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Trumpette Brings High-end Baby Boutique to Midtown Sacramento
Sacramento, CA – Moms and dads, fashionistas and style mavens, get ready: Trumpette is setting the stage to open its newest location this month in the old Sirlin Photography building at 2020 I St. in Midtown.
Although it is best known for baby socks designed to look like little Mary Jane shoes or Converse high-tops, fashon-forward moms may swoon just a little when they see the entire lineup of high-end designer children’s clothing and accessories that Trumpette founder Jon Stevenson has to offer.
“It’s the best for little ones,” Stevenson said.
Creativity Blossoms in Colusa Store
Colusa, CA – Mitchell Nation was all smiles when he saw his piggy bank.
The 9-year-old Colusa boy had painted the ceramic bank, then it was fired in the kiln on site at the new gift store, Terra Bella, on Market Street.
He came to pick it up on Tuesday.
“I had fun making it. I made it for my dad,” said Nation.
Wholesalecrafts.com Reports Second Quarter 2012 Sales Results: Record-Breaking High, Total Online Shopping Cart Sales Exceed $1 Million
Wholesalecrafts.com, the premier online marketplace for retailers to source handmade American and Canadian craft, announces second quarter 2012 sales results.
Total online shopping cart sales placed by retailers to artists throughWholesalecrafts.com’s web service for April, May, and June 2012 came in at $1,089,687 – a tremendous 22.9% increase over 2011, and the highest recorded second quarter online sales amount to date.
About Wholesalecrafts.com
Wholesalecrafts.com is the premier online marketplace for retailers to source over 1,200 juried American and Canadian wholesale
Gift+Home at Las Vegas Market Presents 2nd Annual Gift for Life Reception, ‘Up on the Roof,’ benefitting DIFFA
An exciting line-up of events, entertainment and hospitality is on tap for Gift+Home attendees at the upcoming Summer 2012 Las Vegas Market, July 30–August 3, 2012.
This year’s Gift for Life Charity Reception, “Up on the Roof,” is a who’s who event for the gift industry in Las Vegas during Summer Market. Attendees are invited to gather “at the top of the stairs” on Tues., July 31 from 6-8 p.m., to enjoy cocktails, appetizers, live music, prizes and a breath-taking view of the glittering Las Vegas skyline—all for a very worthy cause.
Pets Welcomed in Petoskey
Petosky, MI – Becky Goodman is one of many who consider pets — particularly dogs — good for business.
Goodman, who has a dog of her own, says Petoskey is a pet-friendly city and often sees water bowls outside of businesses if pets want a drink.
“They increase the customers,” said Goodman, downtown director of Petoskey. “If I have my dog and I can’t take him in (the store), I won’t go in. There have been reports where dogs have been left in cars in the summer and died due to the heat.”
Cash Mob Sherwood Targets Odgepodge at Weekend Event
Sherwood, OR – Cash Mob Sherwood took another victim this weekend in Old Town.
More than 50 people arrived at Odgepodge with open wallets around 1 p.m. Saturday to peruse the store’s collectibles, art, antiques and indoor and outdoor decor.
“I loved it!” said Odge Gribble, the store’s founder. “We got people in here that I’ve been trying to get into Old Town for years and years.”
Win $1000 during “Fabulous on 14” at AmericasMart July 14th
The entire fourteenth floor of AmericasMart Building 2, is coming together on Saturday, July 14th from 4-8pm to bring you “Fabulous on 14!” an evening of food, drink, show specials and a raffle to win an $1000 American Express Gift Card.
Eat, drink, shop and be merry but be sure you have your raffle ticket stamped by at least six of the participating showrooms and you will be entered in the raffle to win the $1000 gift card. No purchase necessary. The winner will be announced in August.
California Gift Show Announces Schedule of Showroom and Exhibitor Events at L.A. Mart and Los Angeles Convention Center
As the July 2012 Market approaches, California Gift Show (CGS) continues to build strong momentum with L.A. Mart® permanent showrooms and temporary exhibitors at Los Angeles Convention Center’s South Hall Gift and Kentia Global Marketplace announcing a full line-up of events, programs and activities.
Kaemingk International Growing at AmericasMart
Kaemingk USA, the United States division of Kaemingk International, Europe’s largest holiday, garden and home décor company, will expand its Atlanta corporate presence with a flagship showroom at AmericasMart.
The new Kaemingk USA showroom, double the size of its previous space, is among many additions expanding AmericasMart’s rug, gift and apparel franchise, cementing its role as the world’s global marketplace with more than 50 years of planned tradeshow development.
Beginning with The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market in January 2013, Kaemingk USA will be
Professional Marketing, LLC Re-launches as Bultema Lambert Communications
Professional Marketing, LLC, a well-established and highly-regarded public relations and marketing communications firm within the gift and home industry, has been renamed to Bultema Lambert Communications. The firm’s owners, who purchased the business in early 2011, have changed the name as part of its rebranding efforts.
“Professional Marketing has proven a strong performer over the last 30 years,” said Gwen Vryhof Bultema and Jillian Lambert, owners of Bultema Lambert Communications.
New Shop Owner Aims to Get Catholic Items Back in Homes
Eugene, OR – Catholics seeking perfect gifts for special occasions can now simply stop by The Mustard Seed Catholic Gifts, at 227 W 10th Ave., Eugene.
The new shop has been a longtime dream for Lois Cersovski, a member of a multi-generation farming family in Harrisburg.
Located just a stone’s throw from St. Mary Church in Eugene, the shop has a selection of new, vintage and rescued items. Many of the handmade items are locally sourced – and Cersovski works hard to salvage abandoned items from thrift shops and estate sales.
Top Hat Wouldn’t Exist if It Weren’t For a Nepalese Airline Lottery
Manhattan, NY – Top Hat is one of the Lower East Side’s least predictable stores. The retail outlet of wholesale company Sweet Bella, it stocks gifts like hyper-accurate bird calls and packaged Finnish “snowballs” alongside hard-to-find stationery items like printed masking tape. Last week, owner Nina Allen told us all about how she came to find herself selling quirky dry goods on Broome Street. It’s a story that starts halfway around the world, on an airplane in Nepal.
What made you want to own a store?
It sort of opened itself.
tag Returns to Las Vegas
Trade Associates Group, Ltd. (tag) announced that they have contracted for space in the Homestyle showroom at the Summer 2012 Las Vegas Market. Homestyle is located in the World Market Center, Building C, Showroom 696. This will mark a return to Las Vegas for tag who last exhibited at the Las Vegas Market in 2008. The market runs from July 30 to August 3.
“We are excited to be back in La Vegas,” said Joe Fahy of tag.
Bangor Fiber Artist Named Artist of the Year for Annual Belfast Event
Bangor, ME – A splash of water and the chatter of two employees met Jodi Clayton’s ears as she descended the stairs connecting her art-filled boutique and basement studio. Hovering over a long table, Hannah Todd and Sally Gilbert were hard at work, pouring water over merino wool dragonflies on a silk chiffon scarf, just one step in the nuno felting process required for Clayton’s designs.
The past year has been a big one for Clayton, fiber artist and owner of One Lupine Fiber Arts in downtown Bangor.
Twin Cities Metro Independent Business Alliance Urges: Celebrate Your Local “Independents” in July
St. Paul, MN – For many Minnesotans, Independence Day means fireworks, flags, and outdoor barbeques. This July, members of the Twin Cities Metro Independent Business Alliance (MetroIBA) encourage you to “Celebrate Your Independents” all month long by shopping at local, independent stores. Twenty-five local businesses are offering special deals during the month of July, including The Wedge, St. Paul Corner Drug, and Midwest Mountaineering.
Celebrate Local Businesses
UK – ‘SUPPORT your local businesses’ – that is the message behind a brand-new shopping campaign which will launch in Gainsborough next month.
Independent Retailer Month’s Shop Local Campaign, launched by Claire Rayner, aims to highlight the important role smaller, local and independent retailers play in their community, the local economy and in the retail sector as a whole.
Skillsmart Retail and the British Independent Retailers Assocation (BIRA) have teamed up around the country to to encourage the public to celebrate diversity on the high street as part of the campaign w
A Bittersweet Addition to Downtown Business
Cheboygan, MI – Cheboygan’s economy looks to be bouncing back with summertime bringing visitors to vacation and shop locally.
Named after the vine, Bittersweet, a new gift shop in downtown Cheboygan, opened this week where Roger’s Jewelry once stood for nearly fifty years.
Women in Business: Boutique Owner Serves Fast-Growing Industry
Montgomery, AL – Stephanie Moseley observes that a lot of mothers are being doubly blessed.
“I never knew there were as many twins as there are,” said the owner of Born, a children’s boutique on Zelda Road in Montgomery. And she should know. The Montgomery native helps expecting mothers prepare their homes for the new bundles of joy.
Born sells clothes for children and babies, furniture, bedding, art, gifts, shoes, cribs, beds and almost anything a new mom would need, Moseley said. Owning the shop is a goal the Jeff Davis graduate has had for years.
Success Story: Internet Helps Grow Firm’s Hair, Skin Lines
Fort Myers, FL – YouTube launched Rochelle Graham into the business world.
It all started innocently enough in 2008 with a personal video blog when Graham, inspired by her husband, Demond Campbell, decided to stop chemically treating her hair with relaxers and let her natural hair grow.
Over the years she posted several videos a week about the concoctions she’d whip up to treat her hair and skin and show off her handmade jewelry. It led to a jewelry and accessories business and that eventually grew to offer homemade, natural hair and skin care products.
NYGF Showcases “Green” Resources Via “Sustainability” Project
New “green” products in several lifestyle categories – from personal accessories to tabletop and juvenile products – will be prominently displayed at the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) with the return of the SustainAbility: design for a better world® initiative.