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Here's the news for the week of January 14, 2008.

The winter market season is now in full swing and Gifts & Dec editors have already sent to your desktop two Direct From Market reports full of product and trend buzz from Atlanta -- with more reports to follow from other markets throughout the season. The first market Double Take report -- recapping in dozens of pictures, the hottest products and trends from the Atlanta market -- will arrive in your email box on January 23. But you must "opt in" to continue receiving Double Take reports without interruption. Don't take a chance on missing a single piece of market news -- CLICK HERE and opt in NOW to continue receiving Double Take reports.

In This Week's Issue:
1. Lenox Mulling Options
2. NRF: Dim Outlook for Retail
3. DMC, GHC in Online Pact
4. Oddity Opens Opportunity
5. Market Runup
6. Direct From Market
7. Your 2 Cents Worth

1. Lenox Mulling Options
Eden Prairie, MN — Lenox, owner of the Lenox, Department 56, Gorham and Dansk brands, plans to explore strategic alternatives including sale or merger, sale of part of the company, or raising additional capital. <<more>>

2. NRF: Dim Outlook for Retail
New York – There's good news and bad news for retailing this year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). The bad news: the slow pace in sales growth is expected to continue. The good news: the pace will pick up in the second half of the year. Even so, retail industry sales will increase a scant 3.5 percent compared with '07. <<more>>

3. DMC, GHC in Online Pact
Dallas – In an exclusive agreement, The Dallas Market Center named The Gift and Home Channel its official Internet marketing partner. <<more>>

4. Oddity Opens Opportunity
Pottsville, PA — Oddity Inc., which recently developed a Free Web Store program for its retailers, is offering other vendors the opportunity to also participate in the program. <<more>>

5. Market Runup
The latest pre-market updates from Chicago, New York and the Halloween Show in Vegas <<more>>

6. Direct From Market
Gifts & Dec reports from market in Atlanta.<<more>>

7. Your 2 Cents Worth
Markets are still a vital part of the gift industry, something we experienced first hand last week in Atlanta, as we visited showrooms and booths at AmericasMart along with thousands of others. The vast majority -- nearly 90 percent -- of respondents to last week's poll asking about attendance at market said they will be going to at least one show this season. Forty-four percent of poll-takers said they will attend one or two markets, while 25 percent said they plan to attend three markets. Approximately 3 percent replied they will attend four markets, and nearly 14 percent said they would attend more than five markets. Only about 14 percent of poll-takers said they would attend no markets this season.

And speaking of poll-takers, be sure to be among them by voting in this week's poll.

To comment on polls, poll questions and poll results, or to suggest a poll, contact mweiskott@reedbusiness.com.

For daily news updates visit www.GiftsandDec.com.

That's all for now. We'll be with you again next week.

Maria Weiskott, Editor In Chief
Matthew Kalash, Managing Editor

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