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EXTRACTS Summer 2007 Best New Product Winners Announced
New York, NY - Colorlab Cosmetics was awarded "Best of Show" yesterday in the Best New Product competition at EX*TRACTS: New discoveries in beauty and wellness. Awards also were presented in five product-specific categories (Bath... more »
Summer 2007 Accent on Design Award Winners Announced
New York, NY - The "best of the best" were recognized at the New York International Gift Fair, where four exhibitors in the juried Accent on Design division were honored for design creativity and ingenuity.... more »
New York Home Textiles Market Week Announces Best New Product Awards
New York, NY - Shades of India was awarded "Best of Market" yesterday in the New York Home Textiles Market Week Best New Product competition. Awards also were presented in four product-specific categories (Bed, Bath,... more »
World Market Center Reports Brisk Traffic, Strong Order Writing and Key Retailer Attendance
Las Vegas - The Summer Las Vegas Market held July 30 through August 3, opened to big crowds and featured thousands of new product introductions and emerging trends from more than 1,300 manufacturers across all... more »
Royal Patrician Teaware Announces New Introduction
Royal Patrician Teaware announces the introduction of the new Dynasty Collection of high quality fine bone china items, an "English look" teaware line produced for the company in Asia. "Our customers have been asking for... more »
Enesco Acquires Assets of Country Artists Limited
Itasca, Ill. - Enesco LLC, a leader in the giftware, and home and garden decor industries, today announced the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Country Artists Limited. Country Artists is a leading... more »
Another Big Recall May Hit Mattel
Mattel Inc. is close to announcing its second big recall of Chinese-made toys in as many weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, expanding a mounting crisis for the toy maker that could grow... more »
Webkinz toys come to life online
Angel, a stuffed Webkinz Pegasus with a shiny pink mane and glimmering wings, sat lifeless next to a computer keyboard. On the monitor, Angel's virtual self came to life before her owner, Grace Schiltz's, very... more »
Master of soap making – Local resident
Asheville — Kimberly Masters has been making soap since 1999. Two years ago, with demand for her all-natural soaps increasing, she realized her hobby had the potential to become a full-time business.The resulting enterprise, Essential... more »
Home for hobbyists: Strasburg couple’s store has so much to offer its customers, even expanding can’t hold it all
Strasburg - The Internet downloads countless wonders but few more inspiring than the story of how the wooden "fetish kangaroos" were herded into Strasburg.These little carved pieces are about the size of a quarter and... more »
Six generations pour soul into Kentucky pottery
Waco, Ky. -- Mustard-yellow clay dust covers the walls, the low walnut beams and the dirt floor at Bybee Pottery, where six generations of the Cornelison family have been turning, glazing and firing stoneware since... more »
Family inspires business
Family is infused into just about everything at Barker Road Collection in Tacoma's Old Town, and it starts with the name and the logo.It's a house, with palm trees fronting it, on Barker Road in... more »
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The Pantone Color Institute named Peach Fuzz (PANTONE 13-1023) its 2024 Color of the Year, and the hue is already permeating retail. Here we present the latest products adorned in the peachy hue, as well as four complementary hues selected by Pantone for 2024. Read the Spring 2024 Trend Report here: giftshopmag.com/article/spring-2024-trend-report-peach-fuzz-and-its-supporting-cast/![]()
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