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Infographic: Holiday Sales Are a Gift in Itself
As we head into the holiday season, retail marketers' wish list has but one item on it: an increase in holiday sales. Indeed, those marketers may just get the gift they long for most of... more »
Independent Toy Store Popping up Downtown Detroit
Detroit, MI - When I first met Kurt Spieles, he issued me a challenge: Match as many shapes as I could, in three minutes or less, by placing wooden cutouts into their corresponding spots on... more »
Books, Toys and More: Buttonwood Celebrates 25 Years of Business
Cohasset, MA -As Betsey Detwiler, founder and former owner of Buttonwood Books and Toys recently told the Mariner, after spending a quarter-century running a local shop, “You really get a slice of life.”After 25 years... more »
A Holiday Gift For All Time? Give History – Exquisitely Wrapped as a Doll
As the gift-giving season builds to December 25, parents not only look for the right toy but one that will inspire. Basic childhood presents like a doll, costumes and storybooks are far better than hi-tech... more »
Zak Releases New Toddler Cups Designed Specifically For Specialty and Independent Retailers
No two toddlers are the same. They don’t eat the same, they don’t drink the same, and they don’t like the same styles. What’s ideal for one toddler, might be completely unacceptable to another. With... more »
Glory Haus, Inc Acquires Brushfire Design
Glory Haus, Inc is proud to announce that Brushfire Designs will be joining the Glory Haus family effective, October 22, 2013. Current production will shut down with the acquisition as they work together on a... more »
Redesigned Dallas Market Travel Webpage Offers Early-Bird Rates
Dallas Market Center recently announced that special early-bird travel rates for January Markets in Dallas are now available on the newly-redesigned Market Travel section of the website.The special hotel rates starting as low as $78/night... more »
New Home in the Mall has a Boutique-y Feel for Voyageur Books & Gifts
Atikokan, ON - It’s a new location and a (somewhat) different product mix…. so does that mean a new name is coming?“Well, maybe,” says Annette Tanner. “What do you think of VBGs?”She told us this... more »
New Shop on Canton Street in Roswell Offers Taste of South With Art, Fashion, Décor
Roswell, GA - Southern Style, a new business on Canton Street in Roswell, brings an eclectic mix of art, clothing, home décor and accessories — crafted by a group of 40 to 50 artists —... more »
New Main Street Store Features Vt. Goods
Bennington, VT - A new store on Main Street is open for business - carrying a full line of products made entirely in Vermont.Welcoming locals, and tourists, Bringing You Vermont is owned and operated by... more »
Patti Stracher of GLM Elected to Greeting Card Association’s Board of Directors
Patti Stracher, vice president of the White Plains, N.Y.-basedGLM, and show director of GLM's National Stationery Show (NSS), was appointed to the board of directors of the Greeting Card Association (GCA) at its recently concluded... more »
Emerald Expositions & ASD Las Vegas Organizational Announcement
Emerald Expositions, formerly Nielsen Expositions, the producer of ASD Las Vegas, the nation’s largest wholesale merchandise trade show, announced today additions to their senior management team. Karalynn Sprouse, SVP of the Merchandise Group at Emerald... more »
