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Modern retailers are meeting multichannel consumer demands
As more consumers embrace multichannel shopping, retailers are diversifying their investments online and offline to meet customers’ needs, according to the annual State of Retailing Online study released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and... more »
Enesco acquires Things Remembered, Inc.
Enesco, LLC has completed its acquisition of Things Remembered, Inc., an omnichannel retailer of personalized gifts and merchandise. The Things Remembered online, direct mail, and B2B retail businesses, as well as 176 of its stores,... more »
Vera Bradley debuts New Hope Girls Collection on International Women’s Day
Vera Bradley has partnered with New Hope Girls, a Dominican Republic-based nonprofit organization, to create a limited-edition collection, Vera Bradley x New Hope Girls, set to launch on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2019. The Vera... more »
Clarion UX Gift, Souvenir & Apparel Show calendar has been announced
Clarion UX announced it will host a number of gift, souvenir/resort, apparel and other industry trade shows throughout the country between July 2019 and February 2020. Confirmed show dates are highlighted below. Look for additional... more »
Home furnishings lines to debut in historic Market Square for Spring High Point Market
Three new and relocated showrooms will debut in Historic Market Square for Spring 2019 High Point Market, joining more than 40 tenants of the Market’s destinations. Historic Market Square is a repurposed furniture factory that... more »
Gift For Life/DIFFA team rallies design community to Support 2019 AIDS Walk New York
Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home decor industries’ sole national charitable organization, is teaming-up with Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) to rally the design community’s support for the 2019 AIDS Walk New... more »
Thirteen companies honored with IHA Global Innovation Awards for product design
Thirteen housewares suppliers ranging from well-established brands to first-time exhibitors have been honored as Global Honorees of the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) for product design. The Global Honorees in each of 13 categories were... more »
Trend expert shares latest lifestyle trends at 2019 International Home + Housewares Show
"People aren't buying objects, they're buying experiences," said consumer trend expert Tom Mirabile. We’re now in a consumer-centric period of retail where the consumer is in control, said Tom Mirabile, trend expert for the International... more »
The 34th HKTDC Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair welcomes over 4,300 worldwide exhibitors
The 34th HKTDC Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from April 27 through 30, 2019. This event is co-organized by the Hong Kong Trade... more »
Retailers and shoppers are counting down to March 17
In an article on February 28, 2019 by Katherine Cullen, director of industry and consumer insights at National Retail Federation (NRF), shopping trends leading up to the celebratory St. Patrick's Day were discussed. Cullen noted... more »
LA Mart shifts 2020 date pattern for both its major gift and home markets
On March 1, 2019 LA Mart announced a strategic shift of its January and July Market dates for 2020. LA Mart’s 2020 Winter Market will move to Thursday, January 9 through Monday, January 13, 2020... more »
Retailers urge Congress to pass tariff relief legislation
The National Retail Federation (NRF) called on Congress to pass legislation on February 28, 2019 that would require that a process be established to exclude some items from the Trump administration’s tariffs on $200 billion worth... more »
