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Here's the news for the week of November 5, 2008. |
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| GHTA to Address Public Policy Issues Grand Rapids, MI — The Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA), the industry’s non-profit professional trade organization, has formed a Public Policy Action Group headed by George Schuetz, president and CEO of Natural Life, and is launching a new public policy initiative designed to raise awareness of issues impacting the gift and home industry.< |
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| Calypso Cards Acquires Rights to Two Lines Stow, MA — Greeting card publisher Calypso Cards acquired all the rights to both the Selfish Kitty and Kitty's Muse brands.< |
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| CA Gift Show to be Carbon Neutral Los Angeles — The California Gift Show will partner with BeGreen, a division of the Green Mountain Energy Company, to offset the electricity for the entire show.< |
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Market Runup News about upcoming markets at 7W New York, Pacific Market Center, AmericasMart, The National Country & Crafts Show , The Virginia Gift Show, The Boston Gift Show and The Licensing International Expo.< |
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| Trade Show Week: Exhibitor Numbers Are Down For the second quarter in a row, The Tradeshow Week Quarterly Report of Tradeshow Statistics saw all three indicators that are tracked heading down: exhibitors, square footage and attendees.< |
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Consumer Holiday Spending Forecast According to GfK Roper Consulting’s Holiday Shopping study, consumers will be cutting back and looking for practical gifts this Christmas. But while Christmas declines, Halloween is growing.< |
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| Your 2 Cents Worth Talk to me when you have something to say: That's the opinion of 48 percent of the respondents to this week's poll, who want to get email from companies whenever they have new info to share. In spite of the prevalence of instant and frequent communication, the next most popular option was once a month, garnering 33 percent of the vote. Another 15 percent chose once a week, and only 5 percent wanted to hear from companies more often, split evenly between a couple of times a week and once a day. We want to hear from you as often as you have something to tell us, too -- start by visiting www.giftsanddec.com to vote in this week's poll. For more hot topics, 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. |
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| 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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