retailer profiles

Hospital Gift Shops: The Right Retail Prescription

The heartbeat of any health care facility, hospital gift shops benefit from a captive clientele, but they also have the tough task of merchandising to repeat customers, replenishing quick-turnover stock, and operating on a largely... more »

Ethical Gift Store For Ferring Proves A Hit

Offering a wealth of practical, ethically-sourced products is a formula which Justine Richardson hopes will be a winning one.And her new business, Mia Bella Casa, in Ocean Parade, Ferring, is certainly not short on eye-catching... more »

Beans-n-Brushes Opens For Business

Entrepreneurs like Keith Thompson keep on getting more and more creative in consolidating more than one store theme. Beans-n-Brushes is Thompson's latest small business which includes lattes, pottery and gifts."We have combined three different business... more »

Egg Harbor: Fitzgeralds Hope To Open Gift Shop

A former Egg Harbor village trustee, whose family-run business in the village was recently sold, appeared at Monday evening's Town Board meeting seeking a permit to open a new business along Wisconsin 42.Mike Fitzgerald and... more »

New Downtown Gift Shop Welcomed To Chamber

The Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the official opening of Splendor, ETC located in downtown Rockport. Representing the Chamber were members of the Bay Blazers membership, Chamber staff, fellow Chamber... more »

New Bellevue Store Sets The Standard In Accessible, Posh Home Design

Think a new home design store in downtown Bellevue is out of your league? Think again. Design junkies will find posh, yet accessible décor and inspiration at The Standard, a friendly, chic home furnishings store... more »

Unique Gifts And Unique Staffing Works For Southport’s Duck Duck Goose Gift Store…

Around the mid-1980's, somewhere in mid-Kentucky, decorative concrete geese started popping up in people's front yards. The trend spread like wildfire across the entire Midwest. By the 1990's, sales of the lawn geese were booming... more »

Burwood Village: Best Of Both Worlds

MIX and match at the Burwood village shopping centre. Burwood village has emerged as a dynamic shopping strip that offers residents a special blend of life's necessities and boutique luxuries. This hub of activity has... more »