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It’s All About Fragrance: Entrepreneurs Make Scrumptious Soaps
Midtown, TN – Customers of the small shop on Union Avenue next to Hollywood Feed and under French Rivera Spa can be forgiven for thinking it’s a bakery at first glance. Glass pedestals hold individually wrapped doughnuts, cookies, cupcakes, truffles, brownies, chocolate-covered strawberries and more.
A word to the wise: Don’t eat anything. The offerings are all about fragrance, not taste.
They’re soaps made by Brenda Jeter, one of the owners, to look like dessert and smell like chocolate, vanilla, chocolate mint, lemon, peppermint or strawberry.
Douglas Company Takes Flight with Dreamy Dress-Up Wings
Dare to fly off to a make believe land where all things are filled with beautiful dreams by way of Douglas Company’s very latest addition, Dreamy Dress-Up Wings™, designed with both boys and girls in mind.
The plush toy maker and lifestyle gift creator has recently added a complete line of hand-made, hand-painted original fabric Dress-Up Wings™. There are 13 designs ready to tickle the imagination and unleash creative play.
Each is intricately detailed, and some even sprinkled with glitter for that shimmery enchanted look.
Made in America Section to Debut at Seattle Gift Show – August 2013
To further strengthen its support of the Buy Local/Made in America movement, Urban Expositions will add a Made In America category to the Seattle Gift Show.
CMC Starts The New Year With a Successful Gift & Home Market and Expanded Resources
The California Market Center (CMC)’s Gift & Home Market, held January 22-29, 2013 at the CMC, got the new year off to a successful start, with a steady flow of enthusiastic buyers, and an abundance of resources. In addition to offering the West Coast’s most extensive collection of holiday and seasonal products, buyers enjoyed discovering new fashion accessories and baby products from the CMC’s expansive fashion, children’s, and design showrooms.
C & F Enterprises Announce Contest Winner from Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market
C & F Enterprises, makers of artist-designed bedding and home décor have joined together with the WILLIAMBURG brand to award Meredith Leopold the Williamsburg Garden Getaway Gift Certificate.
Meredith Leopold is the owner of Saffron Creek; a fine home accents and gifts shop, located in North East, Maryland. The contest was inspired by a launch party to celebrate the new Williamsburg patterns; Boxwood Abbey and Garden Folly. The winner was chosen in a random drawing from show goers who came to the C & F Enterprises Atlanta showroom during the January Market.
Eclectic Shop Zinc Opens Near Rail Walk, Future Lee Street Theater
Salisbury, NC – Three women have opened a quirky shop across from the Salisbury Depot in an area of downtown they believe is the next hot spot.
Wendy Beeker has moved Grayshores Trading Co., her eclectic South Main Street boutique, to 314 Depot St., where she’s gone into business with Nancy Truax and Amy Flynn Haynie.
33,000 Toy Buyers, Sellers expected at New York Toy Fair
More than 33,000 toy buyers and sellers are expected to come the the Javits Convention Center today through Wednesday for the annual New York Toy Fair.
Record numbers of attendees are expected at the show, which was largely unaffected by the weekend’s snowstorm because most attendees arrived in New York a day or more before the snow did.
The New York Toy Fair is where big toy manufacturers present their new spring and fall products to the media and where small and mid-size companies hope to catch the eye of toy buyers from Toys “R” Us, Target and Wal-Mart.
Renewed Alamo Gift Shop Reopens
San Antonio, TX – With a bit of dramatic flourish befitting the Cradle of Texas Liberty, the Alamo entered a new era Friday in the modern retail frontier, reopening its renovated and “re-imagined” gift store.
“To the people of Texas and all Americans in the world,” historical interpreter Wade Dillon, quoting William Barret Travis and dressed as the young Alamo commander, proclaimed as he cut a red ribbon with a Bowie knife to officially reopen the Alamo Gift Shop.
As if on cue, C.C., the black-and-white cat that lives at the state-owned complex, entered the store first, ahea
Artisan Resource Delivers Results for Exhibitors in Its Second Edition
Building on the success of its summer 2012 launch, Artisan Resource™ delivered valuable orders and contacts to exhibitors in its second edition, January 27-29, at New York City’s Passenger Ship Terminal 92.
Dallas Market Center Accepting Entries for The Next Big Thing
Dallas Market Center today announced it is accepting entries for The Next Big Thing – its national product search contest. Three finalists will show their products in front of more than 50,000 attendees during the Dallas Temp Show to be held June 20-23, 2013 (with staggered opening and closed dates) during the Total Home & Gift Market (June 19-25).
The contest is for anyone who has the next hot product – a product designer, entrepreneur, artist, stay-at-home mom, your next door neighbor, or any other creative mind.
Gift+Home at Las Vegas Market Posts A Successful Winter Market
By several pivotal measurements – a significant increase in attendance and overall order writing, as well as an influx of new showroom tenants and temporary exhibitors – the Winter GIFT+HOME at Las Vegas Market, January 28-February 1, 2013, was the most successful market since its launch for all participants.
Tervis Gets Cheeky with Anne Taintor Vintage Humor Designs
Tervis is proud to announce a new partnership with artist Anne Taintor, known for her designs that combine vintage style with contemporary humor. Often found on totes and stationary, six of Taintor’s renowned designs will now be featured on Tervis drinkware.
“The partnership between Anne Taintor and Tervis is a natural fit,” says Rich Kaplan, Tervis President of Sales and Marketing, Chief Brand Officer. “Like Anne’s style, at the core of the Tervis brand is fun.
Catherine Deneuve at Ambiente in Frankfurt
French actress Catherine Deneuve will visit Ambiente, the world’s leading trade fair for the consumer-goods sector in Frankfurt am Main on 18 February. Deneuve is considered to be one of the most outstanding actresses of her generation. Still highly successful today, she has worked with directors such as Luis Buñuel, Roman Polanski, François Truffaut and Lars von Trier and could most recently be seen with her daughter Chiara Mastroianni in the 2012 film ‘Les bien-aimés’.
Mom-Owned Business Takes Monogramming to a New Level
Hazelwood, NC – Customers have asked Katie Seymour to monogram just about everything — from the typical towels or cloth purses to the completely abstruse car mats or sports bras.
“There is a huge market for embroidery, and it’s a competitive market,” said Seymour, who owns Lily Belles in Hazelwood.
Seymour is just one of a dozen business owners in Hazelwood who have contributed to its revitalization during the last seven years.
GHTA Announces Location and Dates for 2013 Annual Conference
The Gift and Home Trade Association, the industry’s leading non-profit trade association, has announced its 11th Annual GHTA Conference will be held in San Diego, California, October 2-5, 2013. Designed to provide educational and networking opportunities for all attendees, the conference will reiterate why the gift and home industry is “stronger together.”
“Our annual conference has become a signature event within the gift and home industry,” noted John Keiser, president of the Gift and Home Trade Association and CEO of OneCoast. “This conference will be no exception.
Who’s Ready for Toy Fair? Douglas Company is! Booth #639
The plush toy maker and lifestyle gift creator Douglas Company is geared up for an explosion of fun at this year’s International Toy Fair in New York City. It’s an experience you won’t want to miss!
Ruffle Totes: Fun fashion accessories designer Christine Clarke’s has created three new Ruffle Totes making their debut at the winter shows. The first Ruffle Totes hit store shelves in March 2012 and were a smashing success from day one.
Summer Fancy Food Show Back in New York City
The Summer Fancy Food Show is returning to New York City, its longtime East Coast home. It will be held June 30 – July 2, 2013, at the newly-renovated Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
In 2011 and 2012, the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc. (NASFT), the show’s owner and operator, relocated the event to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., during the renovations.
“New York City is the birthplace of the Fancy Food Show,” said NASFT President Ann Daw.
Massive Invasion of Germs, Viruses Hit Javits Center
An epidemic of germs and viruses – computer and otherwise – will hit ToyFair at Booth 4962 when GIANTmicrobes® (www.giantmicrobes.com), the innovative maker of toys and merchandise focusing on our microscopic world, invades the 2013 International Toy Fair, February 10 – 13, 2013 in New York. Among the toy cells, germs and critters introduced by GIANTmicrobes® at the International Toy Fair is its first-ever collection of technological “bugs” – toys and merchandise modeled on computer ills like Malware, Trojan, Worm and Virus.
Spice Shop Sells Exotic Flavors by the Ounce
Miami, FL – Spice Galore’s retail space in South Miami looks like a potion room from the Harry Potter books. Glass jars and transparent little bags filled with herbs and other ingredients from around the world sit on wooden shelves waiting to be part of a recipe.
For the founders of the boutique, at 6010 S. Dixie Hwy. in South Miami, it’s all about bringing the magic of “molecular gastronomy” into the kitchens of adventuresome home cooks. The modern style of cuisine focuses on chemical transformations.