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It Pays To Keep Your Dollars Here

Warsaw, MO - It happens every day in all small towns across America, and most people do it without even thinking twice about it. The typical consumer will head to the big chain grocery stores... more »

Key Brands Expected to Return to 2nd Annual Gourmet Housewares Show

Scores of leading gourmet products and housewares resources from around the world are expected to return to New York City in August 2012 for the Gourmet Housewares Show® at the New York International Gift Fair®... more »

NYIGF Announces New Five-Day Format Beginning in Summer 2012

Following a shift in traffic patterns and an exhibitor survey about market timing, the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) will adopt a new five-day format – opening Saturday and closing Wednesday (rather than Thursday)... more »

Why Shopping Local Works

Newfoundland - The holiday season is well and truly over. I know that because I finally paid off all my bills. I had to makes some choices this year: go online or go to a... more »

Store Owners Go Shopping

Huntington, WV - During a recent international gift show in New York City, six women from West Virginia strolled the aisles and pored over the exhibits, looking for the next unique item to bring to... more »

Mom-and-Pop Shops Still Backbone of S.J. Economy

Stockton, CA - Just a few decades ago, Americans did most of their buying and eating out in places such as Stockton's Miracle Mile or Lincoln Center: shopping districts dominated by locally-owned, independent retailers.But the... more »

Significant Attendance Increase, Brisk Order-Writing Headline February 2012 Edition of San Francisco International Gift Fair

Trending upward since its 2009 acquisition by Urban Expositions, attendance at the February 18-21, 2012 edition of the San Francisco International Gift Fair at Moscone Center reached its highest level to date under the new... more »

Buy Local: Buying Local’s Our Sentiment

Grimsby, UK - With retail experts predicting that the Great British high street could soon become a thing of the past unless something is done to preserve it, the message from local business leaders is... more »