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It’s Trade Market Season: How the Stores Shop
Hampton, VA – Store owners around the Peninsula — and across the country — began a different kind of shopping bustle in the weeks following Christmas.
Some of the largest retail trade markets began in early January, with shop owners doing their own bargain hunting to prepare for the new year.
Tish Llaneza, owner of Countryside Gardens in Hampton, recently traveled to Atlanta’s AmericasMart, where thousands of wholesale vendors revealed upcoming trends and new products.
Cash Mob Launches Local Business Support in Crown Point
Crown Point, IN – Liz Messing almost didn’t come in to her business, The Artful Garden, on Saturday morning, but she needed to unpack some new shipments of art pieces while her sales associates worked behind the counter.
A shop full of customers chanting Cash Mob greeted her as she walked through the door about 10:20 a.m.
Her hand flew to her mouth as she surveyed a dozen women wearing pink Cash Mob buttons and purchasing a variety of items.
Las Vegas Market Creates New Destination for Bedding Products on 15th Floor of Building
The Las Vegas Market has created a new area dedicated to bedding products on the 15th floor of Building C and features nearly 25 bedding resources, enhancing the market’s position as the international hub for the bedding industry.
The new area features more than 100,000 square feet of bedding displays from a wide variety of leading manufacturers. The reconfigured C-15 space will debut at the winter Las Vegas Market taking place Jan. 28 to Feb.
Scandle Body Candle Adds Six New Aromatherapy Blends to Massage Candle Line
Scandle® LLC, the leading manufacturer and wholesaler of the finest quality massage candles and eco-friendly spa beauty products, announces the addition six new aromatherapy essential oil blends to their eco-friendly massage & lotion candle line.
Made with a synergistic blend of essential oils, soy butter, shea butter, jojoba and vitamin E; Scandle’s Essential Oil Body Candle line combines the aromatherapy benefits of a spa candle with the benefits of a skin healthy massage oil in one product.
Dallas Market Center Announces January 2013 Best of Show Award Winners
Dallas Market Center today announced the winners of the January Total Home & Gift Market Best of Show Awards. Judging for Best of Show takes place twice a year during the January and June Total Home & Gift Markets. Visual design experts judged and recognized booths and showrooms with fresh, innovative and creative displays.
Ridgefielder Opens Fairfield Gift Boutique
Fairfield, CT – When deciding where to open the physical storefront for Lion’s Paw & Company, it was Fairfield’s “openness and sense of community” that drew Ridgefield resident Anna Nowak to a space on Donnelly Walk in Fairfield.
“I checked other places, but I kept coming back to Fairfield,” said Nowak. “[The town] really supports the arts, there’s a strong sense of community, and there are a lot of people involved in the healing arts.”
Through Lion’s Paw & Company, Nowak is involved in the arts as well —namely, the art of interior design and Feng Shui.
The Starving Artist Offers Handmade Pieces by More Than 50 Artists
St. Augustine, FL – Brought together by their love for the arts, Joyce Hayes and Hester Longstreet opened The Starving Artist in late 2012 to give local up-and-coming creative minds an opportunity to both showcase and sell their work.
Now almost two months into the art consignment business, the shop sells an array of crafts from 50 talented area artists.
From stained glass pieces that hang from the building’s 19th century ceiling to lamps handcrafted by blacksmiths, an evolving mix of art flows in and out of the location, located at 28 Cuna St. in the historic district of St.
Cash Mob Mobs Lisa-Marie’s in Bath
Bath, ME – Lisa-Marie’s Made In Maine in Bath just got a swarm of business, thanks to a “cash mob” on Jan. 17.
The mob numbered about 20 people. Participants in the cash mob showed up with no idea what the store was going to be until it was announced shortly after 5:30. They then spent a little over 20 minutes in the store, with each participant spending a minimum of $20, providing a boost to the location.
“This all started with the tourism committee,” said Peter Heinz, a member of the committee. “Somebody had clued me in to cash mobs, and we ran with the idea.”
Three Companies Receive Eco-Choice Awards at NYIGF
Three companies – Aladdin, a brand of PMI; Sobremesa Greenheart; and Xovivo — have received the 7th semi-annual Eco Choice Awards recognizing the most innovative and environmentally responsible gift, home, and lifestyle products at the winter 2013 New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®). Online balloting determined winners of the Eco Choice Awards, co-sponsored by NYIGF and GREENRetailer magazine, in three categories; Most Innovative, Most Sensitive Use of Materials, and Most Sellable.
Designer Launches Patented Baby Pillow Product Line
What started more than 10 years ago as a basic need for former stay-at-home mom, Cindy Perry, to keep her babies safe, warm and stimulated, has inspired pello, a complete line of deluxe floor pillows and blankets for babies and toddlers. Perry launched the company last year after nearly a decade of hand-making the unique, patented pello luxe floor pillow for her children, family and friends.
Pello features a distinct, donut-shaped floor pillow with raised edges, ultra-soft plush fabric and soft padded center that benefits a child at all stages of development.
France the Partner Country of Ambiente 2013
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the German-French Treaty of Friendship, Ambiente is delighted to welcome France as its Partner Country from 15 to 19 February. With a wide-ranging programme under the motto ‘La France un art de vivre’, the international consumer-goods fair will offer inspiration and information revolving around the subjects of lifestyle, creativity and design. “From fashions to tableware, the influence of French design is felt all around the world. The creativity and the style consciousness of our French neighbours enrich Ambiente every year.
Two Lobby Displays at Las Vegas Market Preview Summer Gift+Home Anchor Tenants
Two curated product displays, located in the lobby of Building C of World Market Center Las Vegas, will preview products from Michael Aram, Inc. and Just Got 2 Have It!, two new anchor tenants debuting at summer 2013 GIFT+HOME at Las Vegas Market. The displays, which showcase the July opening of c-ONE and the Lifestyle Collection on C10, will be presented during Winter market January 28-February 1, 2013.
51 Exhibitors Renew Commitment to Las Vegas Market with Long-Term Showroom Leases, Totaling over 350,000 Square Feet
Reflecting the vital role the Las Vegas Market performs in creating new business opportunities for furniture producers and importers, Broyhill, Emerald Home, Lane and other major sources have renewed their showroom leases for the Las Vegas Market taking place Jan. 28 to Feb. 1.
Broyhill, which has been showing at the Las Vegas Market since the first event was held in the summer of 2005, has extended the lease on its 19,449-square-foot showroom in space A-1053.
Something for Everyone at New Gift Shop
Fairfield, TX – The new shop on the Courthouse Square, Finders Keepers Boutique, with its hot pink sign, catches one’s eye immediately, and shoppers will not be disappointed when they venture in.
Five different vendors and the owner Wanda Phelps’ own wares, make for an eclectic mix of fun.
Finders Keepers has a wide assortment of jewelry for every taste.
A variety of wall hangings are sold. Some have serious messages like, “For all our blessings, we give thanks.”
One Kings Lane Renews Corporate Sponsorship of Gift for Life
Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home decor industries’ leading charitable organization, announced today that One Kings Lane, the leading new commerce company for the home, has renewed its Corporate Sponsorship of Gift for Life. In addition to a direct contribution, One Kings Lane will repeat its highly successful sales event, offering curated items from New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®), benefiting Gift for Life.
“One Kings Lane is quite simply the best sort of partner one can have,” said Leslie Nathan-Street, chair of the Gift for Life board.
Acme Furniture Expands, Relocates Showroom for Winter Las Vegas Market
Acme Furniture, an importer of bedroom, dining room, home office, occasional and accent furniture, is expanding and relocating its showroom for the Las Vegas Market taking place Jan. 28 to Feb. 1.
The company will show in a 31,000-square-foot showroom in space C-1401. The new showroom is 50 percent larger than its previous space, which was located on the 12th floor of the C Building.
“Our business has been expanding very rapidly,” said Gabriel Pu, senior sales vice president of Acme.
Gift Shop Godsend for Filberg Park in Comox
Comox, BC – Occupying a small space on the upper floor of Filberg Lodge, the Filberg Heritage Lodge Gift Shop has grown from a startup store in spring 2011 to become the second-largest fundraiser for the association.
“It’s a very pleasant way for people to shop for a gift or get a momento from their trip to the lodge or park,” explained Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association (FHLPA) chair Mo MacKendrick.
MacKendrick explained the shop began in May 2011 and began accepting donations of collectibles, antiques and fair trade and locally produced items for sale.
Shop Local Initiative Brings $45,000 to Lincoln Square Businesses
Lincoln Square, IL – Christmas isn’t over for several small businesses as a new shop local initiative put more than $45,000 back in the community this holiday season.
The Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce sponsored a program that rewarded people for keeping their dollars in the neighborhood—with 107 participants in its first year.
The Unwrap Lincoln Square Ravenswood program gave shoppers a $50 restaurant gift card if they spent $300 in at least three local businesses.