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With Squeeze on Credit, Microlending Blossoms
New York, NY - Amanda Keppert is convinced that she would have lost Mandy's Korner, her hot dog stand in San Jose, Calif., if she had not received a type of loan that is more... more »
Announcing the opening of Gaye’s Gallery of Gifts to the Cambridge Main Street community
Cambridge, IL - The letters that once spelled out Humphrey's Barber Shop on a store front windowpane in downtown Cambridge were recently removed to make way for a new business. For several decades, the address... more »
Local store opens second location inside airport
North Bend, OR - A popular South Coast store and tourist attraction has expanded it's business in the Bay Area, opening up a second location that they hope will draw in more customers.Last week the... more »
Ocean City Resort Gift Expo Returns November 14-17, 2010
Atlanta, GA - Offering coastal and shore community retailers from Maine to Virginia Beach an opportunity to get a jump on their spring/summer 2011 resort buying, the Ocean City Resort Gift Expo returns November 14-17,... more »
Retail sales up at fastest rate in three years
London, UK - Retail sales grew at their fastest pace in three years in July, and retailers were their most upbeat in six years about the prospects for August, a survey by the Confederation of... more »
Tastement by Seema Malik, a refreshingly tasteful line of cards that debuted at the National Stationery Show in New York
New York, New York — Tastement™ is a line of contemporary cards that debuted at the National Stationery Show in New York in May 2010. The show was held at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention... more »
Wholesalecrafts.com and Florida’s Chapter of the Museum Store Association Announce Date Alignment for January’s ACRE Orlando Show
Mooresville, NC - Wholesalecrafts.com, producers of the American Craft Retailers Expo (ACRE) shows, including ACRE Orlando, to be held January 22 - 24, 2011, announces that the Florida Chapter of the Museum Store Association has... more »
Retailers Pay More to Get Cargo (No Guarantee)
New York, NY - The grills shaped like kegs and toolboxes, ordered for a Father's Day promotion at Cost Plus World Market, arrived too late for the holiday. At the Container Store, platinum-color hangers, advertised... more »
Why Elite Shoppers Eschew Logos
New York, NY - K-Mart and Marc Jacobs have something in common: low- and high-end fashion products tend to have less conspicuous brand markers than midprice goods, according to a paper soon to be published... more »
Creative gifts bring booming business for museum shops
Visitors to the National Palace Museum (NPM) crowd into the museum's gift shop searching for "treasures." One woman initially examines keychains with a design imitating the famous Ching dynasty "Jadeite Cabbage with Insects, " but... more »
Brandon builds on its arts and crafts reputation
Brandon, VT - Roseann Johnson didn't have to think twice about opening an art galley in a town known as "the art and soul of Vermont.""We know Brandon is a destination for people who are... more »
Will new card lure shoppers?
Ridgewood — The Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce hopes a new rewards card that offers discounts and promotions will lure shoppers to village stores and businesses.The cards have been in circulation for a month, and the... more »
