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Here's the news for the week of February 18, 2008.
 
 
HOW ARE WE DOING?

We really want to know, and ask you to please spend just a few minutes to answer our survey and tell us.

Tell us what you like about Gifts & Decorative Accessories magazine and what we could do better. And tell us a little bit about yourself too (all answers strictly confidential). For each survey we receive, Gifts & Dec will contribute $1 -- up to $1,000 -- to Gift For Life, the industry's charity supporting AIDS research.

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Thank you!

Maria Weiskott,
Editor in Chief
 
In This Week's Issue:
1. Westward Ho!
2. Townsend Glass Sold
3. Kenya, OneCoast Clean Water Target
4. GHTA Sets Dates for Spring Training
5. DMC, AFIA Extend Their Flower Power
6. A Sharper CEO?
7. Your 2 Cents Worth
 
 
1. Westward Ho!
New York — The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) and show producer Advanstar confirmed that the long-running rumor is true: the Licensing International Expo, better known as the Licensing Show, is moving to Las Vegas. <<Click to Continue>>
 
2. Townsend Glass Sold
Columbia, PA — Townsend Glass, manufacturer of high-end decorated glassware and giftware, has been acquired by Susquehanna Glass. Located in Long Island City, NY, Townsend is best known for extra-deep etching of custom products including awards, bowls and vases, as well as hand-made hot glass figurines. <<Click to Continue>>
 
 
3. Kenya, OneCoast Clean Water Target
Pittsburgh, PA — OneCoast has launched a partnership with non-profit charity:water, geared to create clean wells. The effort will center on Kenya, where the population has tripled in the past 30 years, and more than half lives on less than $2 a day. charity: water, working with Living Water Intl., expects to complete seven projects in Kenya this year. <<Click to Continue>>
 
4. GHTA Sets Dates for Spring Training
Grand Rapids, MI — The Gift and Home Trade Association has set the dates for its 2008 training course — Selling in the Gift and Home Industry. <<Click to Continue>>
 
 
5. DMC, AFIA Extend Their Flower Power
Dallas — The Dallas Market Center and the American Floral Industry Association are extending through 2022, their existing agreement solidifying AFIA's commitment to Dallas as the national home of Christmas and permanent florals. <<Click to Continue>>
 
6. A Sharper CEO?
San Francisco — The Sharper Image Corp. 183-store retail chain named Ron Conway as its CEO, replacing Steven Lightman, whose tenure in the position lasted less than a year. Conway runs a New York-based turnaround firm. <<Click to Continue>>
 
7. Your 2 Cents Worth
We’re soaking in it… that’s the verdict of last week’s poll, with a whopping 63.64 percent of respondents saying we’re already in an economic recession. Interestingly, the glass-half-full crowd came in second, with 22.73 percent saying we won’t have a recession at all; only 13.64 percent thought we’d have one soon but weren’t in one already, and not a single voter said they didn’t have a clue.

Share your clue with us... vote in this week's poll!

To comment on polls or to suggest poll topics, contact mweiskott@reedbusiness.com.
 
 

Agenda set for Kids Today’s 8th annual conference

The 8th Annual Kids Today conference, Playing for Keeps, will be held March 4-6 in Savannah, Ga. If you’re a retailer, manufacturer or supplier in the juvenile/youth industry you need to be there to find out how to better reach your customers, harness the power of the media, build a successful brand and tap into the consumer psyche. Learn what the next generation of retailers has up their sleeve and find out how other companies have grown their businesses!
 
Registration is open online now at www.kidstodayonline.com or by calling 336-605-1066.
 
Special Offer!
All Baby and Child Inc., the parent company of the ABC Show, is sponsoring attendance at the Kids Today Conference. ABC will pay the registration fee for all independent juvenile retailers planning to attend until the conference is sold out!
 
 
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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