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Local Stores Ready For Holiday Shoppers
Columbia - Locally-owned retail shops said Monday they are ready to compete with big corporations for the early holiday shopping push. Those local shops are already getting holiday shoppers thanks to their efforts to sell... more »
Shop local for Christmas
The official beginning of the Christmas shopping season is next week, the Friday after Thanksgiving. But a stroll through local stores or the mall tells you the season is well under way.Stores are decorated for... more »
Area shoppers are filled with holiday spirit
Bradenton — Libby Engel already sees local consumers in the holiday spirit. At Crowder's Gifts and Gadgets, the gift shop director says Christmas decor has been a popular purchase since the inventory hit the shelves... more »
7 W to Host the Retail Design Collective
New York, NY – A.R.E.'s Retail Design Collective (formerly The NADI Show) is set to make its mark on NYC this December at 7 W New York, where 16 visual merchandising suites will complement the... more »
Coming Home – Giving gives Beauty & Bath a new home
When it comes to giving, keep calm and think laterally. How can you save time when you are stressed? What small gift would your hostess like and what surprise gift can you give the friend... more »
Knoxville shops try to keep holiday shopping local
Knoxville, Tenn. -- With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, a new movement wants shoppers to buy from local businesses this holiday season.The idea sprang from Metropulse newspaper, which targeted area businesses that... more »
“Shop Concord Indies First!” Starts Nov. 20
The Concord Independent Business Alliance ("Concord Indies") is urging the citizens of Concord to "unchain" themselves through the Holiday Shopping season with the kick-off on Saturday Nov. 20.Support your favorite Concord Indie business first before... more »
Retail crunch time has begun
Waiting for Black Friday sales to start your holiday shopping? That's so last decade.If you haven't already started, you're already behind.Black Friday — the traditional start of the holiday season on the day after Thanksgiving,... more »
Norman Sadek, founder of Andrea by Sadek, Passes Away at 92
New Rochelle, NY — Norman W. Sadek, 92, founder of Andrea by Sadek passed away peacefully Saturday, November 13, 2010 at his home in Hartsdale, NY. An industry pioneer, he founded the company with his... more »
New 2010 Green Study Results from SFC and WMC
Chapel Hill, NC – The Sustainable Furnishings Council and sponsor World Market Center Las Vegas are releasing the third wave of their annual Green Home Furnishings Consumer Study conducted in September 2010. The study was... more »
Holiday spending boost expected
When Lynette Boisvert started displaying Christmas items in her Classic Duck gift shop in Santa Rosa's Montgomery Village in mid-October, she didn't expect sales to pick up until after Halloween.But to her surprise the ornaments... more »
Labor of love: Mom opens store to help blind daughter
Las Cruces - As the crowd thinned, Krisha DeLong took a moment Thursday to survey her store's kitchen. "We're out," she said, casting a eye over mostly empty racks that earlier held flavorful cupcakes (pumpkin... more »
