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Scandle Body Candle Packaging Goes Green
(DALLAS, TX) – Scandle LLC, the leading manufacturer and wholesaler of the finest quality massage candles and complimentary spa products, today announced their new sustainable packaging, designed to coincide with the company's already eco-friendly product... more »
Award-Winning ABC Show Results & Industry Awards
(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) -- Thank you for participating in the juvenile products industry main event, the 2008 ABC Kids Expo. This year's show proved to be a tremendous success for all attendees. Record attendance was... more »
Fearing a holiday letdown, retailers shifting strategies
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at some of the nation's stores, as retailers struggle to find ways to make shoppers forget about their battered 401(k) plans. Neiman Marcus' trees have been sparkling... more »
Tea shops pour expertise with every cup
To those out there who may be intimidated to join the legion of tea-drinkers: Banish thoughts that tea is only for a certain (read: snobby) crowd. And keep that pinkie finger relaxed.Pinkie-raising, notes tea etiquette... more »
New ‘Sassy Pony’ store downtown boasts lively look
Aiken, SC — A new shop with attitude and flair has found a home on Laurens Street in downtown Aiken.Filling the vacancy left by the Tennis & Squash Shop, the Sassy Pony is the new... more »
Shops bid historic area goodbye
As red banners with Chinese writing hung from a turquoise-colored shelf at the Kong Sun Co., owner Carol Sezto reflected on her goal of selling her Chinatown gift shop business. So far, no serious buyer... more »
Small Biz: Dream of own business leads to new boutique
Katie Nichols has her priorities in order. The 25-year-old sales representative for A&M Equipment Sales, decided she wanted to start her own business before she moved on to other life-changing events in her life. Nichols... more »
Orlando gift expo returns to Orange County
(ATLANTA, GA) -- There is only one gift event in Florida this winter, and it has been the one Florida retailers have counted on for more than 20 years.The Orlando Gift Show returns to the... more »
Dallas Market Center Welcomes Fall Toy Preview Back to Big D
(DALLAS, Texas) -- Dallas Market Center hosts the Toy Industry Association's (TIA) 2008 Fall Toy Preview for the second year in Dallas. The show is the toy industry's most important preview of products under development... more »
UK Gourmet proves there is nothing oxymoronic about its name
Fairfield, CT — "The English contribution to world cuisine—the chip," quipped Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda.For the average outsider, the term "British gourmet" seems a tad oxymoronic. We've never had an accurate depiction... more »
Wringing out some sales
Beleaguered merchants are trying to pry open the wallets of shell-shocked consumers with promotions so aggressive that it feels like the holidays have come two months early. The flurry of deals has intensified as the... more »
LUND Sponsors Young Inventor Challenge at Chicago Toy and Game Fair
CHICAGO, IL – Lund and Company Invention, L.L.C. announced today that they will be sponsoring and coordinating the Young Inventor Challenge (YIC) at the 2008 Chicago Toy and Game Fair (www.ChiTAG.com), November 22-23 at Navy... more »
