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Here's the news for the week of March 31, 2008.

In This Week's Issue:
1. GLM, Whereoware Partner in Web Project
2. Out of Steam?
3. Finalists Named
4. Web Resource for Retailers
5. International Market Runup
6. From the Editor
7. Your 2 Cents Worth

1. GLM, Whereoware Partner in Web Project
White Plains, NY — Show producer George Little Management is partnering with technology solution company Whereoware to offer a product finder on GLM gift show websites. <<Click to Continue>>

2. Out of Steam?
New York – Merchandisers that had picked up steam in mid-March seem to have run out of gas in the fourth week, with comparable-store sales up just 1.0 percent in the week ending March 29. <<Click to Continue>>

3. Finalists Named
Washington, DC — The Greeting Card Association has named the finalists of the 20th Annual International Greeting Card Awards competition, better known as the "LOUIEs”. <<Click to Continue>>

4. Web Resource for Retailers
Paterson, NJ — Gift, gourmet, and floral retailers searching for products and supplies to make gift baskets can now locate sources through a new website. GiftBasketWholesaleSupplies.com. <<Click to Continue>>

5. International Market Runup
This week Gifts & Dec updates international markets in Europe and Asia. 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. From the Editor
With the economy becoming increasingly difficult, the results of Gift & Decorative Accessories' annual Today's Gift Retailer Survey will be more important than ever as a tool for independent retailers in evaluating their store operations and purchasing plans. The survey results will be published in the June issue of the magazine, just in time for summer market planning. All responses are combined; no individual responses will be identified or published.

If you have not already completed the survey form mailed to you in March, please help us by completing the online version today. To begin the survey, click here.

Thank you!

7. Your 2 Cents Worth
Though news reports have cited the bargaining spreading from car sales to consumer electronics and other big chain retailers, the gift biz is not yet a haggler’s heaven. More than a quarter (26.09 percent) of retailers, vendors and reps said a flat “no” to lowering a product’s price to make a sale in last week’s www.giftsanddec.com poll. Another 26.09 percent said maybe; 15.22 percent said it depended on how much they needed the sale. Only 13.04 percent said yes, they’d discount. But the idea is apparently no longer unthinkable: only 6.52 percent thought we were crazy to ask.

Now don't you be "crazy" and forget to vote in this week's poll!

To comment on the weekly poll, poll results, or to 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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