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Here's the news for the week of May 19, 2008.
 
 

EDITORIAL INVITATION - Atlanta Summer 2008 Market "Dailies"

DEADLINE: June 6, 2008

YOU ARE INVITED to submit photography or artwork and information about NEW PRODUCTS that will be introduced in ATLANTA during SUMMER MARKET. Gifts & Decorative Accessories will consider all submissions that are submitted by June 6, 2008 following specified guidelines. 

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In This Week's Issue:
1. GCA Names Winners
2. Baby Plush is Being Recalled
3. BBB Stakes Claim in Mexico
4. Private Equity 'Stalking' Sharper Image
5. Pearlessence Trumps Home Fragrance Products
6. People on the Move
7. Your 2 Cents Worth
 
1. GCA Names Winners
New York — Greeting Card Association taps 20th Anniversary Louie winners during National Stationery Show. <<Click to Continue>>
 
2. Baby Plush is Being Recalled
Washington — Keene, NH-based Douglas Co. is recalling 74,000 Lil’ Snugglers Children’s Blankets because of a potential strangulation hazard. <<Click to Continue>>
 
3. BBB Stakes Claim in Mexico
Union, NJ — Home retail chain Bed, Bath and Beyond. is teaming up with Home & More, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican privately held home products retailer to become 50 percent equity holder in a newly formed entity operating two stores in Mexico City under the name Home & More. <<Click to Continue>>
 
4. Private Equity 'Stalking' Sharper Image
Toronto — Four private investment firms partnered in a joint venture to become the “stalking horse,” or first bidder for certain assets of bankrupt gift chain The Sharper Image Corp. <<Click to Continue>>
5. Pearlessence Trumps Home Fragrance Products
New York – The Trump Organization is partnering with Cleveland-based home fragrance vendor Pearlessence Ltd., to create a collection of home fragrance products. <<Click to Continue>>
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6. People on the Move
New hires and promotions were made at tabletop vendor Nambé, home textile and tableware vendor The Annie Selke Companies, candle vendor Seda France, metal sculpture vendor Artisan House, and Lunt Silversmiths. <<Click to Continue>>

 

7. Your 2 Cents Worth
“While you’re out… “ Most respondents to last week’s poll — nearly 40 percent — are saving on pricy gasoline by saving up their errands for one big weekly run. Almost as many, a full third, responded “none of the above,” whether that means simply absorbing the increase or using strategies we haven’t thought of. (Got a clever one? Let us know!) Some 11.11 percent are shopping around for the lowest gas price, and hopefully not using up more than they save in the hunt. Another 8.33 percent are walking and 5.56 biking. The gift biz knows it pays to buy the best: only 2.78 percent are switching to a lower grade gas. And we’re traditionalists: not a single reader said they loved their hybrid car.

That’s just the beginning: cruise on over to www.giftsanddec.com and vote in this week’s poll. It’ll be a gas.

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


The editiors, sales staff and all of us at Gifts & Decorative Accessories wish all of you a safe and happy Memorial Day Weekend. Our offices will be closed on Monday, May 26 in observance of the holiday that honors all who have served in the Armed Forces.


 

 

Announcement

We are conducting a survey among retailers to get your opinions about how several gifts and decorative accessories’ categories perform in
your store as well as your opinions about their vendors’ products and services.

This survey will not be published. We are asking you to help us better understand the category and the vendors’ role in your business.
Your individual answers will be combined with those of other retailers. Your store’s answers will not be revealed individually.

Go here: www.giftsanddec.com/Perception08

 
 
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

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