economic outlook earlier in the year has transformed into evidence of an unprecedented recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, National... more »

From the Editor

On September 11, 2001, our nation witnessed a horrific attack and this fall marks the 20-year anniversary. Annual memorials and ceremonies mark this day in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. that honor and remember... more »

A Note from the Editor: Giving Back

As I write this, there is hope on the horizon. There is a swell of optimism that life will return to some semblance of normal again as the summer unfolds with less restrictions and less... more »

Hot Finds

In this year of unknowns, it is exciting to see new gift and home product lines launching. Vaccinations and the easing of travel restrictions have retailers more willing to make the trip to attend trade... more »