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Thinking of You Week gears up for September event
The Greeting Card Association released a statement regarding the 2021 Thinking of You Week, Sep. 20-26. Dear Greeting Card Makers! We’re gearing up for the 4th annual Thinking of You Week, which takes place September 20-26, 2021. As members of the greeting card industry, we play a ... READ MORE »
Share Your Story: The Crafted Prints
San Francisco Bay Area maker creates affordable art and handcrafted stationery The Crafted Prints is a BIPOC, family-owned business located in the San Francisco Bay area. Vanessa Ruelas, co-founder of The Crafted Prints reached out to Stationery Trends to share her story. The team currently consist... READ MORE »
Messe Frankfurt offers three in-person consumer goods fairs in 2022
Messe Frankfurt will continue to stand for personal encounters and the real product experience on site. Christmasworld, Paperworld and Creativeworld will provide the consumer goods sector with the long-awaited physical trade fair experience from Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2022. Additional digital formats will ... READ MORE »
NRF forecasts retail sales will grow more than anticpated
The National Retail Federation (NRF) issued its revised annual forecast for 2021, anticipating that retail sales will now grow between 10.5% and 13.5% to more than $4.44 trillion this year as the economy accelerates its pace of recovery. The announcement was made during NRF’s inaugural State of Re... READ MORE »
Retail container ports report record-breaking April
Imports at the nation’s largest retail container ports saw their busiest April on record and May could turn out to have set a new all-time record as vaccines allowed consumers to return to normal shopping patterns, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National ... READ MORE »
Share Your Story: EverElling
Elizabeth Dalling, artist and owner of EverElling, reached out to Stationery Trends to tell us her story. Dalling opened EverElling exclusively as an online business in 2020. Besides obtaining occasional assistance from her husband, she runs this business on her own. [caption id="attachment_222... READ MORE »
IMC sponsors Gift for Life raffles at Atlanta Market and Las Vegas Market
International Market Centers (IMC) announced its sponsorship of Gift for Life’s “Feed the Hungry – Feel the Good” fundraiser for World Central Kitchen’s COVID-related hunger relief efforts with a commitment to match donations up to $10,000 from participants in its Atlanta Market (July 13-1... READ MORE »
Share Your Story: La Casa de Murcia
A maker that honors Salvadorian heritage and strong matriarchs. La Casa de Murcia’s founder, Jennifer Murcia, reached out to Stationery Trends’ Share Your Story initiative and we learned that this maker “is a one-woman show” that was created to honor Murcia’s Salvadorian heritage, strong ... READ MORE »
NRF releases statement regarding EEOC vaccination guidance
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Edwin Egee, vice President of government relations and workforce development, in response to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission releasing updated COVID-19 vaccination guidance. “Retailers have consistently recommended tha... READ MORE »
GCA seeks speakers for the 2021 Workshop + Retreat
The Greeting Card Association (GCA) is hosting its annual Workshop + Retreat virtually, Sep. 9-10, 2021. Currently, GCA is seeking individuals who would be interested in presenting at this year's workshop, and the theme for this event is “See What Unfolds.” "After the many challenges wrough... READ MORE »
