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Kamm’s Corners Farmers Market Helping New Businesses Take Root in West Park Area of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH - Kamm's Corners Farmers Market is becoming just like the farms where many of its goods originate. The market has provided fertile soil for entrepreneurs to plant "idea seeds" and, when nourished by... more »
Gift Card Monkey Turns Unwanted Cards into Cash
Des Moines, IA - After carrying around a restaurant gift card for a West Des Moines restaurant for a couple of years, Chuck Irlmeier of Norwalk found a way to convert it to cash. He... more »
Art from the Very Heart of the Home
Heage, UK - Nestling in a house in Heage, a passionate artist is busy bucking the trend of manufactured gift shop goods.For a year now, Helen Wilde has run her online company from her cottage... more »
Fresh Picks: Highlights From the International Gift Fair in New York
New York, NY - The InventionSeason's Over? Ditch the GardenBacsac is a small Paris-based company producing bags you can plant in. The series includes pots, window boxes and a variety of sizes of gridded squares... more »
NYIGF Returns to Pre-Recession Size & Delivers Record Results
New York, NY - Marked growth in attendance and exhibitor participation resulted in the largest New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) since summer 2008.Reflecting a pre-Recession level of business activity, the summer 2011 NYIGF presented... more »
Some Exhibitors at MAGIC Apparel Show Report Sales Jumps
Las Vegas, NV - The careening mood swings that have characterized the stock market in the past couple of weeks have intruded into the day-to-day economy as well.As the giant MAGIC apparel show concluded on... more »
Supporters Flock to Arts on Main Opening
Gastonia, NC - Watercolor artist Lorene Lovell of Belmont has a creative place to display her art, create new wonders and tell of how she began making world-class creations out of nothing at all.She and... more »
New Store has Lots of Cool ‘Junk’
Conway, AR - Sharon Kincade, formerly of Just T's N fame, has opened Funky Junk at 1012 Van Ronkle St. in downtown Conway.Kincade closed Just T's N some time ago because she was struggling with... more »
Bauble Maker Charms Way into College Jewelry Market
Royal Oak, MI - Two years ago while recovering from brain surgery, Royal Oak jeweler Dave Schowalter had a gem of an idea: Create beads representing colleges and sororities from around the U.S. that can... more »
Enjoying the Move to Country Moodz
Brunswick Junction, AU - COUNTRY Moodz is a work in progress. Since owner Amanda Lovitt bought the Brunswick Junction gift shop late last year, she is slowly transforming it into a gathering place for like-minded... more »
“Made-in-America” Makes Snapi a Popular KitchenHappy Product
Snapi®, the single-hand server by KitchenHappy™, is grabbing Americans' attention. Retailers across the United States are reporting that as customers experiment with Snapi in their playful counter displays patrons notice the American flag shown on... more »
Where Creativity is Cultivated
Pasadena, CA - Courtney Collins dreamed of planting a garden. Not in her yard, or even at her house, but in a store. Here, she wouldn't grow flowers or vegetables; she would cultivate creativity.Enter Little... more »
