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Mud Pie promotes Adam Shapiro to CFO
Mud Pie promoted Adam Shapiro to chief financial officer (CFO). [caption id="attachment_28968" align="alignright" width="300"] Adam Shapiro[/caption] Shapiro, who has served as Mud Pie’s executive vice president of finance since the summer of 2023, brings more than 14 years of financial lead... READ MORE »
NRF: Steady sales growth expected for 2024 holiday season
The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasted that 2024 holiday spending is expected to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% over 2023. That equates to between $979.5 billion and $989 billion in total holiday spending in November and December, compared with $955.6 billion during the same timeframe last year... READ MORE »
GHTA names recipient of annual Chad Corzine Young Gift & Home Executive Award
Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA) named Nikki Creveling, owner of The Ritz Sisters, as the recipient of fourth annual Chad Corzine Young Gift & Home Executive Award. The award was presented to Creveling at the recent GHTA Conference at Isle of Palms in Charleston, South Carolina.  [... READ MORE »
CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows retail sales declined in September, grew year over year
Retail sales saw a slight month-over-month drop in September but consumers continued to spend more than last year as interest rates and inflation fell and employment rose, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions, released by the National Retail Federation (NRF). â... READ MORE »
Lois del Negro named recipient of the ARTS Awards Trailblazer Honor
Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, announced that Lois del Negro will accept the Trailblazer Award for her significant accomplishments in the home furnishing industry at the 35th ARTS Awards, taking place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas on Friday, Jan. 10, 202... READ MORE »
Nicole Brayden Gifts acquires Keep Nature Wild
Nicole Brayden Gifts, a wholesaler in the gift industry, added Keep Nature Wild to its portfolio. This launch brings outdoor-inspired apparel, accessories and a mission-driven focus to Nicole Brayden’s lineup, which already includes brands such as Mad Man, Cait + Co, and Divinity Boutique. A... READ MORE »
NRF calls on administration to use ‘any and all authority’ to end port strike
The National Retail Federation (NRF) released the following statement from NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay after a labor strike was initiated at all U.S. East and Gulf Coast container ports. The strike went into effect after the six-year master contract between the International Longshoremen’s ... READ MORE »
Keep US Posted supports ‘USPS SERVES US Act’
Keep US Posted — a nonprofit advocacy group of consumers, nonprofits, newspapers, greeting card publishers, magazines, catalogs, forestry and recycling interests, and small businesses — declared support for new legislation to restore fiscal stability and public accountability to the U.S. Postal ... READ MORE »
Nearly half of Halloween shoppers to purchase items before October
Early Halloween shopping is on the rise, with 47% of survey participants beginning their shopping before October, according to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. [caption id="attachment_28539" align="alignright" width="263"] Liyan... READ MORE »
Greeting Card Association’s *Noted Expo finds new home at Las Vegas Market
ANDMORE has partnered with the Greeting Card Association (GCA) to move and expand its *Noted: The Greeting Card Expo from San Francisco to Las Vegas, showcasing the new and now of stationery at the Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas beginning in Summer 2025. [caption id="attachment_28789" alig... READ MORE »
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