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24th Annual ARTS Awards Call for Nominations
Dallas Market Center and the Accessories Resource Team (ART), the trade association representing the home accents industry, today announced the call for nominations for the 24th annual ARTS Awards. Dallas Market Center and ART encourage... more »
Keeneland Gift Shop Gears up for its Busy Season as Spring Meet Nears
Keeneland, KY - The Keeneland Shop is a slice of retail heaven for horse lovers.First-time shoppers are sometimes unprepared for the array of beautiful clothes and high-end home accessories when they walk into the oak-paneled... more »
OneCoast Announces Key Management Promotions
OneCoast, the leader in nationwide sales and marketing for gift, baby, fashion, and collegiate vendors, announced today two key management promotions. The recent promotions reflect the company's growth plans as well as their efforts to... more »
Well-Defined Goals Help Ensure Social Media Success
When Comcast was looking to decrease the number of customer service calls it was getting, it turned to Facebook to better engage with its customers.When Giant Glass wanted to reach out to university students to... more »
Facebook Fans Nurturing Growth in Plymouth
Plymouth, IN - A spring flowering of small businesses in downtown Plymouth is leveraging Facebook in a mutual "Liking" arrangement that multiplies exposure and accelerates traffic. "It's amazing the kind of stuff we have downtown... more »
“Nature’s Grace” Evokes Nostalgia for Simpler Times
The new "Nature's Grace" line from inspirational giftware wholesaler Abbey Press offers customers the chance to reconnect with the serenity of simpler times.Adorned with birds, butterflies and botanical designs, the eight pieces by inspirational artist... more »
Beach-Themed Flip Flop Island Opens in Visalia
Visalia, CA - Bright colors, grass skirt-adorned walls and the products themselves — flip-flops galore, beach bags, wraps and more — at Flip Flop Island in Visalia are reminiscent of the shops on every street... more »
‘Cash Mob’ Targets Loveland Businesses
Loveland, CO - Downtown Loveland business owner Tracey Gonzalez stood outside the door of Splurge grinning and laughing last Saturday afternoon as a dozen customers entered her store.Gonzalez had just experienced the second Loveland Cash... more »
Phase Three of NYIGF Strategic Reorganization Begins at Summer 2012 Market
The third phase of a major, multi-year strategic reorganization of the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) will begin at the summer 2012 market, with repositioning of three product divisions – Baby & Child, Handmade®... more »
Style Shines In Atlanta
The April Atlanta Apparel Market brings style and substance with an array of lines, product launches, educational events and runway excitement. From a Keynote Event presented by television fashion star Jeannie Mai to the return... more »
Jillbeads Jewelry Continues Significant “Growth Spurt” in 2012
After 12 years of designing contemporary fashion jewelry for a limited number of boutiques, galleries and specialty gift shops, Jill Pfefer, a Denver Colorado jewelry designer, began a nationwide expansion of her unique Jillbeads line... more »
Cancer Survivor Says She is Giving Back Through New Boutique
Newark, OH - Randy and April Daum arrived at Licking Memorial Health Systems on March 29 for April's first chemotherapy session since being diagnosed with breast cancer.They wore shirts saying, "Together we will fight, together... more »
