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Toy and Game Inventors Awards Honors Creative Minds
(LINCOLNWOOD, Ill.) -- The Chicago Toy and Game Group recognized outstanding toy and game inventors at the first Toy and Game Inventors Event (TAGIE) award ceremony Friday November 21st. In a nation where we grant... more »
Ninutik Maple: Soaring above the airport gift shop
Maple products have been Canadian staples for generations; airport gift shops are well stocked with boxes of leaf-shaped sugar and beige plastic mini-jugs of syrup. But for Toronto industrial designers Dianne Croteau and Richard Brault,... more »
Retailers use (cheaper) e-mail to send shoppers coupons
E-marketing sounds so passé, but this year, retailers are checking their e-mail lists twice to try to juice up holiday sales. Sure, Web videos are cool, but direct marketing can be loaded with incentives that... more »
Brandwise, GHTA introduce show index for the gift and home industry
(Lakewood, CO) -- Brandwise, an application service provider well known in the industry for its software solutions, and the Gift & Home Trade Association (GHTA), the industry's leading trade association, announced a revolutionary new market... more »
Green World Rugs to Debut New Designs at Atlanta Winter Market
Tucker, GA -- Green World Rugs, a leading designer and manufacturer of jute braided rugs and accessories, introduces four new attention-getting color combinations. The new designs, Salem, Harvest, Nantucket and Kingston (as shown above from... more »
Las Vegas Design Center to host ‘Sustainable Footprints’
(LAS VEGAS)——Track down the latest information on eco-friendly floor coverings and design at Las Vegas Design Center's premiere 'Sustainable Footprints' event on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, open to trade professionals and connoisseurs of design. The... more »
Sustainable Designers Win National Design Award for Hanging Mobile
(VANCOUVER, BC, Canada) -- Green designers Contexture Design are being recognized this week at the 2008 Design Exchange Awards. The design team received top prize in the category of industrial design for their hanging mobile,... more »
Replogle Globes introduces Frank Lloyd Wright Collection product line
(Chicago) -- The world's leading globe producer, Replogle Globes, Inc., introduces the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection product line, featuring five hand-crafted globes for executives, travelers, historians, and connoisseurs of fine home décor, art and architecture.... more »
Merchants fight economy with resolve and pluck
Bristol, RI — While national headlines of falling employment and plummeting stocks are galloping across the land like Paul Revere, Bristol merchants are keeping cautiously optimistic despite slowing sales and tough staffing decisions."No question about... more »
Arts Business Institute, Wholesalecrafts.com partner in artist education program
(Mooresville, NC) -- The Business of Wholesale premiers May 31 and June 1, 2009, at the American Craft Retailers Expo (ACRE), Las Vegas Convention Center. ACRE University: The Business of Wholesale will focus on education... more »
Retailers Counting on Cyber Monday as Bright Spot of Challenging Holiday Season
(Washington) — People who don't want to fight Black Friday crowds will have a less chaotic shopping option just three days later. Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is expected to be more promotional than... more »
Discover best practices for business success: Americasmart University
(ATLANTA) — AmericasMart University (AMU) - the home/gift/area rug industry's most complete retail business education program - gives January 2009 Market buyers unmatched learning opportunities with a slate of facilitators drawn from the highest echelon... more »
