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Here's the news for the week of March 24, 2008.

In This Week's Issue:
1. Voluntary recall
2. High Point IBP Status Continues
3. Thumbs Up For Eco-friendly Process
4. More Commitment to Green for CGS
5. Market Runup
6. Getting Personal
7. Your 2 Cents Worth

1. Voluntary recall
Washington, DC — Galison/Mudpuppy has voluntarily recalled nearly 100,000 journals, activity books and calendars because of excessive levels of lead on the painted spiral bindings.
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2. High Point IBP Status Continues
High Point, NC — Spring 2008 may mark the first time in High Point’s history that the market has status as a U.S. Commercial Service International Buyer Program (IBP) event, but it won't be the last. <<Click to Continue>>

3. Thumbs Up For Eco-friendly Process
Weston, WI - The Green Glass Company has been granted a patent for its signature conversion process that transforms the top of a wine bottle into a goblet. <<Click to Continue>>

4. More Commitment to Green for CGS
White Plains, NY – Further fostering a commitment to eco-friendly initiatives, the California Gift Show (CGS) is joining the Sustainable Furniture Council (SFC), a non-profit coalition of some 160 industry players, created to promote sustainable practices among manufacturers, retailers and consumers.<<Click to Continue>>

5. Market Runup
This week we update Atlanta Market Wednesday, High Point, Gourmet Housewares, Global Home Market and The National Hardware Show Be sure to check for national and international market pre-show news every week at www.giftsanddec.com. Just click on "Gift Markets" in the tool bar at the top of the page, and then click on Market Previews.

6. Getting Personal
Could online shopping possibly be a personal experience? Maybe. Check the Virtual Merchant Today BLOG and find out for sure. And what's all this retail gloom and doom stuff? Maria Weiskott puts a different spin on things on her BLOG, Gift of Gab.

7. Your 2 Cents Worth
It may be a tough real estate market out there, but over 21 percent of respondents to last week's poll not only own their businesses, they own the property it sits on as well. In answering the poll, which stated "When it comes to my workplace," 20.97 percent said they "own it," 31 percent said they "rent it," 29 percent said they "work for someone else who owns or rents it," and just over 14 percent said they "work from home." Nearly five percent said: "Gimme a laptop and cel phone, I can work anywhere!"

OK, now work on this week's poll and click here to vote!

To comment on polls or suggest a poll question, 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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