Ivystone, Rifle Paper Co. establish nationwide partnership
Ivystone, a sales agency in the gift and home industry, launched a new, nationwide partnership with stationery and lifestyle brand, Rifle Paper Co. ... READ MORE »
SHOW T.O. expands for January 2024 event
SHOW T.O., Canada's permanent showroom venue for the gift and home trade, expanded its showroom collective with the addition of four new permanent sho... READ MORE »
Atlanta Market names 40 Winter 2024 ‘Market Snapshot’ finalists
“People’s Choice” voting is open now through Jan. 15 for the Winter 2024 Atlanta Market edition of Market Snapshot, a showcase of 40 new and inv... READ MORE »
Las Vegas Market opens ticket giveaway for U2 at the Sphere
Las Vegas Market is hosting a giveaway, offering pre-registered buyers an opportunity to win tickets to see U2 at the Sphere on Saturday, Jan. 27, the... READ MORE »
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 »