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Getting Your Product Onto Retail Shelves
Business owners with a product to sell often dream of winning shelf space in the Wal-Marts and Targets of the world. But these days, with the recovery dragging, it is a challenge to get shelf... more »
Planet Dog Announces Winner of Cover Dog Challenge
Portland, ME - Planet Dog is barking about the winner of their Cover Dog Challenge that took place at Woofminster, the Fifth Annual Planet Dog Foundation (PDF) Amateur Dog Show Fundraiser, held recently at Camp... more »
Spending Up for Halloween
Panama City, FL — Spending is expected to reach close to $6 billion this Halloween, according to the National Retail Federation.It's a welcome relief for retailers — who are still suffering from the worst economy... more »
Five commons myths about entrepreneurship
There's a great story you may have heard about a PhD student from a few years back at University of Toronto.It goes something like this: Every day at lunch, starting in the late spring, the... more »
City’s Small Businesses Still Search for Credit
Small businesses in Greater New York are continuing to feel squeezed by the credit crunch, according to a new survey released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.The first-ever survey by the Fed... more »
Artist opens gallery, gift shop
At a time when the recession was blighting the economic aspirations of many, artist and entrepreneur Roberto Evans said he didn't seem to notice.Bearded yet baby-faced, the now 27-year-old Gainesville native decided to channel his... more »
NRF Expects 2% Increase in Average Gift Spending
Rapaport — Even with the fundamental shift in consumer spending patterns across the U.S., the NRF 2010 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, found that shoppers won't just focus on lower prices... more »
GHTA Conference Golf Tournament to Support Gift For Life
Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home decor industries' leading charitable organization, announced today it will be a beneficiary of the charity golf tournament to be held at English Turn in New Orleans on... more »
Tetris® Game to be Developed for Keychain Carabiner Debut
Southampton, PA - Basic Fun, a division of the Good Stuff Company, and Blue Planet Software, Inc., the company that manages the exclusive licensing rights to the Tetris® brand, today announced the anticipated debut of... more »
Crane and Mountaincow partner to expand in-store printing capabilities with hundreds of templates for stationery and holiday cards by Crane & Co., Martha Stewart Stationery, kate spade new york and Chloë B.
Providence, RI and Dalton, MA - Crane & Co., the nation's leading maker of fine stationery for social and business correspondence, and Mountaincow LLC, developer of innovative professional invitation printing software, today announced a partnership... more »
Christmasworld: festive lighting in fashion: tips for saving energy indoors and outdoors
When the days draw in and the temperature falls, the yearning for fairy lights, candle arches and Christmas lighting grows. And, in the coming season, the focus will remain on quality and design. "The homing... more »
New gift shop opens in Lake Zurich
Artist Sue Briesch recently opened a gift shop and gallery in Lake Zurich filled with the work of local artists.Photography, jewelry, pottery and clothing are some of the items that shoppers will find at Wise... more »
