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Here's the news for the week of March 10, 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.

Just click here to take the survey and contribute $1 to Gift For Life!

Thank you!

Maria Weiskott,
Editor in Chief
 
In This Week's Issue:
1. Lenox to License its Brand
2. Steuben For Sale?
3. In a Word: No
4. Name Change for Country Originals
5. More Product Testing
6. BLOGS
7. Your 2 Cents Worth
 
 
1. Lenox to License its Brand
Eden Prairie, MN — Lenox, vendor of tabletop, collectible and giftware products under the Lenox, Department 56, Gorham and Dansk brand names, plans to license its brand into other categories.
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2. Steuben For Sale?
Corning, NY — Glass and ceramic manufacturer Corning reportedly is putting Steuben Glass up for sale. <<Click to Continue>>
 
 
3. In a Word: No
Charlotte, NC — Rauch Industries denied virtually all the allegations made by Rauch’s former employee, ornament designer Christopher Radko in his answer and counterclaim to Rauch’s lawsuit. <<Click to Continue>>
 
4. Name Change for Country Originals
Jackson, MS — Country Originals has changed its name and is now known as Kalalou. <<Click to Continue>>
 
 
5. More Product Testing
Washington, DC — The U.S. Senate voted to require more independent product testing and to raise fines tenfold on the makers of unsafe goods. <<Click to Continue>>
 
6. BLOGS
Have you read our BLOGS this week? Caroline Kennedy updates her Joe Torre/Phil Simms "New York Moment" posting, and Virtual Merchant Today offers a solution to "Why, oh, why?"
7. Your 2 Cents Worth
Gifts & Dec readers are an independent bunch — only to be expected of so many independent retailers! Almost one fifth (18.6 percent) save for retirement all on their own, and 27.91 percent save both on their own and through their companies. Another 18.6 percent save just through work. A hearty 11.63 percent plan never to retire (the many familiar faces we still see at gift shows seem to reinforce the popularity of this choice). Sadly, 23.26 percent save for retirement only “in their dreams.” Maybe the time has come for an industry savings program through one of the trade associations?

In the meantime, dream on, and share those dreams with us… vote in this week’s poll.

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

 
 
Trends & Forecasts--Vendors Generally Upbeat in Face of Weakening Economy

Presidential election, credit crunch, spiraling fuel prices — these are but a few of the hurdles we are facing this year, making the task of forecasting nothing short of a monumental challenge. And it's a challenge that's especially acute for anyone in the business of asking wary consumers to open their wallets; that business, of course, being retail. Click Here to Order
 
 
 
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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