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GHTA’s Retailer Advisory Board Announces Chicago Seminar Details
The Gift and Home Trade Association, the industry's non-profit professional trade association, announces that it has scheduled a special event during The Chicago Market: Living and Giving(tm) on July 20, featuring its Retailer Advisory Board.... more »
Dicksons introduces new gift product for summer and fall
The Dicksons sales team gathered in Seymour, IN April 24th - 26th to preview more than 650 new items the company is introducing to the market May through July. This new product offering included items... more »
Consumer Spending Could Be Out of Gas; Rising gas prices finally are prompting some to cut spending
Wal-Mart worker Jean Sartore sees the effect of rising gas prices on the sales floor at work and when she gets in her 1996 Buick Park Avenue. With local gas prices at $3.27 on May... more »
Beyond the basket; Marketing, creativity keys to success of Lakewood gift business
Kay Ehalt's creations go beyond the traditional wicker basket full of fruit and chocolates.Instead, Ehalt fills gallon paint cans, time capsules, picnic baskets and boxes with gourmet coffee, snack mixes and gifts selected with the... more »
Gift shops can ring up $$$
When Scotty Heuck was helping to organize a children's shop at the then-new Cincinnati Museum Center in the early 1990s, her allotted space was three floors down, and "you had to pay to get in"... more »
Sugar Shak Serves Succulent Sweets
Princeton -- The Sugar Shak's mother and son team of Carolyn Neal and Cole Thomas combines culinary training from Le Cordon Bleu with family recipes for sweet treats that have boomed in popularity."The week before... more »
The little big box: Planners prefer trend toward smaller chain stores
Just as town planners have lobbied to help prevent a 75,000-plus-square-foot store from coming to Andover, two of the biggest names in big-box retail have decided to change their game plan. A zoning bylaw amendment... more »
Up With Paper Introduces Collegiate Boxed Notes & Snow Globe Greetings
Mason, OH - Up With Paper, the original pop-up greeting card company, announced that it will be shipping a new line of university-themed and - licensed pop-up boxed notes and snow globe greetings in August.... more »
Hot ‘Sweet PETatoes’ Brand Drives Pet Memory Making Category
South San Francisco, California—Solonics, Inc. recently signed a licensing agreement with noted Midwest illustrator Gail Green to create and distribute the Sweet PETatoes line of memory products, designed exclusively for dog and cat pet owners... more »
Flirt Greeting Cards Introduces Flirt Keys: A Fun, Easy Way to Approach New People
Atlanta - Flirt Greeting Cards have arrived with a variety of fun, Flirt Keys for you. Flirt Keys are 3" x 3" note-sized greeting cards with flirtatious messages imprinted inside each one. If you've ever... more »
Oh, baby, what’s with the tee? Edgier messages grace the chests of tykes to the amusement — and disdain — of adults
Oshkosh bibbers are, like, so passe. Oh, you can still find pint-size overalls or pastel baby dresses, but you can also buy your baby trendy black onesies, K-Fed-style beaters, skull beanies and tiny T-shirts that... more »
May Off to a Good Start for Retailers
After struggling through April with one of the weakest performances on record, the nation's retailers are enjoyed improved sales so far in May, helped by Mother's Day shopping sprees and warmer weather, according to two... more »
