Retail sales grow this holiday season
U.S. retail sales — excluding automotive — increased 3.1% year over year this holiday season, according to preliminary insights from Mastercard Sp... READ MORE »
Joan Ulrich retires from Dallas Market Center
Joan Ulrich, who has spent decades in leadership roles across the market center and trade show landscape, from Chicago to New York to Los Angeles to D... READ MORE »
Gift for Life relaunches website, creates single destination for donors
Gift for Life, a charitable organization in the gift and home industries, is kicking off the new year with a newly redesigned website. Giftforlife.... READ MORE »
NRF says $743B in merchandise returned in 2023
Total returns for the industry amounted to $743 billion in merchandise in 2023, according to a report released by the National Retail Federation and A... READ MORE »
Whisper, Don’t Shout: Quiet Luxury trend exerts an easy, chic allure
Apparently, with just one line of script in a popular HBO show, our label-driven, designer-priced, status-symbol-obsessed culture came to an abrupt ha... READ MORE »
Papersalt launches sister brand for expanded giftware
Papersalt will debut its sister brand, Salty, in January 2024. [caption id="attachment_88257" align="alignright" width="235"] Photo courtesy of Pap... READ MORE »
10 Makers to Watch in 2024
Stationery Trends presents its 10 Makers to Watch in 2024. CHRISTY ASPER Paper Baristas @paperbaristas This Fair Trade range does more than p... READ MORE »
ANDMORE welcomes industry partners for winter markets
ANDMORE is hosting 23 buying groups for education and networking this winter at its Atlanta Market (Jan. 16-22, 2024, at AmericasMart Atlanta) and Las... READ MORE »
