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Here's the news for the week of September 1, 2008.

In This Week's Issue:
1. Contests Search for Design Talent
2. SFC Tweaks Name; Releases Study
3. SFIGF Gets a New Look
4. Eagle Perched at 41
5. Four Hands Donates to Ronald McDonald House
6. Market Runup: News About Upcoming Shows
7. Your 2 Cents Worth

Double Take: Retailer Excellence Awards Gala

Gift industry luminaries lit up Broadway at the gala event overlooking Times Square. If you attended, click through to find your face in the party pictures. If you couldn't be there, follow the link to see what you missed.
http://www.giftsanddec.com/article/CA6591501.html?industryid=48750

1. Contests Search for Design Talent
Dallas Market Center (DMC) is running “The Next Big Thing,” a search for what DMC calls “the best new products in the world.” Housewares vendor World Kitchen LLC, Rosemont, IL, is sponsoring its first design contest, the TEA-OFF! Tea Kettle Design Competition. <<Click to Continue>>

2. SFC Tweaks Name; Releases Study
Chapel Hill, NC — It’s not just furniture anymore: The Sustainable Furniture Council is changing its name to the Sustainable Furnishings Council to reflect the diversity of its growing membership. The SFC also released a consumer study which found that many consumers are planning to reduce spending on furniture. <<Click to Continue>>

3. SFIGF Gets a New Look
Los Angeles — The 2009 Winter San Francisco International Gift Fair will debut a new layout highlighting four Bay Area neighborhoods. <<Click to Continue>>

4. Eagle Perched at 41
New York — Porcelain manufacturer Meissen was selected to create an American bald eagle sculpture for the July 2008 opening of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. <<Click to Continue>>

5. Four Hands Donates to Ronald McDonald House
Austin, TX — Four Hands donated a selection of home furnishings to the Ronald McDonald House in Austin, in support of the charity's mission to keep families together while their children receive medical care at area hospitals. <<Click to Continue>>

6. Market Runup: News About Upcoming Shows
The International Gift Exposition in the Smokies is scheduled to be held November 6–11 at the Sevierville Events Center, Sevierville, TN. The 2008 Ocean City Resort Gift Expo returns to the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, MD, from November 16–19. The China Toy Expo is set to take place October 9–11 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. <<Click to Continue>>

7. Your 2 Cents Worth
To every thing there is a season... and to every season there is an event. Half of all respondents in last week’s poll said their businesses host special events quarterly. Some 21 percent only throw a party once a year, and another 21 percent never do. Only a hearty 7 percent hold a shindig once a month, and not one voter holds a weekly event.

Join the party! Visit www.giftsanddec.com to vote in this week’s poll.

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

For daily news updates visit www.GiftsandDec.com.

That's all for now. We'll be with you again next week.

Meredith Schwartz, Business Editor

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