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A Neighborhood Treasure for Gifts
Everyone thinks of the end of the year as the busiest shopping season, but many may argue that a much busier time for gift giving is May through June. Mother's Day, Father's Day, weddings, graduations,... more »
Study: Store flooring can affect purchasing decisions
The feeling customers get from a store's flooring can affect how a product makes them feel, which can in turn determine whether they buy it, according to new research from University of Minnesota's Carlson School... more »
Woodstock Chimes® to Unveil New Rust-Themed Collection
Shokan, N.Y. -- Woodstock Chimes, a leading manufacturer of precision-tuned windchimes, will debut its latest collection, Woodstock Rust˙, during the summer market season. The 10-piece collection combines the company's signature quality sound and design, including... more »
Retail Landlords’ Online Marketing Campaigns Grow More Sophisticated
As retail property owners and developers continue to search for the most effective ways to use social media, they are beginning to look beyond Facebook and Twitter to build loyalty among shoppers. In the past... more »
Lizzie Rose shops in Tuckerton bring back favorites for summer
Tuckerton, NJ - Ten years ago, Liz Reichard walked out of the old St. Theresa's Church and fell in love with an orange Victorian building across Route 9, largely due to the gingerbread filigree at... more »
The Hopmarket is a really lovely place
Local people have been trading at the Hopmarket in Worcester for almost 300 years.Even before the imposing four-storey Hopmarket Hotel was built at the turn of the 20th century, hop merchants were buying and selling... more »
Vacant buildings issue downtown
The nearly two dozen vacant buildings that dot downtown Philadelphia were noted as a concern by a group of planning experts in a final report to the Philadelphia Main Street Association recently.While downtown retailer Steve... more »
Party celebrates Italian goods
Indiana — Claudia Ryan and her customers celebrated Italy and many of its products inside her North Illinois Street store in Indy last week. Ryan's swanky home furnishings and gift store, Charles Mayer & Company, is... more »
If stores pay less for credit card use, will you?
Congress is mulling changes to the fees and restrictions that banks and credit card companies can place on merchants that accept credit and debit cards, but the changes might not have as positive an effect... more »
Winner of the special show “Carnevale di Venezia” flies to Italy
Traditional masks, the colourful hustle and bustle of the carnival, narrow, winding streets and romantic gondolas – associations evocative of Venice. At this year's Christmasworld, at the end of January, the city on the lagoon... more »
GeoArt’s newest collection, Topkapi Tile, pays homage to Turkish Artisanal Luxury
New York. A vibrant burst of color and style abounds in Cynthia Gale's latest collection, Topkapi Tile, which features carnelian and iolite set in exquisite sterling silver jewelry. Evoking the stunning stylized tulips in Topkapi... more »
Gift For Life to Benefit from Pacific Market Center’s Tabletop by Design
Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home décor industries' sole charitable organization, today announced it will serve as the beneficiary of the first annual Tabletop by Design, a celebration of all things tabletop and... more »
