Hotel Bookings Increase, New Transportation Options Debut in Dallas

Dallas Market Center today announced an increase in hotel bookings and new travel options, creating added convenience for its upcoming Total Home and Gift Market, January 14-20, 2015. As the most centrally located marketplace, positioned... more »

ALEX BRANDS Acquires Shrinky Dinks

ALEX BRANDS® announced today that Shrinky Dinks® has joined its family of brands, which includes ALEX TOYS® , POOF®, SLINKY®, SCIENTIFIC EXPLORER®, IDEAL®, ZOOB®, BACKYARD SAFARI®,ZILLIONZ® and CITIBLOCS®.Shrinky Dinks® is a globally recognized toy brand... more »

How Social Media is Changing Retail

http://youtu.be/2kre0UeO-kE Zach Lancia, senior marketing analyst at SnapRetail, discusses social media and it's impact on the retail environment. more »

Captive Audience

Inmates nicknamed it The Rock." Located on an island 1.5 miles off the San Francisco coast, Alcatraz was America's first maximum-security civilian prison, housing the nation's most incorrigible criminals, including Al "Scarface" Capone, George "Machine... more »

Manager’s Corner: Ronnie Shaw, The Sankofa Center

MM: What is your retail background? RS: The Sankofa Center is an arts-based HIV prevention charity I founded in Africa years ago. I began designing the product line baring its name borne out of a... more »

Zootique at Cameron Park Zoo

One difficulty a zoo gift shop can face is attracting the general public — beyond just visitors to the zoo. At Zootique at the Cameron Park Zoo (CPZ) in Waco, Texas, the team uses social... more »

Changing with the Times

Welcome to our last issue of the year.It's been a big year for Museums & More in that we welcomed in 2014 with a brand-new design, the first one in almost two full decades. Looking... more »

A Point of Interest

In years past, point-of-sale (P.O.S.) systems have been expensive and time consuming to manage — forcing retailers to neglect them and, as a result, neglect the opportunity for stronger store success, as well. Fortunately, modern... more »

museums&MORE Winter 2015

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2014 Grand Strand Gift & Resort Merchandise Show Attracts Coastal, Souvenir Retailers From Up, Down The Eastern Seaboard

Living up to its nickname as the "Big Kahuna," the Grand Strand Gift & Resort Merchandise Show attracted souvenir, beach, surf and other coastal resort retailers from up and down the eastern seaboard to the... more »