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Application Deadlines Extended for NYIGF’s Juried Divisions
The application due date for two juried, design-focused divisions at the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) has been extended.Applications, which are available online at www.nyigf.com/apply, are due by Friday, October 14, for Handmade Designer... more »
Maple Landmark Expands Line with Several New Products
Middlebury, VT – Growing leaps and bounds, the Schoolhouse Naturals™ brand line now has several new items to appeal to a widening audience. The Schoolhouse Natural™ brand introduces 6 new products for the Holiday buying... more »
Scandle® Body Candle Announces New Line of Eco-friendly Beauty and Spa Accessories
Dallas, TX - Scandle® LLC, the leading manufacturer and wholesaler of the finest quality massage candles and eco-friendly spa beauty products, today announces the addition of fair trade beauty and spa accessories into their award-winning,... more »
Anabel’s Offers Unique Gifts
Lexington, NC - Uptown Lexington has gained a new gift shop, Anabel's Boutique & Gift Shop, at 223-A S. Main St., which is two doors down from the Edward C. Smith Civic Center.Joan Blevins, owner... more »
Google, Twitter Join ‘Small Business Saturday’ Movement
Following the success of last year's Small Business Saturday, a number of online giants are teaming up to help local owners make this year's event even more prosperous.Facebook, Google and Twitter, among others, are joining... more »
Heart ‘n’ Home Reopens a Little Less Country
Pocomoke City, MD - Brian Jones says if you've been inside one country store, you've seen them all. And that's what he and his wife are trying to avoid with the re-opening of Heart 'n'... more »
Uptick in Small Business Optimism First in Six Months
Chicago, IL - Open boxes of Halloween and holiday decorations are strewn on the counters and floors at the Confection Connection Too!, 316 S. Dearborn St., as owner Gail Goodman prepares for the kickoff to... more »
Appletree Cottage Marks One-year Anniversary
North Hampton, NH - From the outside Appletree Cottage Antiques & Home does not appear particularly spacious in the small red building it is housed in. Yet once you enter the number of antiques, home... more »
25 Years Of Partridge Tree Gifts
Danvers, MA - Regular shoppers at Partridge Tree Gift Shop know Jackie Fiandaca as the friendly and competent face behind the counter. After all, Fiandaca has been running the exclusive little gift shop on the... more »
Downtown Gets a New Candy Shop, Just In Time for Sweetest Day
Rochester, MI - There's having a passion for something..... and then there's the Ziggy mold."As a kid, instead of bringing in cupcakes to school as my birthday treat, I would home-make and bring in chocolate... more »
Visitor Center Gift Shop Kicks off American Craft Week Today
Rome, GA - The Rome-Floyd Visitor Center and the Last Stop Gift Shop will celebrate American Craft Week beginning today by highlighting local artists, authors and jewelry makers.The goal of American Craft Week, sponsored by... more »
Digs Studio Settles Into New Kingfield Digs
Kingfield, MN - Imagine if you could physically walk into Etsy: handmade pillows and jewelry in one corner, jars of vintage buttons in another, supplies for knitting your own scarves and sweaters along the back... more »
