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Valentine’s Day greeting card sales to fuel record spending
As the second most popular seasonal holiday for sending greeting cards, Valentine's Day 2015 is projected to account for slightly more than $1 billion in Valentine's Day card sales as total spending for the holiday is anticipated to be a record $18.9 billion."Valentine's Day is second on... READ MORE »
Pantone releases Fashion Color Report for Fall 2015
Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company and authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today revealed the PANTONE® Fashion Color Report Fall 2015, a comprehensive overview of designers’ use of color in their upcoming collections.Release... READ MORE »
Mohawk redesigns swatchbook for Skytone paper grade
Mohawk — North America’s largest privately owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing — has announced a redesigned swatchbook for its Skytone paper grade.The Skytone swatchbook is second in a series of nine, newly redes... READ MORE »
Peaceable Kingdom to debut new kids stationery products at Toy Fair
Peaceable Kingdom will debut its new line of Jean Tats, diaries, temporary tattoos, greeting cards and sticker products at the American International Toy Fair in New York, coming up Feb. 14-17. Peaceable Kingdom’s booth is #2673.Kids rub the Jean Tat designs onto their jeans or T-shirts, and t... READ MORE »
April set to launch World Stationery Day
Now in its third year, National Stationery Week, organized by the London Stationery Show, has caught international attention of consumers and stationery fans.Wednesday, April 29 –– the second day of the 2015 London Stationery Show and Day 3 of National Stationery Week ––... READ MORE »
IHRA Chairman John Grob to receive Gift for Life’s Lifetime Achievement Award
John Grob, founder of J. Grob Associates and chairman of the International Housewares Representatives Association (IHRA), will receive the Chuck Yancy Lifetime Achievement Award from Gift for Life during the organization’s Party for Life, scheduled for Feb. 2 in New York City.Gift for Lif... READ MORE »
Small Business Saturday sees 14.9 percent increase in shopper traffic
From the main streets in towns like Galesburg, Illinois, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, there was strong support for local independent businesses on Small Business Saturday. Shoppers across the nation made a powerful statement with 88 million consumers “Shopping Small” on the day, up ... READ MORE »
Envelopes.com launches brand new “Holiday Shop”
Each year Envelopes.com creates an area of their website called the “Holiday Shop.” Holiday Shop displays holiday products and services Envelopes.com has to offer all in one convenient location.Envelopes.com’s Holiday Shop is filled with brand new holiday card templates that can be... READ MORE »
NY NOW “Made in USA” Display Features Nearly 100 Products
With strong representation across three collections and eight categories, 99 products have been selected to be showcased in the “Made in the USA” display at the winter 2015 edition of NY NOW, the Market for Home & Lifestyle, to be held Jan. 31-Feb. 4 at New York's Jacob K. J... READ MORE »
Marsala Announced as Pantone Color of the Year
Marsala has been announced as the Pantone color of the year for 2015, and the shade color experts believe will be reflected in fashion, home décor and graphic and industrial design trends next year.In a release issued Thursday, Pantone describes the color as “a naturally robust and eart... READ MORE »
