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Shopify partners with Faire
Faire, a B2B retail marketplace, established a global partnership with Shopify, making Faire the recommended wholesale marketplace for Shopify, which powers millions of merchants around the world. This partnership will expand Shopify’s B2B offerings and help drive growth for the brands and inde... READ MORE »
Warmies donates 18,000 toys to American Heart Association
Stuffed animal brand Warmies donated 18,000 plush toys to the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge Program. The donated products will be aiding the organization’s mission to provide lessons, tools and activities to support both mental and physical well-being for students, familie... READ MORE »
*Noted 2024 expands to include gift show
The Greeting Card Association (GCA) will expand *Noted: The Greeting Card Expo for 2024 to include Gifted: The Creative Gift & Home Expo. The newly reimagined *Noted+Gifted takes place April 17-18, 2024, at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco. “*Noted+Gifted... READ MORE »
ANDMORE launches visual merchandising awards program
ANDMORE unveiled a reimagined Best Booth Awards program recognizing excellence across six categories of visual merchandising at its Atlanta, Las Vegas and High Point campuses beginning in 2024. The awards will highlight temporary exhibitors for exemplary displays, based on merchandising, story-te... READ MORE »
Senators urge passage of Credit Card Competition Act
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Peter Welch (D-VT), along with the Merchants Payments Coalition and small business owners from across the country, called on Congress during a press conference to pass t... READ MORE »
Retailers call on Congress to lower credit card swipe fees
The National Retail Federation unveiled a six-figure advocacy campaign to urge members of Congress to stand up for Main Street over Wall Street in support of the Credit Card Competition Act. The announcement follows new consumer data that found less than one-quarter (21%) of consumers believe tha... READ MORE »
Halloween 2023 spending to reach record $12.2B
Total Halloween spending is expected to reach a record $12.2 billion, exceeding last year’s record of $10.6 billion, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. A record number of people (73%) will participate in Halloween-r... READ MORE »
Celebrate Thinking of You Week by sending 7 cards to 7 people in 7 days
Thinking of You Week, sponsored by the nonprofit Greeting Card Association (GCA), is Sept. 18-24 and is a weeklong observance that encourages people to send cards or letters to someone, just to let them know, “I’ve been thinking about you.” During this time, mail-senders and note-writers ar... READ MORE »
Indie & Main collaborates with Paper Baristas
Indie & Main, an online wholesale marketplace under the OneCoast family of brands, established a partnership with Paper Baristas, a provider of stationery and paper goods. [caption id="attachment_27601" align="alignright" width="335"] Photo courtesy of Indie & Main.[/caption] According... READ MORE »
Fly Paper Products benefits independent booksellers with candle fundraiser
Fly Paper Products Literary Gift Company hosted a "Name That Candle" contest with their retailers in celebration of their 10-year anniversary. The contest, which began in July, gave retailers three chances for one of their clever ideas to become the title of a new literary-themed candle and to wi... READ MORE »
