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NEW YORK -- A far cry from utilitarian blankets and construction workers' generic sweatshirts, WestPoint Stevens' first ads for new Vellux fashion apparel tell quite a different story. And watch [...]

NEW YORK -- A far cry from utilitarian blankets and construction workers' generic sweatshirts, WestPoint Stevens' first ads for new Vellux fashion apparel tell quite a different story. And watch [...]

POTPOURRI, Christmas Archer International Imports Aromatique Bell Buckle Country Store Bernard Cappelli C & F Trading California Wreath & Trio Designs Group Carolina Perfumer Countryside Farms div of Countryside Fragrances [...]

COLUMBUS MARKETPLACE FOR GIFT, GARDEN & HOME DISCOVER COLUMBUS and DISCOVER ... one of the biggest and best product selections in the region in one of the friendliest and easiest [...]

SPHERES Frantic Fern Arizona Light Stones Maj International/Glasstudio Borowski Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills Shasta Visions Spheres to You Spherical Concepts Worldly Goods SPOON RESTS Boston Warehouse Trading Clay Art [...]

At the February Ambiente show in Frankfurt, Germany, Rosenthal Studio-Line debuted a collection of Andy Warhol designs featured on a full line of tableware and porcelain. This introduction followed fast [...]

A list of giftware manufacturers, importers, jobbers, and distributors is presented, categorized by product type. The alphabetical list begins with abalone accessories and ends with wrought iron accessories., Under this heading will be found a list of products of interest to the buyer of gifts, china & glass, and home accessories. To secure the addresses of the concerns [...]

A list of the various trade names, patterns, shapes and cuttings under which giftware products are sold is presented. The trade names and company names are printed in bold type, along with a brief description of the products sold under the trade name., A A & M Jewelry Co Fashion Jewelry A & M JEWELRY CO A A F GOLD LABEL Silk flowers & plants ALDIK ARTIFICIAL FLOWER CO INC A Big Top [...]

BEATING THE POST-HOLIDAYS DOLDRUMS Sit back and relax! This new column is meant to be laced with a touch of humor, as well as to be informative - 'inside information' [...]

Bill McCartney & Assocs. relocated from the World Trade Center (WTC) to 2331 Dallas Trade Mart (DTM). The firm represents the vision of a new generation of American artisans with [...]

Plush gets touchy with a new 'eyelash' material, as you can feel for yourself at this winter's gift show in Atlanta. Used on a grouping of pigs, cows, monkeys, ducks, [...]

Over half the gift stores surveyed in a 1996 report said that their annual sales was less than $100,000, while 24% of stores reported sales of $100,000 to $249,000. The average per-store sales in 1996 was $220,000, 27% less than the $302,844 per-store sales in 1991. Gift retailers, however, are optimistic about the future as 57% said they expected sales to rise in 1998., While the vast majority of retailers surveyed in 1996 were single store locations (81 percent), the percentage of multiple-store locations grew 7 percent from 1991 when only 12 percent of [...]

In Celebration of Golf is a 13,000-sq-ft golf-themed gift shop located in Scottsdale, Arizona, started by golf pro Roger Maxwell. In Celebration of Golf also features art, home furnishings, clothing and collectibles. Maxwell, calls In Celebration of Golf a toy store for grownups and a hangout for golf junkies. The store features 12 themed departments named after an aspect of the golf game., Marrying the tradition, romance and history of golf in a magical retail setting is the realization of a lifetime dream for Roger Maxwell, a golf professional for 23 years and [...]

To give your sales the Midas touch, try a personal touch. By simply adding a name or monogram to an item, you're creating a unique, personalized gift - with a [...]

This section lists resources by product category. To find the address and phone numbers of the companies listed, refer to the alphabetical listing which begins on page 21. Wherever a [...]

Regardless of locale or season, it's so easy to set a tropical mood. A. Underwater image is pack-with aged wallet-style with 2 each of six images for 12 cards in [...]

How some retailers make up their minds in choosing a new store location is very 'exciting.' Oy! Vey! My favorite story is the one told me by an executive friend [...]

NEW YORK -- Moving out of suite 202 of the 295 Fifth Avenue Home Textiles building here is kitchen textile manufacturer Kay Dee Designs. Moving in: Design Network, the rug [...]

Stationery Take your youngest customers aboard Noah's ark, to a castle, or on a trip to the farm with 3-D play surfaces and Colorforms. Stick-on Colorforms are also available in [...]

Kurt S. Adler Inc., 400 World Trade Center (WTC), introduces decorative accessories for future brides and grooms, and newlyweds. New bridal holiday accessories feature figurines, ornaments, and other decorative accessories [...]

New at Dillon-Wells, L.A. Mart (LAM) 1000, is the Barada line of hand-wrought iron decorative accessories and accent furniture. Available in many styles, colors, finishes, and fabrics, the line retails [...]

Compete in the resort market -- even if your store is nowhere near the ocean. With tourists spending close to $500 billion each year on travel -- and another $1 [...]

Class Of 2000 Inc. has joined Clear Development Inc. to create the Web's first 3-D animated, online educational series. The animated host of the site, Professor Century, provides browsers with [...]

Man's ceaseless drive to find expression in new images is evident at the Hemisphere Design Gallery, 9009 Word Trade Center (WTC), a springboard for talented new designers and entrepreneurs. Newly [...]

The secret is out. note cards to magnets, from photo frames to gift wrap -- not to mention T-shirts, coasters, boxes, docks, dinnerware, sachets, jewelry, and much more -- the [...]

ABALONE ACCESSORIES A.T. Storrs Ben jane Arts Jurgensen's International Redicraft Products ACCENT & AREA RUGS AMS Imports Artesanos Tipicos C V Collins Assocs Carol Endres Bee Home Colonial Mills Dunroven [...]

America's 12.2 million college students make up a fun, challenging marketplace for resourceful gift retailers. Practical and more materialistic than their '70s counterparts, students of the '80s are active gift [...]

There is a new excitement in back-to-school products -- pizzazz -- a new creativity that should stimulate sales. No more mundane products, predictable and basic. Resources have brought color, imagination [...]

Limited space is no obstacle for retailers who are innovative when they design their displays. Merchandise should be presented neatly. Appropriate shelving, including a shadow box style, saves space. Unsightly tall spaces can be masked with unique displays. Arches, trellises, long counters, plants, or boxes can divide and seemingly expand existing space. Flat or high storage units are also useful., When doing my research for advertising and promotion, I often come across really clever, innovative retailers who have come up with solutions for making their small spaces work for them. [...]

Gift store operators can turn the questions their customers ask them into new services and profit-making ideas. A whole new line of items can be introduced based on customer product requests. Also important is the development of a return policy that offers cash back up to 30 days with receipt, and after 30 days offers a credit on a gift certificate. Another service that could be developed to encourage customer loyalty is a layaway program., Here are more ways to turn the questions your customers ask into new services profit-making ideas. Fulfilling product requests Customer. 'Car, you order this product for me?' Your response: 'Of [...]

Some techniques to utilize all the space available in a gift shop include: creating a children's corner, marketing candy at the checkout counter, having a souvenir area, providing a teacher's corner, marketing Christmas merchandise all year from a specific area and keeping a basic merchandise mix always in the same spot. All these displays must be organized so that all the merchandise is visible, but will not overwhelm customers., I do love reading articles that have a nice tip list of ways to do this or that. So, I decided to make up my own little list especially for [...]

Share in the adventures of The Doctor, a man who is hundreds of years old, and travels through space and time to fight evil forces of every dimension. The cult [...]

A. American Anthem postcard book celebrates the symbols of liberty, ingenuity, and refuge found in American folk art from the 17th century through the present. 64 pages; 30 color images. [...]

Extravaganza in Dallas This January's gift and decorative accessories market in Dallas is giving every sign of turning into an extravaganza with something for virtually every buyer. The Spring Gift [...]

Country/Prairie Vogue Country continues as an important factor of gift and decorative accessories sales -- and even has a new dimension: clothing and fashion accessories. Designed for both young and [...]