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Gift for Life welcomes Sarah Mount as a new board member
Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home decor industries’ sole national charitable organization, announced that Sarah Mount, of Juniper by International Market Centers (IMC), has joined its board of directors. [caption id="attachment_22682" align="aligncenter" width="185"] Sarah Mount[... READ MORE »
GCA and EMA urge delay of August stamp price increase
The EMA and the Greeting Card Association (GCA), whose members depend on the USPS to deliver more than half of greeting cards purchased by Americans to their final recipient, urges that the price increase for the Forever Stamp and other Market Dominant postage rates be delayed until January 2022. ... READ MORE »
Lovepop opens new store in Harvard Square
Lovepop, a designer of pop-up cards and gifts, opens a brand new store in Boston’s Harvard Square, marking the fourth location in the company’s hometown and the fifth new retail opening in the U.S. since the start of 2020. Since the beginning, Lovepop has used an omnichannel sales approach to... READ MORE »
True Blue Kitchen Recipe Binder
The True Blue Kitchen Recipe Binder from C.R. Gibson is a great way to organize and preserve favorite recipes. The binder allows individuals to easily add new recipes and a way to find favorite ones with the flip of a page. The binder includes 12 tabbed dividers, 40 recipe cards, and 20 PVC-free poc... READ MORE »
The Greeting Card Association celebrates 2021 Louie Award winners
The Greeting Card Association (GCA) celebrated excellence in greeting cards at its 32nd Annual Louie Awards ceremony, where winners of the prestigious awards were announced. A total of 544 cards in 36 categories were whittled down to 111 finalists by a panel of 27 judges – with just 36 receiving a... READ MORE »
Atlanta Market and Clarion Events partner to offer Coffee Fest Atlanta
Clarion Events and International Market Centers (IMC) have announced a first-time partnership between the Summer 2021 Atlanta Market and Coffee Fest Atlanta 2021, offering buyers and suppliers in both B2B buying events new cross-category exposure and opportunities. Coffee Fest Atlanta – a resource... READ MORE »
Gift and Home Trade Association shares details on its annual conference
The Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA) announced the keynote speakers for its Annual Conference to be held online Nov. 3-4, 2021. Keynote Speaker Will Bowen will be the keynote speaker at the virtual Annual Conference in November. Will Bowen is the author of A Complaint Free World: How to hel... READ MORE »
Momentum accelerates as buyers and sellers ready for in-person Atlanta Market
Atlanta Market continues its positive momentum with an engaging Summer edition presenting expanded resources bolstered by the return of in-person industry events and celebrations set for July 13-19, 2021 at AmericasMart Atlanta. “As conditions have improved this spring, the momentum of Atlanta ... READ MORE »
Northwood Retail’s podcasts aim to inspire shoppers
Eighty million Americans are now weekly podcast listeners, which is a 17% increase over 2020. Playing off this trend, Northwood Retail launched a unique podcast initiative, Backstory Beginnings, aimed at engaging this growing audience, supporting its tenants, and inspiring shoppers. Backstory Beg... READ MORE »
Faire offers its first Apparel Week this summer
Faire will launch its first Apparel Week this summer. The event will be held Aug. 30 through Sep. 3, 2021. During the last year, Faire saw significant increases in apparel pre-orders. Faire's Apparel Week will offer debuts of the latest designs to its global community of over 200,000 independent ret... READ MORE »
