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Mayor breaks tie to create new wine-only liquor license in Danville
Danville, IL – Mayor Scott Eisenhauer broke a 7-7 city council tie, voting to approve a new Class W license that will allow one downtown shop to sell wine in gift baskets and by the... more »
Making the Webwork
Pennsylvania — At the Toadflax store in Shadyside, there are candles to be ordered, longtime customers who need deliveries and students wandering in from nearby Carnegie Mellon University or Pitt to pick up Kiehl's body... more »
NYIGF Joins WGSN Advisory Forum
White Plains, NY — An exclusive agreement between the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) and WGSN, one of the world's top style and trend forecasting services, will position NYIGF as the sole U.S. home, gift... more »
Slant Collections Launches New Blog to Offer Insider’s Look At Product Development
San Francisco, CA – Slant Collections, widely recognized within gift and tabletop circles for its unique glassware innovations, will offer readers of its newly-launched blog Slant-ology a glimpse into the minds of the company's designers... more »
AJ’s Edible Arts a tasty success story in Pasco
Pasco, WA — Twenty-two years ago, Alice Jones of Kennewick was an unemployed bookkeeper.Today, she's president of AJ's Edible Arts of Pasco, which manufactures eight mustards, salsa, cheese ball and salad dressing mixes and a... more »
Home Grown: Jacksonville Mercantile
Oregon — Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon.What do you do and how long have you been doing it?(David speaking) We... more »
Celebrity gift bags feature local artist’s recycled jewelry
Vancouver, Canada — Jessica Reiss's eco-friendly sterling silver and recycled bead jewelry will be given away in Leo Awards celebrity gift bags this weekend.The Vancouver designer studied commerce in university, but became interested in jewelry design... more »
Aurora Introduces Milly The Pinkest Kitten
Pico Rivera, CA – Little girls who love plush and pink will love the newest feline phenom from toy and gift manufacturer Aurora World Inc. Milly™ The Pinkest Kitten comes from the company behind the... more »
Let Customers Create New Ideas For You
With the increasing focus on innovation and speed to market comes a need for efficiency, discipline and creativity in the new product development process. New product teams are being pressed to think differently, do differently... more »
Beer pouch sweatshirt catches on at Disney World, NBC
Wisconsin — Brew City Promotions Inc.'s beer pouch sweat shirt - which allows the wearer to carry a brewski hands-free - has turned out to be the gift that keeps on giving for the small Milwaukee... more »
Mentor woman’s toy creation to hit stores nationwide this month
Mentor, Ohio -- Sandy Harsanyi Murphy's invention was born out of necessity. After many a sleepless nights with a toddler who was afraid of being alone and in the dark, the Mentor mother was determined... more »
L.A. Mart Gift Association to Hold Second Annual Prosperity Pep Rally
Los Angeles, CA – The L.A. Mart Gift Association will host 300 gift and design industry representatives, manufacturers and retailers at their second annual "Prosperity Pep Rally," on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 from 4:00 –... more »
