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NoHo Boutique Owners Expand Clothing Empire with Fourth Shop
NoHo, NY – It’s just a year since clothing and lingerie designer Julie Erinc and her husband opened their first boutique on Lafayette Street at Bond Street, but they’re already building a clothing empire soon to be seven stores strong.
Erinc and her husband Metin — who have launched the shops BrowNY International, Designers’ Collective and pop-up Hip Hop USA on the same Lafayette Street block in the last year — recently added a fourth store to their growing NoHo empire: the women’s clothing and jewelry boutique 51.
The shop, which opened around the corner from the Erincs’ other
New ‘Cynthia L.’ Boutique Wows Customers
Redwood City, CA – One might say, Redwood City’s new Cynthia L. boutique is where “ugly duckling” fashions go to be transformed into beautiful swans.
That’s because Cynthia Webb, the boutique’s owner, is fast developing a reputation for being one of the most talented “fashion innovators” on the peninsula.
Webb, who just recently moved her flagship store from Menlo Park to Redwood City and opened for business on March 23, is known for taking drab, lifeless clothing, fashion accessories, home décor and furniture and breathing new life into them.
IFDA Celebrates 65 Years of Industry Leadership at Circle of Excellence Awards Program
The International Furnishings and Design Association – formerly known as the National Home Fashions League – will celebrate its 65th anniversary on Tuesday, May 8th when the group presents its 2012 Circle of Excellence Awards. The event, established in 1992 to recognize outstanding leadership, vision and dedication in the design and furnishings industries, will take place at the Union League Club, 38 E. 37th Street, New York City at 6 p.m. with cocktails followed by the awards program at 7 p.m.
Cash Mobs Come to the Rescue of Small Businesses
Kingston, WA – Stacy Patrick hasn’t heard her cash register ring like this in months.
A group of about 20 customers calling themselves the Kitsap County Cash Mob came all at once Saturday to Patrick’s Clever Gift Shop in downtown Kingston, snatching up greeting cards, candles, mugs and various other items that haven’t gotten much of a look since last summer.
“Fall and winter have been bad in downtown Kingston. It’s been brutal,” Patrick said as happy shoppers — some with purple “Kitsap County Cash Mob” T-shirts and handmade signs — left her shop with full bags.
Expectant Couple Opens Baby Clothing Boutique in N.L.
North Liberty, IA – For North Liberty residents Nic and Kelly Mercer, opening a baby clothing boutique in their town just seemed like common sense.
“There just really seems to be kids everywhere in North Liberty,” Nic Mercer said. The median age of the city is 29, according to 2010 Census data.
“Those are the people that are most likely going to be expanding their families,” he said
O.C.’s First ‘Cash Mob’ Strikes
Fountain Valley, CA – At 11:23 a.m. Saturday, Bonnie Tucker was on her cell phone. Tucker, a life-long Fountain Valley resident, was getting ready to mob the T-Shirt Wholesale Outlet on Talbert Avenue with 43 of her neighbors, and she was getting last-minute buying instructions from her daughter.
Cash mobs have been striking at independently owned small businesses across the country, but this gathering was the first one to hit Orange County. (Another is scheduled 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Urban Expositions Announces Sales Team for New LA Gift Show
Urban Expositions has announced the exhibit sales team for The LA Gift Show, its new semi-annual exhibition set to debut February 2-5, 2013 in California’s Anaheim Convention Center. Led by Show Director Dirk von Gal, the team of seasoned Urban show management and sales executives will also include Lisa Lundrigan, who comes to Urban from Merchandise Mart Properties Inc.’s (MMPI) California Gift Show.
NYIGF’s “Night on Broadway” Features Specially-Priced Tickets to Ghost
GHOST, the brand new Broadway musical adapted from the hit film, will be the featured “Night on Broadway” performance during the summer 2012 edition of the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®). Tickets, for the Monday, August 20, performance, which are normally priced at $137, are specially-priced for NYIGF participants at $89 each.
Arteriors to Debut New Brandwise iPad Sales App
Brandwise has announced that Arteriors will debut its new VMi iPad sales app at the High Point Market. VMi, or “Visual Merchandiser for iPad,” is the latest platform extension of the Visual Merchandiser tool, making it the only hardware-independent order capture tool on the market – meaning it can be used on any laptop, tablet, PC or iPad.
With VMi reps can quickly and easily create high-impact, striking visual sales orders on the iPad.
Sherry’s Gifts Hosting Re-Opening Saturday
Palestine, TX – Sherry and PW Cotton love not only what they do, but the fact that they get to give back to others.
The Cottons own the local retail shop, Sherry’s Gifts.
Starting 15 years ago in the Kroger grocery store strip mall area, Sherry’s has evolved through the years.
Local Boutique Expands, Moves To Route 19
Peters, PA – Are you searching for that perfect gift? Perhaps something for mom? Mother’s Day is coming soon!
Trunk Shows Boutique in Upper St. Clair may have exactly what you’re looking for.
The store moved into the former Betsy Ann Chocolates building on Route 19 from Donati Road in Bethel Park about two weeks ago. Owner Teres Lucot said customers could find a gift for just about anyone inside.
Online sales-tax collection likely, ending a retail edge
Columbia, S.C. — When word emerged that Amazon.com Inc. was hunting for warehouse sites, leaders in South Carolina rolled out a welcome mat of tax breaks to lure the Internet retailer.
Officials of the business-friendly Southern state offered more than $33 million in incentives, including free land, a property-tax cut and payroll-tax credits.
Women open outdoor-furniture store in Scituate
Scituate — In the span of two years, Brittany Jones went from gift-shop employee to furniture store co-owner. Jones, with a little help from her actor father, teamed up with former boss Sylvia Killion to open the Paradise at Sylvia’s outdoor furniture store on Front Street in Scituate last week.
The women had discussed a possible venture ever since Jones, 35, took a job at Sylvia’s by the Sea, one of three stores Killion, 48, now owns on Front Street.
Local Boutique Expands, Moves To Route 19
Are you searching for that perfect gift? Perhaps something for mom? Mother’s Day is coming soon!
Trunk Shows Boutique in Upper St. Clair may have exactly what you’re looking for.
The store moved into the former Betsy Ann Chocolates building on Route 19 from Donati Road in Bethel Park about two weeks ago.
Retailers claim state may lose money on gift cards
Retailer organizations Wednesday released the results of an analysis of the sales tax impact of a new law that allows New Jersey to collect any unused funds left on a gift card and it showed that the state might lose more in tax revenue than it will collect as disgruntled card companies withdraw from the market.
American Express, InComm and Blackhawk Network last week said that they will no longer sell gift cards in the state because of the amendment to the unclaimed property law.
Prinz Adds New Designs to Artisan Collection
Rich, classic woods, high-quality design and expert craftsmanship combine to create several new photo frame introductions to Prinz Ltd’s popular home décor collections. The Aristan Wood series, featuring unique treatments and timeless stylings, premieres several new frame designs to the Prinz line for 2012. The new offerings provide consumers with a distinctive range of options to add sophistication and artistic flair to any home décor.
The Artisan Wood collection celebrates the expert skill of woodworking, utilizing wood harvested from renewable plantations.