nora fleming encourages shopping local for Small Business Saturday

In a groundbreaking move to celebrate Small Business Saturday, nora fleming, the family-owned brand known for its interchangeable serveware, is taking a bold stand to support its network of over 1,800 independent retailers nationwide. For... more »

Gift + Stationery Spotlight Awards: Introducing the 2025 class of honorees

Gift Shop® Plus and its sister publication, Stationery Trends, are proud to announce its second class of Gift + Stationery Spotlight Awards honorees. Although there are numerous awards programs in the gift and stationery industries,... more »

One-Stop Party Shop: Paper Goat Post

Twin sisters Cedar Jayson and Megan Gingerich, who have long worked in event planning for corporate events and grand openings, opened Paper Goat Post’s brick-and-mortar store in Orlando, Florida, nine years ago, driven by their... more »

Dallas Total Home & Gift Market: The first market delivers top trends, connections, community

Dallas Market Center announces details for its upcoming Total Home & Gift Market, Jan. 8-14, 2025. January market is the largest debut of new products for giving and living inside permanent showrooms in three buildings... more »

Let’s Soirée!: Creating Celebrations with Bonjour Fête

When Rachel Huntington, CEO and chief creative at Bonjour Fête, was planning her daughter’s second birthday party in 2014, she was disappointed by the apparent lack of a singular destination for elevated and modern partyware,... more »

Heart on Main Street supports retailers impacted by Hurricane Helene

Heart on Main Street presented a $10,000 donation to Peter O'Leary, owner of Bubba O'Leary's General Store. This cherished Chimney Rock landmark is one of many small businesses devastated by Hurricane Helene, which left a... more »

Santoro celebrates 30 years of Swing Cards

Santoro marks 30 years of its beloved Swing Cards. These masterpieces of paper engineering have been dazzling fans since day one, and there’s no sign of stopping. ... more »

NRF survey reveals top toys, gifts for the winter holidays

As a record number of people (183.4 million) are expected to shop during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a new survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics reveals the most popular toys and... more »

Editor’s Letter: Celebrating the Journey

As we close the chapter that is 2024, I reflect on all the twists and turns that retail has encountered not just in the last 12 months — but in the last several years. With... more »

Mud Pie returns to Winter 2025 Las Vegas Market with CMA

This winter, Las Vegas Market welcomes Mud Pie back to World Market Center Las Vegas with an expanded presence in the CMA showroom, marking a major return from a two-year hiatus at the Jan. 26-30,... more »