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New! Chappy’s Lip Balms with SPF 15
Sweet Grass Farm, a New Hampshire based manufacturer of all-natural hand cut soaps and the ever-popular Farmhouse Homecare Collection is introducing a new product to the family... New! Chappy's Lip Balms with SPF 15. The... more »
President Elect Obama Inaugural Committee Selects Local Company To Make Commemorative Product
Middlebury, VT – Maple Landmark, creator of award-winning children's products, has been hand picked to create a wooden toy train engine to celebrate the Inauguration of President Obama. A train engine was chosen because President-elect... more »
In N.Y., a Yen for Japanese Shops
With its large Japanese expat population and thousands of Japanese American residents, New York has long offered sushi restaurants and karaoke bars. More recently, the popularity of high-end design and funky pop culture from the... more »
Downtown gift certificates boost sales
Traverse City, Michigan -- Merchants got some bang from downtown bucks during a wobbly holiday shopping season.Sales of Downtown Traverse City Association gift certificates soared to $192,425 this holiday season, up 25 percent from last... more »
After sales, will shoppers pay full price again?
New York -- Shoppers are getting used to those 75 percent off sale signs, and that's bad news for merchants who worry they will also have to quickly slash prices on spring goods to attract... more »
Women’s store opens doors
TN — When Grace's Shop for Ladies in Green Hills closed its doors last summer, longtime employees Lisha Orman and Jean Stratton took it as a sign.For 15 years, the pair had dreamed of opening... more »
Holiday sales in Highland Park shops stay steady or increase as economy weakens
Highland Park, NJ —Despite the doom and gloom surrounding retail businesses nationwide, the borough's downtown businesses did not see a dip in holiday sales. Instead, revenues for local merchants have been holding steady or increasing... more »
Fit to a tea: Genteel beverage is carving out a niche in Madison
Madison, Wisconsin — Tea time is starting in Madison.Although tea is the world's most commonly consumed beverage next to water, in Madison, like much of the rest of the United States, tea has been a distant... more »
Furniture Brands Expands Presence at World Market Center Las Vegas
St. Louis, Missouri -- Furniture Brands International (NYSE: FBN) announced today that four of its brands will join the growing roster of World Market Center exhibitors. Thomasville, Drexel Heritage, Henredon, and Maitland Smith will debut... more »
Laura Ashley Inks Licensing Deal for South America
Ft. Mill, S.C. -- Laura Ashley, Inc. announced today licensing rights have been granted to Brazilian textile manufacturer,Artelassê Indústria e Comércio Ltda., to produce and distribute a collection of fashion bedding and bath products and... more »
Online gift shop will allow me to be my own boss
Exeter, UK — I decided to set up an online business selling organic gift packs because I was aware that a lot of people are looking for more natural products.I have two young children and... more »
“Shop-local” trend helps boost holiday sales for some Greer retailers
Greer, SC — While chain store sales across the nation suffered from a dismal holiday shopping season -- the worst since at least 1970, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers -- some local... more »
