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Inspiring Local Chicagoland Artist to be Featured at the 2010 Chicago Market
Chicago, IL – The Chicago Market: Living and Giving® is proud to announce that Frames by Devora will be offering individually hand-painted frames by local Chicagoland artist Devora Fisher, at the upcoming July Market. Fisher,... more »
World Market Center Las Vegas Recruits Veteran Team To Lead Gift + Home Division
With a razor-sharp focus to become the west’s preeminent destination for the gift industry, the new Gift + HomeTM division at World Market Center Las Vegas is backed by a formidable assembly of seasoned executives... more »
The Chicago Market: Living and Giving Announces July 2010 Retailer of the Month, Julie Hubbard of Julie’s Corner Store in Lacon, IL
Chicago, IL – The Chicago Market: Living and Giving® is proud to announce the July 2010 Retailer of the Month honoree. The ROTM program is designed to acknowledge exceptional retailers who are making a difference... more »
Hotel gift shops go glam
The days when taking home a souvenir from your favorite hotel meant a bad logo T-shirt or golf visor are long gone.How about a Rebecca Minkoff bag? The W Hotel's stores have one in an... more »
Greetings from the International Home and Gift Show
This weekend I can be found in Atlanta at the International Home and Gift Show. This is a semi-annual event I attend in an effort to find the merchandise I offer at Hodgepodge.When I tell... more »
Kramer’s Lawn Ornaments creates hundreds of yard decorations
Kramer's Lawn Ornaments and Gift Shop has been around since the 1950s in Pittsville. Back then, farmers Harry and Helen Kramer bought a few ornament molds from neighbors and sold the crafts from a shed... more »
Revolutionary Bra Organizer Solves a Common Problem for Women Around the World
Chandler Arizona's hottest new entrepreneurial company Angelica Enterprises announces the newest must-have product on the market for women. The Bra Tree! Combining beauty and functionality, this product appeals to women everywhere. The Bra Tree is... more »
Kippley finds a niche by selling unique accessories
Prairie du Sac, WI — Linda Kippley opened The Window Sill Gifts shop in downtown Prairie du Sac in 2002. The space at 525 Water St. where the store is located used to be attached to... more »
After 60 years of owning a souvenir shop, Eddie Devlin has become an icon on the Atlantic City Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ — Boardwalk businesses are known to have a high turnover rate. So, when you operate the same business on the famed wooden walkway for 60 years, people not only know your name,... more »
Cookie Bear: A Local Stop for Sweets Lovers
Merrick Patch, NY — Cookies, candy and chocolates galore—Cookie Bear gift shop has the perfect assortment for decorative platters, party favors or, that aching sweet tooth.Alison Sparaco, a Merrick native, opened her business in 2006 after... more »
Marblehead Businesses Support Sales Tax Holiday
Marblehead, MA — Local business owners are hoping to see the benefit of a sales tax holiday, which would suspend the 6.25 percent state sales tax on goods and services up to $2,500 the weekend of... more »
One gallery expands, one opens downtown
Newark, NJ — Despite the challenges of a small-town market, artist-entrepreneurs still find Granville fertile ground. Two recent cases in point: The expansion of a gift shop-art gallery and the opening of a new gallery --... more »
