Atlanta Market updates gift collection planned for this summer

Updates to the Atlanta Market gift category are underway as the next phase of International Market Centers’ (IMC) Atlanta NEXT initiative creates a lifestyle destination in Building 2 and continues to remerchandise existing resources to... more »

ASTRA unveils 2020 Best Toys for Kids award winners

The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) unveiled its 2020 Best Toys for Kids award winners. The list includes fourteen winning toys in fourteen categories. “ASTRA’s Best Toys for Kids award program is different from... more »

DEMDACO launches new website and retail store

DEMDACO, a Leawood, Kansas-based company that specializes in artist-driven gift and home décor products, has launched a new e-commerce website tailored specifically to better serve its retail customers and opened its first retail store, Legends... more »

Toysmith forms new alliance with Anne McGilvray & Company

Toysmith shared that on July 1, Anne McGilvray & Company (AMCI) will begin selling the entire portfolio of Toysmith toy and gift products in the United States. For over 45 years, Anne McGilvray & Company has... more »

Dallas Total Home & Gift Market opens with new, expanded showrooms

Dallas Market Center, a lifestyle marketplace in North America, provided details for the summer edition of Total Home & Gift Market, Aug. 19-25, 2020. The marketplace will feature new and expanded showrooms, hundreds of Temps... more »

APPA highlights products encouraging summer fun with pets

According to the American Pet Products Association’s (APPA) 2019-2020 National Pet Owners Survey, benefits of pet ownership include: pets promote exercise, provide companionship and are good for the health of the pet owner. As temperatures... more »

Pup Scruffs turns its dog apparel into masks

Pup Scruffs, a Virginia-based business that launched in March as a dog-apparel company, rebranded its merchandise to be masks for people when the pandemic hit the country. Initially, Pup Scruffs made designer neck wear for... more »

IAAPA Europe cancels 2020 London expo

IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry, has cancelled the IAAPA Expo Europe 2020, due to the uncertainty surrounding the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Expo was scheduled to take place Sep. 21-24 in... more »

NRF shares that May retail sales improve dramatically over April

Retail sales rose dramatically in May as retailers and other businesses closed by the coronavirus pandemic began to reopen, but remained well below spending levels seen during the same period a year ago, the National... more »

LA Mart reopens with new safety protocols

LA Mart has implemented protocols issued by the CDC and the Los Angeles County Health Department and has reopened with limited capacity. The following statement was released from LA Mart in regards to current protocols... more »