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From rattles and silver sets to memory books and receiving blankets, well-wishers continue to greet the new babies in their lives with an abundance of good cheer--and the need to [...]

New Year's Eve offers the perfect opportunity for party stores to help customers create stellar parties. It's also a chance to guarantee retail business throughout the year.

With Ideation, Retailers Increase Profits, Lower Costs and Improve Image For those gift retailers looking to increase profits, lower costs and improve their image, Ideation is ready to show them [...]

Survey results indicate that, in the 1990s, customer service is the primary means by which gift retailers can gain a competitive edge. Some 80% of respondents said that the key to successfully reaching the modern customer is offering unique services. Some 50% named personal attention as the key. Layaway, UPS shipping, and taking phone orders are among the special services that gift retailers offer., Customer service is THE '90s competitive edge for the specialty store, agree respondents to Gifts & Decorative Accessories' recent mini-survey, in which 80 percent of gift shops responding cited unique [...]

Dining We offer menu choices for everyone, an extensive wine list, even take-out options and private rooms. So, wrap up your shopping with the perfect gift for everyone on your [...]

Giftware stores can gain a great advantage over their too numerous competitors by providing free giftware wrapping. Despite the arguments of lack of time or space to devote to giftware wrapping, the wrapping service creates repeat business and loyal customers, helps cross merchandise stock and advertises your store to your customer and the the recipient of the gift. Giftware can establish a wrapping station to save space and should use colorful and attractive wrapping materials and have proper sized gift bags to match the packages., What stops you from offering giftwrap services? Do these concerns sound familiar: 'I don't have room for it . . . I don't have time for it . . . [...]

Byline: by Heather Summerville NOT THE SAME OLD GIFT SHOP The just-opened Gagosian Gallery Shop on Madison Avenue, the first bricks-and-mortar retail venture for the contemporary art mini-empire, is (quite […]

Jane Kitchen In a tiny courtyard in Encinitas, CA, a location with no street presence, Heather O'Quinn opened Dreamy, a bath, body and gift boutique, in 2006. O'Quinn, a former [...]

1. Claudia Schwartz, the owner of San Francisco's Bell'occhio (''beautiful eye'' in Italian), presides over one of the most stylish general stores in the country, where even mundane-seeming objects -- [...]