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I T’S A B RAND NEW Y EAR, T H AT T I M E W H E N MANY OF US MAKE PE RSONAL R E S OLUT IONS … T O LOSE W E IGH T … T O WOR K O UT MOR E … T O Q UI T SMOKI NG OR S OM E O T H E R T H I NG I N T E NDE D T O I M PROV E T H E Q UALI T Y OF OUR LI FE. BY MON T H’S E ND, T H AT R E S OLV E HAS OF T E N WASH E D D OW N T H E DRAI N BE CAUSE T H E R E WAS NO G OAL E S TABLISH E D T O AC T AS T H E CAR RO T T O URGE YO U ON.
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The holiday craziness is over and this a fresh start in your business year as well. Rather than make resolutions (which you may or may not keep), this is a good time to reflect on the year past and sit down to set forth some goals for the year ahead. One of the best ways, according to some of our award-winning retailers, is to consider entering Gifts and Decorative Accessories’ Retailer Excellence Awards competition. The entry process is a good way to take an an objective look back at what you accomplished — the events that you held, your advertising and marketing, visual displays and your rep relations. Pull out your notebook (You did keep notes on everything you did, didn’t you?) and gather your pictures of events and THINK OF FRESH IDEAS TO IMPLEMENT. displays. (You did take photos JUST LIKE A WORKOUT PROGRAM LOSES of everything, didn’t you?) ITS EFFECTIVENESS IF YOU DO NOT VARY Go to GiftsandDec.com and IT, SO DO YOUR EVENTS AND MARKETING. click on the REA button to get the entry form and rules, then pull out your planning calendar and a new notebook to start making notes and setting goals and deadlines. Whether you decide to enter the REAs (and we hope that you do!) or not, you need to evaluate what worked succesfully, what needs improvement, what didn’t work and should be discontinued. You also need to think of fresh new ideas to implement this year. Just like a workout program loses its effectiveness if you do not vary it, so do your events, displays and marketing. That Troll Beads trunk show may be successful in bringing customers and generating sales, but rather than just repeating the same thing you did in 2011, give it a new twist to make it different. Fresh messages and fun new events will keep your customers excited, interested and loyal. These goals, and the notes and deadlines that go with them, become your market shopping plan and the structure that will help move your business ahead this year.
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Another Year... Another Column OK, HERE IT IS FOLKS, THE ANNUAL STARTOF-THE-NEW-YEAR COLUMN FROM A RESIDENT BUSINESS MAGAZINE EDITOR, LAYING OUT THE THEMES FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, boldly making predictions and giving
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incredible insight into how things will be, while at the same time capturing the hopes and dreams of an industry on the precipice of a great new era. Then again, not. Anyone who makes short-term predictions these days has got to be crazy, as is clear by the number of times the experts have been wrong about things over the past few years. I’ve always said, if you’re going to forecast, forecast 20 years out when nobody’s around to remember what you said. Besides, as strange and unpredictable as 2011 turned out to be, I have a feeling 2012 will be every bit the same … and maybe more so. As an industry, we keep stepping into shifts — if you will — that are very different from the past. The old rules don’t apply and you can’t just sit around and say, “well, this is how we did it last time.” Certainly no one currently in business has ever before been through an economic meltdown like we continue to endure, led by a housing market that refuses to be resANYONE WHO MAKES SHORT-TERM urrected. And until that housPREDICTIONS HAS GOT TO BE CRAZY, AS ing market is fixed, nothing IS CLEAR BY THE NUMBER OF TIMES EXelse in the economy is going PERTS HAVE BEEN WRONG IN THE PAST. to be fixed. That is so clear to many people, it defies logic why it is not equally obvious to others. This is also an election year and that every-four-years cycle is always full of surprises. The powers-that-be — and the powers-thatwant-to-be — have a habit of doing things that change the game to gain a competitive advantage come November. Given the political climate these days, there should be even more of that in store for us this election season. Then you have the whole issue of China. We still get a majority of the products this industry sells from China and the changes we’ve seen over there — labor shortages, currency fluctuations, reallocation of priorities away from low-margin consumer goods — are only going to accelerate in 2012. Yes there are other countries waiting to pick up some of the slack, but it’s going to require multiple solutions to multiple situations. China has been a great one-stop shopping spot for the gift and home industry and that era is coming to a close. All of that said, anyone reading this should take a minute to give themselves a little pat on the back (assuming you are still limber enough to do so). You’ve just gone through an extraordinary year and if you’re paying attention to this, you are still in this business. You done good and chances are you’ll do the same in 2012. —Warren Shoulberg, Editorial Director Circle #238
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• Firms in the South are the most expansion-minded, the North Central states match the national average and the Northeast and West lag a bit behind. • Small manufacturers are more likely to add staff; retailers are least likely.
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When Less Really Is More ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY KIMBERLEE WEAVER, PH.D., OF VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY AND DRS. STEPHEN GARCIA AND NORBERT SCHWARZ, PSYCHOLOGISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, bundling a less expensive gift with a more expensive gift actually reduces the impact of the nicer gift.
This “presenter’s paradox” happens because people who evaluate a bundle follow an averaging strategy, which leads to less favorable judgments when mildly favorable pieces are added to highly favorable pieces.
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Small Business Gets Social > SOME 81% of small business respondents to a recent survey from Constant Contact use social media to market their businesses, up from 73% this past spring. Of those, 96% use Facebook and 76%, Twitter (up from 60%). > WHAT’S WORKING. Some 86% found Facebook effective, up from 82%; 60% of those using Twitter found it effective, up from 47%; 55% found LinkedIn effective, up from 47%. Effectiveness scores remained flat for review sites, video sharing and location-based services, and decreased for photo sharing and MySpace. > BEYOND SOCIAL. Some 98% of participants use web-
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WINDSOR, CO – Inspirational gift jewelry manufacturer Alexa’s Angels signed a Letter of Agreement with inspirational gift manufacturer Roman Inc. to have its lines sold in Roman showrooms nationwide, in addition to rep agencies where Roman is represented. This change in representation became effective on January 1. Furthermore the companies are “exploring additional opportunities that could lead to major sales growth and expansion,” they said in a statement. Roman has showrooms in Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis and Los Angeles and is represented by sales agencies and independent reps nationwide. Roman also announced that it would expand its Atlanta showroom, adding more than 3,300 sq. ft. for a total of 9,525 sq. ft. in Suite 1400 of AmericasMart Building 2. “I’ve known Dan [Loughman, Roman president and CEO] for several years and have always admired his business acumen. I think there is great synergy between not only our products and brands, but between our core values as business owners. This is a very exciting opportunity for us to collaborate and grow together,” says Beth Lang, president and CEO of Alexa’s Angels.
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NEW YORK – Gift industry charitable organization Gift for Life will present a special Legend for Life honor to architect and developer John C. Portman, Jr. at the organization’s gala on January 29 in JOHN PORTMAN New York City. This award, which is being presented upon the 20th anniversary of Gift for Life, recognizes Portman’s more than five decades of entrepreneurship and
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service to the gift, stationery and home decor industry. In 1957, Portman founded Atlanta Merchandise Mart, now the AmericasMart trade mart/tradeshow complex, which contains 7 million-sq.-ft. of facilities, including its most recent expansion, Building 2 WestWing. The complex attracts more than 548,000 attendees from every U.S. state and more than 80 countries to its 15 annual markets. Portman also designed and developed three major downtown hotels — the Hyatt Regency, Westin Peachtree Plaza and Marriott Marquis — which anchor the Atlanta convention district. Portman’s projects also appear in San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and New York City as well as Singapore, Malaysia and China. He has served as a board member of the Atlanta College of Art, and is Trustee Emeritus of the Atlanta Arts Alliance. He has also served as a Director of the Atlanta High Museum of Art. The Georgia Institute of Technology, his alma mater, presented him their highest honor, the Exceptional Achievement Award, in 1986. His architectural awards include a lifetime achievement award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in 2009, the Silver Medal Award in 1981 from the Atlanta Chapter AIA for innovative design, and AIA Medal in 1978 from the National American Institute of Architects for innovations in hotel design. “Mr. Portman’s innovative designs and trailblazing vision are forever imprinted on cities around the world but most importantly his impact on our business is unmatched,” said Peter Schauben, founder of Gift for Life. “For more than five decades his marketplace has served as a crossroads for buyers and sellers intent on creating better business. Hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs owe him a debt of gratitude.” “His legendary leadership, generosity and passion deserve special praise from the industry on a special night,” said Leslie Nathan-Street, chair of the Gift for Life board. “We are honored to extend the Legend for Life award to Mr.
Portman.” To join in honoring John Portman at Gift for Life’s Party for Life gala, contact swilliams@diffa.org or visit www.giftforlife.org/events/2012-gift-for-life-fundraiser-party-for-life/.
George Kacic Departs Ganz CHEEKTOWAGA NY AND WOODBRIDGE, ON – After a 20-year run, George Kacic, vice-president of sales and marketing, is moving on from major gift vendor Ganz, known for its Webkinz brand. “It’s been a great 20 years at Ganz. I have met a lot of amazing people along the way. And it’s safe to say, nobody has had more fun than me,” Kacic acknowledges. Kacic plans to take some well deserved time off before exploring new challenges and opportunities. “As most of you know,” he says, “I have been known to take on new challenges once I have accomplished my goals.”
IMC Promotes Leasing VPs HIGH POINT, NC AND LAS VEGAS – International Market Centers (IMC) promoted four members of its leasing team. Julie Messner, a High Point native and formerly vice president of publication sales for International Home Furnishings Center, will now serve as vice president of business development, handling home furnishings leasing for IMC’s High Point properties. Craig Staack was named vice president of business development, handling home furnishings leasing for Las Vegas. Before joining World Market Center’s Leasing team in 2009, Staack owned and operated three furniture stores in Las Vegas. Messner and Staack report to Tom Mitchell, IMC president of Home Furnishings. Lee Hershberg was named to the position of vice president of home decor. Based in High Point, Hershberg most recently served as IHFC’s vice president of accessory leasing. Margaret Powers has been named vice president of tradeshow/Las Vegas and will oversee the sales and management
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Former Baekgaard President to Head Cinda B. FORT WAYNE, IN – Accessories manufacturer cinda b USA LLC named Art Mandelbaum as president. Mandelbaum previously served as president of
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Baekgaard Ltd., another Fort Waynebased handbag company. He was coowner of Baekgaard with Vera Bradley founder Barbara Baekgaard until 2010, when he sold his interest to return to the practice of law. In 2009 designer Cinda Boomershine partnered with Equity Investment Group and Hentz Manufacturing LLC to form cinda b USA. George Huber, president of Equity Investment Group, said in a statement, “With a growing customer base and strong demand for product, we sought a proven leader from the industry. With his accomplished track record, Art helps put the company in a great position for continued, exceptional growth.”
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FT. WAYNE, IN – Vera Bradley Inc. reported net revenues of $121.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 which ended October 29, 2011, compared to $91.6 million in the same period of the prior year, an increase of 32 percent. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.32, an increase of 45 percent over adjusted diluted earnings per share in the prior year period. Indirect net revenues, which includes the wholesale gift business, increased 16 percent to $69.1 million. Direct net revenues increased 63 percent to $52 million, driven by the opening of 13 fullprice and four outlet stores increased e-commerce traffic, improved conversion rates and a 7.4 percent increase in comparable-store sales. Gross profit increased 27 percent to $66 million, though gross profit margin fell slightly to 54.2 percent, versus 56.4 percent in the prior year. Operating income increased 38.7 percent to $21.5 million, or 17.8 percent of net revenues, in the third quarter. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company expects net revenues to be in the range of $125-$130 million and diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $0.44-$0.47. For fiscal 2012, the Company now expects net revenues to be in the range of $451-$456 million and Circle #227
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JOPLIN, MO – On December 2, 10 Joplin familes whose homes were destroyed by May’s natural disaster were guests of the Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, MO. There they received Christmas trimmings to decorate the new homes built for them through the efforts of the Tulsa Habitat for Humanity, Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity, and volunteers and donations from around the world. A “mini mall” was set up in the Visitors’ Center at the Chapel, where families “shopped” for the makings of a perfect Christmas setting. Spearheaded by Precious Moments Inc. employees, more than a dozen businesses joined forces to provide pre-lighted trees, ornaments, figurines, a Nativity set and a gift card they could use to buy gifts and food for the celebration. Gift vendors Precious Moments Inc. and Roman Inc. and online gift and home retailer Hayneedle.com were among the major donors.
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KUNGALV, SWEDEN – There will be cutbacks at Orrefors Kosta Boda after decreased sales in the main markets. The company, part of the New Wave Group, plans to reduce the workforce by 115 employees in its offices in Sweden. The cuts will mainly affect production, but other departments will also be downsized. The cuts are expected, along with other and previous decisions on cost-cutting and structural measures, to result in savings of approximately SEK 24 million annually. The cuts will be implemented during the first half of 2012 after trade union negotiations. The savings are expected to be achieved gradually in the second half of 2012 and reach full capacity in 2013. “It is very regrettable that we have to carry out these major cutbacks, but
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we must take vigorous cost-cutting measures and adapt production to the lower sales volumes that exist in our markets. We hope these measures will help us achieve acceptable profitability and thereby ensure continued Swedish manufacturing of high-quality glass products,” said Torsten Jansson, president and CEO of New Wave Group.
Room It Up Rebrands STUART, FL – Prime Source Accessories Inc. has rebranded its Room It Up division, which will now go by the name All For Color. The change is effective January 1, with the launch of the brand’s spring 2012 product line. Other changes include new representation. All for Color will be repped by Appleman Schauben in the southeast, The Portico Collection in TOLA, Sales Producers in the southwest, Bunches Inc. in the northwest, Daniel Richards in Chicago and Kris & Company in New England. “This new identity will enable us to offer a year-round department of colorcentric gifts, accessories, apparel, footwear for women of all ages. We want the All For Color name to be synonymous with fun and colorful products that fill every day needs,” said Jamie Chauss, CEO.
ART Elects Board CHARLOTTE, NC – Decorative accessory industry association Accessories Resource Team (ART) elected a new board of directors and approved a bylaw change that created an expanded executive committee. The newly elected officers and board of directors’ terms will end October 31, 2013. The new officers and executive committee are: president, Steve Crowder, GuildMaster; executive vice president, Mindy Lowack, Dallas Market Center; treasurer, John Clements, BJ’s Home Accents; secretary, Vanessa Turney, Light by Design; ARTS Awards, David Gebhart, Global Views; membership, Monica Loving, HomeStyle; ART Conference, Doug
Self, j. douglas and education, Cody Hutcheson, CODARUS. The elected board members at large are: Karen Greaber, Americas Mart; Lee Hershberg, IMC - High Point; Susan Andrulis, IMAX; Steve Papevies, Southern Accessories Today; Mark Phillips, The Phillips Collection; Boyd Tasker, IMC - Las Vegas; Laura Van Zeyl, Home Fashion Forecast magazine and Residential Lighting; Kellee Hollenback, Troy/CSL - The Littman Group; Jim Hering, HW Home; Brad Clifford, Bravado Home; Past President: Bill Fortson, BJ’s Home Accents and past president Colleen Visage, Swarovski Lighting Business. “Our goal this next year is for ART to become the catalyst for ideas in solving some of today’s marketplace game changers from technology to supply chain management,” said Crowder in a statement.
ABC Show to Return to Las Vegas in 2013 LAS VEGAS – All Baby & Child Inc., the parent company and organizer of ABC Kids Expo, announced that it will return the show to Las Vegas for the fall of 2013. The market is tentatively scheduled for October 15-18, 2013. ABC will host its 10th annual event at the Kentucky Exposition Center on October 14-17, 2012, as originally planned. According to a press release from All Baby & Child, “After careful review of feedback received from industry participants after the 2011 show, ABC is working closely with Louisville officials and suppliers to address concerns for the 2012 event in Louisville, such as improved healthy food options and reduction in wait times, re-construction of the expo centers Wi-Fi system, and greater availability of restaurant options in the city on Sunday.” Show organizers say exhibit space for the 2012 show is already 75 percent sold. Event and housing registration are available online at www.theabcshow. com or by calling the ABC Hotline at 210.691.4848.
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Working together, sharing information and building trust among business competitors is a key to survival for all. BY BOB WAT S O N , JR ., AN N AL E E DOL L S
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EVERY DAY I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO USE WORDS SUCH AS CHANGE, INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY REVOLUTION. IT SEEMS TO BE A UNIVERSAL BELIEF THAT WE MUST ADAPT TO SURVIVE, BUT TO ADAPT IMPLIES SOME SORT OF ACTION.
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Viable action requires careful consideration and information about your business compared to other like companies, as well as other companies up and down the value chain. In industries such as ours, comparative information can only be obtained if information is shared and there is a level of trust that the information will be used responsibly. Looking around the industry, I see three levels of trust: Level 1 says, “I trust what you’re telling me about your business or product” Level 2 says, “I trust you with my high level information so that we can discuss important decisions together to survive” Level 3 says, “I trust you with my ‘secret’ or detailed information because we are both going to work together to win.” The first kind of trust is the cornerstone of the buyer/seller relationship on which all industries are built. We continue to see this type of trust exhibited daily through our colleagues’ professional conduct and thorough product knowledge. Unfortunately, this is, in general, the extent of the level of trust existing in this industry. For companies who want to do more than survive — who want to win — they need to attain the third level of trust and share detailed information. Other industries create this type of trust with their competitors and the Federal Trade Commission admits that, “[i]n order to compete in modern markets, competitors sometimes need
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to collaborate.”* (see note below right) Examples of this type of collaboration and information sharing have been around our industry for a while; organizations like the GSMA (Gift Sales Managers Assn.) have been sharing information for several years with great success. But this type of cooperation needs to expand. Yes, we have all been burned by sharing information with somebody who has used it inappropriately. Nevertheless, we cannot let this fear stifle your survival.
Collaborating to Survive In a world with increasing expenses, greater price competition and shorter product life cycles, few of us have the budgets to attack these issues by ourselves, unless we band together and work as a single team. Sharing information will be at the heart of any common project. This could include sharing a marketing database, inventory levels and more. I promise that you will not be 100 percent satisfied when sharing information, but the benefits out-weigh the risk. If this industry is to go through a revolution to grow and survive, the movement will have to be built on Trust. The GHTA is working to build an atmosphere of trust by creating relationships among peers, not competitors or buyer/sellers, who share thoughts and ideas. Among other efforts, the data committee is looking to collect information from all corners of the industry, including accounts receivable, to build indexes similar to the Brandwise Show index
(Level 2 on the trust scale). The data gathered through information sharing at this third level of trust will help all businesses develop sound plans of action to grow and succeed.
GHTA Connect is a forum of the Gift and Home Trade Assn. For more information, visit www.giftandhome.org or call 877.600.4872. Bob Watson Jr., vice president of sales & marketing for Annalee Dolls, is a thirdgeneration member of his family working within the home and gift industry. He is a board member of the GHTA.
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Roundtable Participants Sponsored by the Gift & Home Trade Association and hosted by the NYIGF, the roundtable discussion was facilitated by Gifts and Decorative Accessories’ editorial director Warren Shoulberg. Participants included: VENDORS: Laurie Gilner, C.R. Gibson Fred Pannek, Mud Pie SALES AGENCY:
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performance and profits for the betterment of the industry. The lively discussion yielded a thoughtful and thorough list of specific profitability challenges faced by retailers, vendors and sales agencies, as well as suggested best practices for each to ensure future business success and increased profits. Profitability challenges stemming from stressed economic conditions with broad effects for all roundtable participants included a decline in consumer demand and shifts in what, where and how they buy, decreased cash flow and increased costs to market to and service customers. Both vendors and sales agencies noted being challenged by the shift in retailer buying patterns as a result of tightened credit and cash flow, while retailers also took issue with vendors loosening of exclusivity restrictions/territory protections on in-demand products and brands that drive traffic into their stores. Cornerstones to recommended best practices for all participants to encourage better performance and profits included clear and consistent communication, better education, more consumer traffic-drivers, offering special services, clearer
differentiation of product between mass market and specialty offerings and valuing the role of the sales representative.
Conclusions All participants recognized the mutual importance each played in the success of the other, with genuine interest in implementing new ideas and seeking out solutions to improve business for all. And despite the shared challenges and acknowledgement of economic conditions, their consensus outlook for the future was positive. The roundtable adjourned with all participants recognizing the need for continued dialog and a deeper analysis into the changing roles of retailers, vendors and, especially, sales agencies. By working together to continue this conversation, it should be possible to establish a common goal to identify ways to achieve profitability and provide consumers the product they want. For the full “2011 GHTA Industry Summit Roundtable” whitepaper, which includes some of the best practices identified for each of the industry segments, visit www.giftandhome.org/ IndustryNewsandData/IndustryWhitePapers.aspx.
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We haven’t quit the gift business and gone into short order cookery. We’re pointing out the silver lining of consolidation. BY M E R E D I T H S C H WA RT Z IT’S OFTEN SAID AT TRADESHOWS THAT “BODIES ARE DOWN BUT ORDERS ARE UP.” However it can
Following the Money Trail This occurred at a time when, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer spending was falling (2 per-
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be hard to tell whether vendors are just putting a brave face on things or, even if they’re right, whether they’re representative. It’s easy to tell at a glance that the lines for the lunch tables and restrooms are shorter; checking whether the bottom line is too is trickier for an outside observer, especially when even the vendors themselves may not have had time to add up yet — and may be influenced emotionally by a single big sale or a quiet sales floor into over- or underestimating where they really stand.
There’s a reason they say “the plural of anedcote is not data.” However now we have hard data on the average order size at three major gift markets, both winter and summer, for the past three years, thanks to the Brandwise Gift & Home Index. And one thing is clear: in any applesto-apples comparison (e.g., comparing the same marketplace at the same time of year), the average order size has increased, without exception.
cent in 2010 and 2.8 percent in 2009.) So we know it’s not that the gift stores were picking up new business from a rising tide that raised all boats. Rather, as some gift stores stopped coming to market, others, at least in part, picked up their business. This is disheartening news for those who preferred to believe the drop in market attendance was more due to stores cutting corners on how many people each sent than going out of business altogether — since most stores in the past may have sent more scouts but didn’t give them buying authority, increased order sizes means fewer buyers, not just fewer lookers. However in the long run it is excellent news for the viability of the gift business, because it means we’re keeping those dollars in the industry rather than losing them to Kindles, health care or any of the other non-gift and home categories competing for a stillscarce share of the consumer’s wallet.
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or even reconsider [entering] the shop.” For some, however, it’s a start. “Don’t give up. There’s so much you can do without spending a fortune,” states Michael Lindsay, global brand director at retailer elizabethW in San Francisco. “A fresh coat of paint and a deep clean can immediately transform a store.” Lori Friedlander, owner/ president at retailer Flore in Woodbury, CT, seconds that notion: “Never underestimate what paint can
do. A fresh coat of paint on the walls can make a space look entirely different. Paint can also transform furnishings. There are specialty paints on the market that can simulate stucco, metallic, crackle, leather, plaster walls, even chalkboard paint. Hydrochloric-acid stains can completely transform a plain concrete floor into a masterpiece.” According to visual-merchandising consultant Linda Cahan of Cahan & Company in West Linn, OR, the easiest,
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At Flore, faux plaster walls were created with inexpensive, storebought brick paneling and plaster specialty paint. ARE YOU TIRED OF LOOKING AT YOUR SAME-OLD STORE BUT THINK YOU’RE LACKING ENOUGH EXTRA CASH FLOW TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
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The good news is that it is possible to make over your store and stay within your budget. You just need to be smart about what you do and how you do it. “Makeover needs can range from new fixtures, wall paint color, floor plan layout and improved lighting,” explains visual-merchandising designer Paul Thompson of Paul Thompson Signature in Dallas. He acknowledges that many shops were originally put together in an ad-hoc fashion and, over time, can become cluttered with too many co-op fixtures and without a clear focus of a branded store look. Thompson explains that
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the purpose of a makeover is to break away from standards of display and decor that are not allowing the product to turn as quickly as planned. “This often means making significant changes in the floor plan and crossmerchandising efforts,” he says.
Maintenance vs. Makeover “Don’t confuse maintenance with a makeover,” asserts Ken Nisch, chairman of JGA, a retail design and brand consultancy based in Southfield, MI. “Putting down a fresh carpet, a coat of paint or adding a few fixtures often is not enough to get the customer to consider
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4. LOOK AT LIGHTING.
The Store at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC, a JGA client, features flexible and movable display blocks to accommodate an ever-changing collection of items.
5. FIGURE OUT FLOORING.
Flooring can be a large expense, but may be a necessary change based on age, condition and color. Consider and price out your options — carpet, wood, stone, ceramic and other materials, such as stained-concrete.
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Correcting bad traffic flow, often created by too many fixtures in too little space, provides some of the best makeover results.
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A lighting plan may be the single greatest expense in a store design. In leased space, significant changes may not be allowed; work with what you have and add supplemental lighting to provide ambient, task and general lighting throughout the store.
7. REVIEW FIXTURES.
Good product presentation depends on having proper fixtures that provide the right surface-to-inventory ratio. Fixtures that offer the flexibility to configure and move provide creative options.
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Great signage is important. Use it to visually create separate areas in the store and direct customers. 9. LOOK UP.
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The ceiling space needs to visually connect to the floor through the use of fixtures, products and signage. A standard grid or suspension system can provide order and organization. 10. DON'T EXCLUDE THE EXTERIOR.
Curb appeal and visibility lure customers in. Good exterior lighting is essential.
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urges retailers to resist the impulse “to take the easy road rather than the more creative one,” such as ripping out an inadequate lighting system and replacing it with another new but equally inadequate system.
which is most important to the overall image you want to create. “Then, figure out which of them will have the most impact. There may be expensive details that seem imperative to you but that most customers will never notice,” she
elizabethW took the D.I.Y. route. “We built our own display tables — buying the marble tops and the legs separately to construct them ourselves. It allowed us to create custom-made tables at a fraction of the cost.” Allen concurs with
observes. Lindsay also advises against unnecessary splurging. “That elegant countertop may look great, but will the customer notice if you opt for something else that is within budget? At the end of the day, you want to sell merchandise. A beautiful store that costs years to pay for was not our end goal!” To help keep within budget, Lindsay says that
this direction, saying, “Do some of the work yourself, like painting.” Lindsay mentions that craigslist, eBay and the local flea market have been great resources for display cases and accessories. Friedlander is on the same page: “Let craigslist, ebay and consignment shops and used-furniture stores become your new best friends.” Adds Allen: “Look for unusual pieces
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most-effective thing that retailers can do to make over their store on a budget is to choose up to five focal areas and concentrate on them. “If the area is on a wall, give it a fresh, fun color,” she says. “If it’s on a tabletop, consider adding
Paul Thompson Signature's client, Spaces, seen before, above, and after its makeover, at right.
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a prop or colorful chair or ladder — anything you can paint that will add height.” Cahan recommends keeping these focal areas well lit — “that alone will change the look and feel of your store.” Says Nisch: “If it can’t be bold, don’t do it! In most cases, it’s not worth the investment. On the other hand, bold does not necessarily involve a lot of dollars spent, but guts.” He
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Minding the Budget “There will be unexpected expenses, so be sure to stay under your budget, because you will probably end up spending the entire amount, if not more,” remarks Elizabeth Allen, president of Elizabeth Allen Atelier in La Jolla, CA. Allen advises making a list of priorities of the design features that matter — lighting, fixtures, flooring, etc. — and deciding
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Simple changes make a big difference. At Sokol Blosser Winery, Cahan & Company took the doors off of this fixture, added light, and repainted the entire space.
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that can be repurposed and add charm and personality. I made frequent trips to the Salvation Army, flea market and secondhand stores.”
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Thompson believes that staying open during a makeover can actually be an advantage, however, since the activities of a redo promote conversation with customers. “Customers visiting during a renovation often want to come back to see the final improvements but tend to be motivated to purchase on the spot even as products are being displayed,” he notes. Friedlander of Flore has experienced this firsthand: “Customers love the excitement of the change in progress and, amazingly, you will sometimes even find that sales increase during a changeover,” she remarks. “Always keep your customers’ and employees’ safety in mind, but a little disarray can be good for business.” To keep the disarray at bay, Nisch recommends taking a more long-term approach. “Realistically, it
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is almost impossible to redo everything all at one time, short of closing down your store for a day or two and sequestering the staff to make these big moves,” he states. “It really happens as a part of everyday business, with one part of the store or the other getting attention weekly or monthly. Putting a plan together makes sure that you have a bigger sense of a theme, with the theme being tied together by communication, color palette and/or merchandising techniques so there is a consistency versus the visual anarchy that is so often found in the gift industry.” Additionally, it’s important that the store be adequately staffed during a makeover, asserts Thompson. “Store staff can assist in locating and relocating products from stock or the sales floor. This assistance
can greatly speed the makeover, and this interaction helps to educate the staff on where products are being relocated while keeping inventory controls intact,” he relates. To keep your store looking updated on a regular basis, Nisch suggests that retailers balance their spending on brick-andmortar changes with their spending on ongoing visual-merchandising support. “This way, your great idea is not a one-day, onemonth, or one-year wonder, but instead something that can be refreshed and reworked on an ongoing basis.” The main thing is not to be afraid to make over your store when it’s needed. “Change is what makes retail stores stay up-to-date and appealing to both new and existing customers,” says Thompson. •
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MELISSA HABERSTROH is the owner of The Burlap Horse in Boerne, TX.
MAXIMIZING YOUR MARKET:
• Let inspiration be your guide. • Plan your displays, marketing and events. • Purchase with your plan in mind! • Add items that repeat your message or theme.
• Stay true to your store’s signature style.
Purchase Plan This season, shop a show with a display in mind. Follow these easy tips to successfully master shopping a market. B Y M E L I S S A H A B E R S T R O H The older that I get, the shorter the days and years seem. It feels like we no more than roll out of the covers on Christmas morning before we are “badging up” for winter markets. I love the clean slate that the new retail year affords. I’ve learned to capitalize on the renewed passion and energy that market inspires in me to plan my events and displays for the year ahead. If you’re like me, you take advantage of the day or two sequestered in your store and take inventory; looking at what sold and what didn’t, and what you ordered and what you wished you ordered last year, to put on your list to purchase in January for next holiday season. Adding holiday planning to everyday needs can mean a hefty to-do list for your winter market season, but fear not! I’ve also perfected my buying process over the years and am happy to share a tip or two to help you through. Here’s to new introductions, lots of inspiration and stylish, but comfortable shoes. May you have a successful 2012!
Back to School First and foremost, dedicate and carry a notebook each year. (A word to the wise: put your name and contact information in your notebook lest you leave it in a showroom.) Use your notebook to record store stats, inspirational quotes, goals and ideas. I love old fashioned composition books because the pages do not pull out easily and they stack neatly on a bookshelf. (I keep all of mine as reference and inspiration in later years.) Tablets might be the answer for many of you, but I'm old school and prefer to sketch, draw arrows and attach things to pages.
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Gather inspiration for your displays. Attend seminars; tear out pages of consumer magazines or trade publications that have inspiring displays (or a “Retail By Design” article, of course); photograph (with permission, of course) any market displays that provide inspiration. Sketch those that you may not photograph.
Remember that inspiration is just that, inspiration. It's meant to be tweaked and customized to reflect your store's signature style. Photograph your displays and staple them in your notebook for reference. Be sure to include notations about what was successful and what you wish to change in the display. We all think we'll remember it later, but successful retailers are often rewarded with shorter memories.
Game Plan I like to develop a buying plan based upon a display idea, like this one from Atlanta's Scarlet Tassel in an issue of Furniture Style (which has since ceased publication). Once you've determined the theme or subject of your display, purchase products to enhance that theme. Create a shopping list of accessory products to add to the display, props you will need and other details. Determine when the display will be put into your store. By "purchasing with a plan in mind" selections are more focused and ship dates are easily determined for the products in the display. (No more blank stares when the sales rep asks "when do you want this to ship?") I often re-evaluate my plans periodically and make alterations based upon the products that I have actually found and purchased.
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A: I share your outrage at the idea of a person walking into your store and taking whatever he or she wants. We would be furious if someone came into our home and did this, wouldn’t we? Unfortunately as long as there have been shopkeepers, there have been shoplifters. In her fascinating book entitled The Steal: The Cultural History of Shoplift-
are studded with security mirrors and cameras, merchandise is tagged to set off alarms, guards are stationed at the doors and store layouts are designed to curtail theft rather than to sell product. Smaller stores can’t afford as many drastic measures, so shoplifters realize that they can literally get away with a lot. But we do have a few tools at that we can use that are not as practical for larger retailers to employ. Our primary deterrent for shoplifting is a friendly and alert staff. It is important to greet every customer entering your store, and to follow up with offers of assistance. I find it particularly worrisome when I see an employee man-
HAVE A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SET UP TO NOTIFY NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES WHEN YOU THINK THAT PROFESSIONALS (OFTEN WORKING IN TEAMS) ARE OPERATING IN YOUR AREA.
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ing (Penguin Press, 2011), Rachel Shteir chronicles the root causes of this type of theft, the countless techniques used by shoplifters and also the myriad attempts over the years to curb the crime. These efforts have had minimal effect, I’m sorry to say, because in the U.S. losses due to retail theft are now over $11 billion a year. Loss prevention is a big business, especially for large retailers. Stores
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ning a store alone. Think how easy it would be to distract that person while an accomplice stole valued merchandise. For about $10 an hour, you can add a second staff member and significantly decrease your vulnerability to both shoplifting and other crime. A second tool in your arsenal against shoplifting should be a strong relationship with the police in your area. They will undoubtedly be willing to come
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train your staff on what to do if they suspect that a shopper is stealing — it is essential that the letter of the law be followed before accusing someone. Our local police have also indicated that they are willing to come walk through the store if we call because there is a suspicious person on the premises. A third deterrent is to give careful thought to your store layout and product display. Avoid “blind” corners not visible to your staff, and have products that are tempting to shoplifters in closed (and perhaps locked) cases. Yes, this will decrease the sales of this merchandise, but there is no reason to make a theft tempting to even the casual “booster.” The casual shoplifter is unfortunately only part of the pattern of retail theft we see today, so it is important that you have a communication system set up to notify your neighboring
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businesses when you think that professionals (often working in teams) are operating in your area. If they’ve hit one store successfully, they’re likely to hit another. According to Shteir, shoplifting is not likely to ever go away. She suggests that security cameras are an effective way to catch and convict thieves, especially if you have someone monitoring the system. The addition of electronic article surveillance tags (EAS) can also be effective if your items are particularly tempting to thieves.
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A: It’s a safe bet that almost every item in your shop has a story to tell, and one of the services that a small shop can offer its customers is making sure that interesting product information is readily available. This can be done through personal interaction and signage in the store, and through your online presence and email marketing as well. Your staff needs to know the background of all the different merchandise you carry in order to do an effective job of selling. Offer a generous employee discount so that they can try the products on their own, and invite your sales reps to come do product training. Encourage employees to role-play at a staff meeting, picking an item at random and listing several features. Fair trade items and handmade crafts carry with them an interesting story of origin, but what about commercially manufactured products? Think about whether the product solves a problem
for a customer — or is it aesthetically pleasing, or entertaining? These factors are all part of the product’s story. In addition to training your staff, you can convey this information in a “shelf talker” sign. Once you’ve created a sign about a product’s origin or features, it’s easy to make small copies (with your store logo on them) to tuck into the box when someone buys the item as a gift. That way the recipient also gets to learn about the product’s story. We recently purchased a small DVD player with a swivel screen that we can place in a product display. Now we’re using it to show a short, looped video about Wintercraft ice lanterns. This video tells the story of the product much more effectively than we could on a sign. The story behind the products you sell also makes good copy for your Facebook page, or your blog. Ask your vendors and sales reps to provide you with interesting facts. There are also hundreds of online resources that will help you fill in the background of craft and holiday traditions, for example. And don’t forget to look for illustrations as well, because every picture does indeed at least help tell a story. Carol L. Schroeder is the author of Specialty Shop Retailing: Everything You Need to Know to Run Your Own Store, published by John Wiley & Sons. Send questions to SpecialtyShopRetail@me.com.
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So how can we make this even better? Consider hospitality before sales. At Leon & Lulu we greet every customer with the offer of a cup of coffee, a bag of popcorn or a glass of fruity ice water. On Saturdays we serve hot cookies, proffered by girls on roller skates, and at events we have hot dogs. When people describe our shop, they frequently mention the coffee and cookies with amazement. Our approach may be over the top, and we have the advantage of a big store, but the concept works in almost any store, regardless of its size. Here is a handy recipe: Fruity Water: put berries, sliced lemons or other fruit in a 16-oz. plastic
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Shoppers come to us to help them celebrate weddings and births; we are there, gift ideas in hand, for birthdays and anniversaries and general pick-me-ups. Shopping for these events is part of the fun (or it should be) and our stores are an ancillary part of the celebration. Gift shops are fun to visit and our regular customers consider us friends. We don’t sell gifts, we sell happiness. Successful shops work hard to make their shoppers even happier. Independent retailers provide a shopping experience that just can’t be duplicated in a big box, a chain store or a department store. We greet you with a smile, help you find just the right thing and send you on your way with a pretty package. It is a winning combination, without a doubt.
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Little Gifts Surprising customers with little treats can be inexpensive, fun and is always well received. As you head to the shows, look for items that you can give away as well as sell. We have finger monsters for little kids who behave well (or for kids we are trying to bribe), small ornaments for anyone who makes a purchase the week before Christmas or at Valentine’s Day and party favors for shoppers at our monthly Girls’ Night Out. We have given small felt flower pins, inexpensive reuseable shopping bags, small candles and faux flowers. Usually the gifts are things we buy specifically to give away, but sometimes we use an item that has not sold well. We move the inventory, write it off to promotion and make people happy. When you give little things away, including vendor samples of soaps, lotions and candles, be sure your staff presents them as gifts, not just free stuff. Ask them to say “Thank you for shopping with us! We hope you enjoy this ornament” or “This lotion smells terrific and is great for dry
winter skin.” Do not just dump the gift in the bag. Make it important. Little giveaways are not for every day. It is a special and sporadic program, designed to surprise and delight. If you do it too often your customers will come to expect the gifts and be irritated if they don’t get something free every time they shop.
Birthday Club This isn’t really a club. No secret handshakes or special hats, just a requirement to sign up for our emailing list. Everyone on our list gets an email birthday card with a $10 coupon in it. This is a real gift with no expiration date, no minimum purchase, no strings of any kind … just a simple $10 to spend. It has been a huge winner, successfully driving
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traffic and resulting in sales averaging $35–$40 after the discount, with many far higher. Shoppers are delighted and they absolutely love the fact that there are no rules, especially no expiration date. Our staff loves helping customers
Top Shopper Gift As I write this, we are about to send a very special holiday gift to our top shoppers. We are rewarding our very best customers with gift certificates in amounts of $20, $50 and (for a very few, really big spenders) $100. This is strictly volume-based and will, like the birthday club, have no limitations. I expect to hear squeals of joy very soon. While this is based on volume, it is not a percentage discount. It is a thank you gift, and my husband and I analyzed the potential cost of the program carefully before implementing it. With any of these ideas, planning is essential. Once you start giving gifts it is very hard to stop without disappointing your customers.
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When we opened our store we made a commitment to using most of our marketing and advertising money for charity-related promotion, including special events, merchandise donations and no-margin sales of causerelated products. These efforts have been a major factor in our success and, as a marketing effort, have been financially sound. Early on, we made a commitment to donate product to all silent auctions, raffles and charities. We started doing this when we had no money, but could shop carefully for goods that had high margins and low costs … I bought (and still buy) lots of things that we plan to donate. Look for closeouts, samples and discontinued items that would look great on the auction table. Plan ahead so you can say yes. The gift business is about business, of course. It is a bonus that good business can be directly tied (with a big red bow?) to giving. Mary Liz Curtin, author of A Shopkeeper’s Manual, owns, with her husband, Leon & Lulu, an award-winning, 15,000 sq. ft. furniture, gift and accessory store outside of Detroit. Visit them at www.leonandlulu.com. Circle #282
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FORGET NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. For a super chic, design-forward indulgence, how about Lincoln, NE? That’s where you can find (pk)flynn, an eclectic “candy store for grownups” located in the upscale neighborhood of Williamsburg Village. (pk)flynn features some of the hippest trends in tabletop accessories, home accents, personal accessories, gourmet goods and fine arts. The 5,000-sq.-ft. shop, organized as a “mini department store,” features fresh, creative displays of Michael Aram and Jan Barboglio decoratives, Chilewich textiles, Mary Jurek tableware, Kashwere blankets, Luna Garcia ceramics, Riedel barware and paper goods from local artist JDickson Designs. Owner Paige Flynn likes to combine a mix of high-end designers, local or relatively unknown artists, and sea-
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a product that wasn’t turning. Doing this has enabled me to expand my Michael Aram, Juliska and other wedding registry selections.” Perhaps this success is why Flynn seems undaunted by continually expanding her vision. “I have so many ideas in my head that I would love to see happen in the future,” she says. “(pk)paper will be my next project. Lincoln doesn’t have an invitation store, so this is a niche that definitely needs to be filled.” As Flynn keeps finding ways to grow, her customers keep finding her. This year a Gallup survey rated Lincoln, NE, the “2nd Happiest City in the US,” and as pk(flynn) has become a destination shopping spot for visitors to the thriving creative community, it’s clear Paige Flynn knows something about making people happy herself. •
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We just raised the bar when it comes to baking cookies. Introducing More Than a Cookie! 800-252-6798. Showroom: Butler Group -– Building 2, Suite 1212 @ www.annclark.com # Circle 356
Fashion jewelry, apparel, and accessories from all over the world. Your total accessories solution from trendy tween to semi-precious stones and pearls. Atlanta: 225 Unlimited Inc, Bldg 2 Ste 1718 @ www.bambootradingcompany.com # Circle 357
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New Products!!! Same amazing quality and over 100 new images! Reusable decals for iPhones, laptops & readers. 800-741-6108 @ www.bestmbm.com # Circle 359
Buffalo Jewelry is the place to go for trendy novelties and holiday jewelry. Programs designed with the retailer in mind. NEW – Theme Scarves to brighten any occasion. 800-757-7442 @ www.buffalojewelry.com # Circle 360
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New Look! New Designs! Unique Stationery Gifts! Now Showing at Link2Sales Showroom 1600 and Booth 3-2-2012 Made In USA section. 816-803-7866 @ www.GotYoGifts.com # Circle 386
I Just Can’t Take It Anymore! Through adorable photos and carefully crafted sentiment, this gift book lifts your heart and plants encouragement within it. 888-501-0160 @ www.HarvestHousePublishers.com # Circle 366
• Refreshments served throughout the day • Free wireless • Breakfast served every morning starting Wednesday, January 11th thru Monday, January 16th • Wine and Cheese Reception Friday night, January 13th from 6:30 to 9:00pm • Dinner Reception Saturday night, January 14th from 6:30 to 9:00pm Great prizes at our dinner reception… • Enter our buy 3 and maybe win 1 free contest A Big Thanks to the following showrooms and companies for their help in sponsoring the Buyers Receptions at the GSMA Buyers Lounge. Corporate Sponsors: America's Mart Brandwise Gifts and Dec Golden Accounting Omega Net
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Formed in November 2002 with the help of 22 initial members, the Gift Sales Manager Association (GSMA) is the only organization created for and by gift and home décor sales managers. GSMA uses the combined knowledge and experience of its members to discuss all aspects of sales management, with the common goal of improving company operations and increasing sales. Bi-annual meetings and an exchange of information and ideas throughout the year, help each member more effectively and professionally manage their sales network. As a group, our mission is to grow the industry by responding to the needs of our customers, rep groups, and Industry peers through education and communication. "If you’re a manufacturer interested in joining GSMA please stop by for more information at our Buyers Lounge in Building 2, # 807." We hope you will take the time to learn more about our association and consider making a difference in the gift and home décor industry by joining us!
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Scarf Accents, beautiful jewelry to accessorize any scarf in many mix and match styles and colors. See us in Atlanta: Gib Carson Associates Building 2 – Suite 1319 And Showrooms Nationwide! 800-777-5658 @ www.howardsjewelry.com # Circle 367
Bring the kitchen into full bloom with these colorful aprons, part of an entire line of prints and solid coordinates in our Sarah’s Garden Collection. Ivystone Building 2, 18th floor 1801 800-537-3433 @ www.KayDeeDesigns.com # Circle 368
Pawparazzi® Celebrity Pets are an irresistible combination of fashion and play for kids and tweens! info@noodleheadfun.com 866-892-7311 @ www.pawparazzi.com # Circle 373
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Kencraft Spirit Lollipals, Handmade In USA. Please visit us in the Southeast Marketing Atlanta showroom, Americasmart Bldg #2, #1305. 801-756-6916 @ www.kencraftcandy.com # Circle 369
Not just jewelry… A jewelry department, that’s our motto at Blue Luster CZ by Lamar Creations. Above is our fabulous 6’ LED lighted tower. Blue Luster CZ is the finest quality, best designed, lifetime guaranteed, easiest to maintain and reorder, fastest selling CZ jewelry on the market today. 800-596-0988 @ www.lamarcreations.net # Circle 370
Time to relax from a hard day of surfing and reading on the beach with our super-soft, linen beach pillow. 866-295-2849 @ www.primitivesbykathy.com # Circle 376
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Stencil Frosted Glass - Holds a favorite 4x6 photo. Retail$13.99. Malden Showroom #729A Bldg.2, Southeast Marketing Showroom #1305 Bldg.2; 800-426-3578 @ www.malden.com # Circle 371
Munro captures the happily ever after with “Lovers”. Inspired from the artwork of beloved fantasy artist, Nene Thomas. Available for immediate shipping. Visit us on Facebook to see what is new for 2012. 800-922-7716 @ www.munrogifts.com # Circle 390
Piggy Banks to matching mugs and more Ensemble brings a unique flare to your gift line. See all the products at www.theensemblegroup.com or call 866-774-3929 for a more information. @ www.theensemblegroup.com # Circle 379
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Cuddle-Bots from Laid Back Kids – These friendly plush robots come in a variety of personalities! Available in backpacks or plush dolls. 800-824-2374 @ www.oakpatchgifts.com # Circle 389
NEW Glamour Clips – Clips on to most kinds of footwear, handbags, gloves, hats, and scarves. From beach to snow, office to dinner date – instantly add glamour and dazzle to your favorite looks! 888-908-0188, service@parmygifts.com @ www.ParmyGifts.com # Circle 375
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Spin Shades signature night lights feature 300 beautiful designs that turn simply from the warmth of the light! Still under $15 retail. Low minimum custom designs available. See us in Atlanta in Bldg 3-5-911 for great specials. 800-456-7511 @ www.spinshades.com # Circle 387
Beautiful girly hats, scarves, headbands, jewelry, etc. Special GDA Coupon, Code BBGDA, ONE time use only, $10 OFF! 209-931-9018 @ www.thealabamagirl.com # Circle 378
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Carol Eldridge is Woozie’s newest licensed artist. See her cute girlfriends and waterfront themes with bold color and sassy sayings in Atlanta @ The Southern Link and in Dallas @ Next Generation. 919-781-4441 @ www.woozie.com # Circle 383
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With its elegant sense of space and beautiful East Side location, Forty One Madison features more than 115 leading tabletop and luxury brands from around the world, of which 30 will be open during the NY Giæ Show. Several brand new lines also await visiting buyers. Bus service will make the rounds between the Javits Center and Forty One Madison at no charge for show attendees. This courtesy transportation begins on Monday, January 30, and continues through Wednesday, February 1. Visit www.41madison.com for speciâcs.
With its one-of-a-kind energy level and unmatched shopping opportunities, the NY Market continues to set the standard for design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware. Anchored by the industry’s premier shopping event, the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®), and enhanced by three additional market venues – Forty One Madison, 7 W New York and 230 Fifth Avenue – the NY market stands second to none. Boasting an extraordinary breadth and depth of product, it will once again welcome visitors to its exclusive world of sophistication and style this winter.
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“Design is a common denominator among all of NYIGF’s 10 divisions and a key diáerentiator from other U.S. giæ, home and lifestyle markets,” says Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice-president. “Our new ‘Driven by Design’ campaign allows us to showcase NYIGF’s design orientation beyond Accent on Design and Handmade – both widely recognized for their superlative aesthetics – into NYIGF divisions which are categorized by product type.” A secondary focus for the upcoming winter 2012 market is housewares, following the success of the summer 2011 launch of the Gourmet Housewares Show® at NYIGF. NYIGF’s other category-speciâc product neighborhoods will continue to grow and evolve for the winter market, with the expansion of the new “On Trend” neighborhood in General Giè and the “Artisan Jewelry Showcase” within New York’s Newest. Handmade jewelry resources also will be further concentrated within Personal Accessories. Special events this winter – exclusive to the NY market – include NYIGF’s “Night on Broadway” featuring specially-priced tickets for Rock of Ages on Monday, January 30 and Giæ For Life’s 20th Anniversary “Party for Life” fundraiser on Sunday, January 29. In addition, buyers and suppliers will have the opportunity to participate in more than 40 educational sessions – including a new concentration on design and sustainability – industry social events, product awards, feature displays and buyer promotions. The winter NYIGF takes place Saturday, January 28, through Thursday, February 2, 2012, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 and 94. Information and registration is available at www.nyigf.com.
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This thriving venue has a number of new features for 2012, including Shop 7 First on Friday, free lunch on Monday and Tuesday, late-night shopping on Monday from 5 to 8pm, and the launch of its lobby display program, showcasing 7 W as a destination marketplace for a complete range of buying needs. 7 W is also reintroducing First Tuesdays, giving the showrooms a chance to show oá their products in a special way. Visit www.7wnewyork.com for information.
Six new ârms join the roster at this distinctive venue, which boasts 20 ãoors of showrooms. During Market Week, select showrooms will be hosting special events, from cocktail parties to complimentary services, all adding to the shopping experience. The building’s promotional giveaways, and its famed Antique Café and Rooæop Lounge and Restaurant, complete any visit. Visit www.230âæhave.com for details.
Through the cooperation of NYIGF, Forty One Madison, 7 W New York and 230 Fiæh Avenue, NY Market participants can visit The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) for no charge. On view is “The Great Designers, Part One,” showcasing more than 50 garments and accessories by notable designers. Market Week participants also can take advantage of NYC Restaurant Week’s 20th anniversary with hundreds of the city’s most time-honored restaurants and buzzworthy newcomers oáering three-course, pre-âxe lunch ($24.07) and dinner ($35) menus. NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2012 runs weekdays January 16-February 10.
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NYC MARKET GUIDE Providing the finest in Gift, Home Décor & Personal Accessory Lines. www.maryharpergroup.com | T (888) 644.1704 | F (888) 644.1292 mhg@maryharpergroup.com | Follow Us on Facebook & Twitter! Please find the Mary Harper Group and these companies at the Jacob Javits Center – Booth 2602 | 7W – Suite 831
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Like the iconic Manhattan street for which it’s named, Spring Street combines old-world craftsmanship with innovative design to create glamorous keepsakes that enhance everyday living.
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Experience our new Spring scent, Coriander Lotus & Cucumber. A fresh green fragrance, evoking purity and serenity. Gorgeous for the home and body!
| 206-329-3966 @ www.anticafarmacista.com # circle #380
LADY PRIMROSE
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New this season is Simpatico’s Ambergris collection. A stirring and sensual scent that is perfect for moving into spring and summer.
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Isabella This beautiful embossed pattern is simply… irresistible. The chip resistant stoneware body makes Isabella the perfect choice for everyday use. Jacob Javits Booth #2828 <
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This exquisite trinket box by G Daniel is hand painted and adorned with crystals from Swarovski elements. It truly is jewelry for your home! Pier 92 - Booth# 35037
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Incredible Creatures® Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Baby Found from Canada to South America, befriend Safari Ltd®’s delightful Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Baby with its fluffy “cotton ball” tail. Safari Ltd®’s 2012 introductions and more can be viewed and purchased online at safariltd.com JAVITS - Booth # 1841
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Ruru Pillow Two silk applique birds perched on embroidered branches with feather details on metallic linen. Down insert included. 100% linen. Size: 18" x 18" NYIGF, Javits Convention Center, At Home, Booth #7823 Happy Hour: Monday, January 30 from 3-5pm
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COROMANDEL ARTS
Evening Bistro Hand Painted Hand Carved Great Works of Art “Feel The Work” - You’ll Love It! Beautiful, Practical, Affordable NY - Javits - Booth #2148 Chicago Merchandise Mart #1478
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Beautiful Genuine Leather Wrap Bracelets with gunmetal colored hook & eye closure is a best seller. Email us at: Orders@ seewhomadeit.com. Fax: 212-239-3895 NY - Javits - Booth #2565
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Indigo blue denim with asymmetrical pleat and zipper teeth detail. Down insert included. 100% cotton. Size is 12" x 16" NYIGF, Javits Convention Center, At Home, Booth #7823 Happy Hour: Monday, January 30 from 3-5pm
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Arda Glassware Arthur Court Designs Artland Apilco/Deshoulieres Auratic USA Inc. B.I.A. Cordon Bleu Bormioli Rocco Glass C.C.A. International Cambridge Silversmiths Certified International Circle Glass Cristal de Sèvres Dansk Daum Denby USA DeVine Corp. Eisch Crystal Fitz & Floyd Formation Brands, LLC Fürstenberg Gibson Overseas Gourmet Settings Guzzini Hampton Forge Haviland USA Herend Hermès Homer Laughlin China Co. Jay Import JMC Global, Inc. John Jenkins Julia Knight, Inc. Julia Watts LLC Konitz “The Mug Makers” L’OBJET La Mediterranea LAUREN Ralph Lauren Home Laurie Gates Designs Lenox Corporation Libbey Glass Lifetime Brands Luigi Bormioli Maxwell & Williams Meissen Porcelain Meyer Corp. Michael Aram Michael Wainwright Moser Mottahedeh Mr. Christmas Nambe NGL Associates, LLC Nikko Ceramics Noritake Oneida Ltd. Over & Back Pasabahce USA Pickard China Portmeirion Philippe Deshoulieres Prima Donna Designs Prouna Puiforcat Q Squared Design LLC Ralph Lauren Home Reed & Barton Richard Ginori 1735 Riedel Crystal of America Robinson Home Products Rogaska Crystal Rosenthal USA Royal Bohemia Crystal Royal Crown Derby Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Royal Doulton Royal Limoges Royal Worcester Saint Louis Salt & Pepper Sambonet Sango America Scafati & Company Seguso USA Signature Housewares Inc. Spode Stelton Steve Dolce Marketing 10 Strawberry Street TarHong Direct Tervis Tumbler Vietri Villeroy & Boch Vetri delle Venezie Waterford Wedgwood Waechtersbach William Yeoward Crystal Yamazaki Tableware Zwilling J.A. Henckels
The New York Tabletop Show April 17–20 ®
Where the most important brands and buyers meet.
New York Gift Show
January 28 – February 2
Complimentary luxury shuttles between Forty One Madison and Javits Center 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sunday through Wednesday. For registration, more information and discount hotel rooms visit 41madison.com
41 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 • 212.686.1203 • 41madison.com • A Rudin Building
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Premium Quality Candles, Tapers & Accessories Visit our Atlanta Showroom #1308A and NY International Gift Fair - NEW Booth #7032 Also represented in LA, Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis & Kansas City Showrooms
New! FLOWER VASE CANDLES Fine fragrance and quality wax poured in a flared glass vase topped with a highly detailed wax flower. STYLES s OZ OF WAX 4ALL s "URNS HOURS -ADE IN 53!
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Join us at the Winter Markets! ATLANTA January 11–18, 2012 Atlanta Int’l Gift & Home Furnishings Market Building 1 - 9C8
DALLAS January 20–23, 2012 January 2012 FINDS Temp Show Dallas Trade Mart, Floor 1, Booth #813
NEW YORK January 28–February 2, 2012 New York International Gift Fair Javits Convention Center, At Home, Booth #7823 Happy Hour: Monday, January 30 from 3-5pm
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The Queen Bee collection is available in snow, saffron and kiwi.
BATH & BODY STATIONERY
Designer Julia Knight uses a graphic honeycomb pattern for the border and delicate bee detail in the pieces of her collection.
GOURMET GIFTABLES
Sweet as Honey How do you sweeten sales? By keeping things fresh. Just as designers freshen up existing patterns, you, too, should put a new spin on your home section. The result will pleasantly surprise you.
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The Queen Bee collection includes an oval tray, pedestal bowls and a frame. $49-$110. Julia Knight. 800.388.1878. www.juliaknight.net CIRCLE #869
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Macaw Well glass vases. Small, $16; large, $190. Lazy Susan. 888.578.7288. www.lazysusanusa.com
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South Seas collection includes tablecloths and lightweight quilts. Printed cotton. Abigails. 800.678.8485. www.abigails.net
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THESE BLUES CERTAINLY WON’T GET YOU DOWN. THIS EVER-
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Radiant Waters home fragrance collection. Greenleaf. 877.GREENLEAF. www.greenleafgifts.com CIRCLE #887
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For 2012, blue is one of the colors to watch. The shades that are coming on the scene are deep, rich blues, inspired by the ocean. Cobalt and ocean blues were spotted throughout the New York Tabletop Market last October. Why not create a tablescape with blue dinnerware? Take a simple tablecloth in a complementary shade or patterned print, put down a cobalt blue place setting, add the crystal, napkins in napkin holders, a few tabletop accessories, as well as a floral arrangement and, voilà, a dramatic
blue table that will wow shoppers. You can also inspire your customers by creating window and floor displays around the shade in a specific theme, such as a nautical look or a creative display inspired by the song “Put on a Happy Face” — it does talk about gray skies clearing up revealing a bright blue sky after all. Or how about hosting a Blues party, complete with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and Blues tunes? Whatever you do, make it fun and inspiring, and you certainly won’t be singing the blues.
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Industrial style pendant lamp. $215. Present Time. http://usa.presenttime.com
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Figure 8 throw. 100% baby alpaca. 52”x70”. $595. Jonathan Adler. 212.645.2802. www.jonathanadler.com
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Pacific duvet set. Blissliving Home. 866.952.5488. www.blisslivinghome.com
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Liberia, African Homeland toile “Another Point of View” tea set. Porcelain. $12.50$55. SoHe Desgins. 347.399.3003. www.sohedesigngroup.com CIRCLE #893
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Monaco aqua bowl. 12”. Badash. 631.242.9101. www.badashcrystal.com
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Cielo pillows include a feather/down insert. Handmade in the USA. $190-$235. Square Feathers. 512.301.2939. www.squarefeathers.com
Ceramic jar is made from a fine translucent porcelain mix that allows light to pass through. Hand-applied surface treatments. Cynthia Vardhan Ceramics. 614.598.8585. www.cynthiavardhan.com
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a Reclaimed metal bowls. Small, 11”x2½”, $20; large, 14”x2½”, $28. HomArt. 888.346.6278. www.homart.com
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Reclaimed and repurposed products bring the handcrafted look home. Shoppers will love that they’re also ecofriendly.
b Reclaimed wood wall wine holder. Approximately 23”x6”x8”. $90. Foreside Home & Garden. 855.474.3344. www.foresidehomeandgarden.com
c Anywhere accent tray is made from repurposed windows. 24”x28”. Made in the USA. $85. G.E.A.R. 334.319.1183. www.comereinvent.blogspot.com
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Congratulations! The Pear Tree of Cocoa FL on being the first US Franz Gallery store Franz Collection Inc. Tel: 415-296-8183 www.FranzCollection.com Circle #249
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c Glass bottles can be used for olive oils, bath salts or a bud vase. $6.75 each. Couronne Company. 512.339.7808. www.couronneco.com
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a Wall-mounted wooden shadow box is designed by Genevieve Gorder. Part of the Kitchen Collection. 16”x24”. $159.99. Burnes of Boston. 888.963.7263. www.burnesofboston.com CIRCLE #903
d Nicole Collection planter set can be used to hold pencils and pens, keep notes or act as bookends. Working Class Studio. 912.525.6300. www.workingclassstudio.com CIRCLE #904 ALL PRICES RETAIL
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Modern Vintage Designers take vintage motifs and give them a subtle update. The result is a traditional accent that looks like it may have been collected over the years, but through color or design brings it into the 21st century.
b Bluebirds art print features a vintageinspired background. 8”x10”. $18.95. Freshline Illustration. freshlineillustration@hotmail.com http://freshline.trunkt.com
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c Toile pillow in charcoal is part of the Fragments collection. 18”x18”. $96 with insert. Thomas Paul. 718.797.8758. www.thomaspaul.com
d Bavarian wall clock is hand-painted and hand-printed on wood. 12½”x10”. $99. Dolan Geiman. 773.247.3775. www.dolangeiman.com
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French Gentlemen collection. 20”x20”. $100. Ox Bow Decor. 781.239.3546. www.oxbowdecor.com ALL PRICES RETAIL
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Foxy Fall Wooden Trays (set of 2)
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Set of 2 wooden trays (13" x 16", and 14" x 18") with metal handles. Designed in the spirit of the French autumn wine harvest.
| 888-334-3099 @ www.victorianheart.com # circle #400
| 773-871-1300 @ www.tagltd.com # circle #401
ROOT CANDLES
Root Legacy 100% Pure Beeswax Dinner Candles
GOURMET
A classic for health-oriented retailers, our elegant 100% Pure Beeswax Candles are the best of the best. Very slow burn rate & natural honey scent.
GIFTABLES
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GRASSLANDS ROAD, A DIVISION OF AMSCAN INC.
HOLIDAYS
Summer Home – Driftwood Angels
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Driftwood Angels appear as if they’ve emerged from deep beneath the water. These graceful figurines are beautifully crafted from cement. SRP: Sm. $25.00, Med. $36.00, Lg. $38.00
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Corsica Jars Couronne recycled glass containers add a decorative flair to any room. Jar sizes range from 11"H to 21½ "H.
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Blessings With Wings Collection By Robin Davis
CANDLES
Our NEW “Life” Angel figurine has detailed features and earthy colors; resin. Collection includes figurines, ceramics, music boxes and much more!
BATH
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MANUAL WOODWORKERS & WEAVERS
Flameless LED Candle Lantern Beautiful metal lanterns with a flameless LED candle attached. Available in 2 sizes, 15" & 18".
| 800-248-1434 @ www.bethlehemlights.com # circle #408
GOURMET
Great look for the lodge! Manual is introducing a new lodge collection, “Animal Instincts,” which includes a throw, runner, placemats and mini plates, plus two Climaweave™ indoor/outdoor pillows! Pillows SRP $25.00 Throw SRP $49.00
BETHLEHEM LIGHTS/GKI
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Animal Instincts
| 800-542-3139 @ www.manualww.com # circle #406
GIFTABLES
HONEY AND ME, INC.
Butterfly Collection
| 877-837-8838 @ www.honeyandme.com # circle #407
EPIC PRODUCTS
Wine Icons Push Pin Set
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Stylize your memos, photos & reminders with these detailed Wine Themed Push Pins (Set/6). For more info email us at: info@epicproductsinc.com.
HOLIDAYS
Our butterfly collection will relax you with its calming hues and shabby chic feel.
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NANCY’S NOOK BY VHC
Signing Stones Set
Cottage Lane Collection
This unique item allows guests to personalize their name and special message which later gives the couple an elegant keepsake for their home.
New for 2012, the Cottage Lane Collection is available in 8 colorways and 9 tabletop items, shown in Placemat.
| 800-521-8760 @ www.lillianrose.com # circle #410
| 888-334-3099 @ www.victorianheart.com # circle #411
PARK DESIGNS
GOURMET
On Key Collection Votive Holder A unique accent with key detailing and bubble glass. 3 1/4"H x 3 1/2"Dia. Part of our On Key collection of textiles and giftware.
GIFTABLES
| 800-326-3382 @ www.parkdesigns.net # circle #412
HOLIDAYS
Harold Feinstein Butterfly Fountain
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COYNE’S AND COMPANY
| 800-336-8666 @ www.coynes.com # circle #413
Dramatic and contemporary style, relaxing and soothing benefits with this 8" porcelain fountain. See the entire fountain collection from Coyne’s. SRP $40.00
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Cork Collector's Tray/Memo Board Fill base with your cherished wine corks to create a stylish tray/memo board (corks not included). For more info email us at: info@epicproductsinc.com.
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FRANZ COLLECTION
FZ02805 Deer design sculptured porcelain large vase (Limited Edition 2,000)
CANDLES
| 415-296-8183 @ www.franzcollection.com # circle #415
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Sea Horse Race Good things come in threes. Our beautifully carved, handmade wooden sea horses in sea-washed tones of blues and greens are a sure thing.
STATIONERY
| 800-542-3139 @ www.manualww.com # circle #416
PRIMITIVES BY KATHY
BODY
Manual’s artistic new collection, “Nature’s Sketchbook” by Artist Susan Winget is a new group of Climaweave™ indoor/outdoor items plus woven throw and mini plates. Pillows SRP $27.00 Throw SRP $49.00
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| 866-295-2849 @ www.primitivesbykathy.com # circle #417
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Colori Candleholders GIFTABLES
These brightly colored baubles will brighten any occasion. They hold a tea light or votive and are made from heat-resistant borosilicate glass.
PARK DESIGNS
HOLIDAYS
| 800-426-6394 @ www.designideas.net # circle #419
Poppy©
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Soft floral accents come to life in this beautiful quilted placemat. Poppy collection features a full line of textiles and coordinates perfectly with our Casual Classics solid dinnerware.
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The leader in cocktail napkins is at it again! We have tons of new designs to keep your customers laughing.
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Refresh your barware with TableCraft! New packaging, new products. Shown is one from a collection. Waiter’s knife with flex opener, H1330C is the all in one opener for wine, liquor and screw top bottles.
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Grape Leaf Collection – Grape Leaf castings replicate nature with a subtle texture and organic forms. A modern interpretation of our signature Grape serveware.
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Lone Star American manufacturer! Whether you spend your days roping cattle or wrangling paperwork you will enjoy this collection. SRP $8.95-$44.95
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Ornaments for any occasion in brown paper, string and found objects. Make the world a better place when decorated in our nifty recycles!
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Manual is introducing more designs to the “Climaweave™ indoor/outdoor collection”. Shown are Pinwheel Flowers and Butterfly Kaleidoscope pillows by Tim Coffey. Pinwheel Flowers 20" x 20" Pillow - SRP: $27 Butterfly Kaleidoscope 12" x 18" Rectangle Pillow - SRP: $16
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“Wooden” you like to be queen for a day? You can with Dan DiPaolo’s carved and glittery, sexy, tiaraaccessorized Dahlings.
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Heart Ramekins, Sweetheart Baking Dishes, Heart Bowls Perfect for Valentine’s and Mother’s Day, Sophie Conran for Portmeirion introduces a collection of six adorable cer amic Hearts in Pink and White. All gift boxed. SRP $14.99-$29.99
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Murval succeeds again in marrying fashion to functionality! The foldable shopping cart ($29) has a matching tote ($13.90) both made from natural jute fiber. Available in black or sand with a silver sparkle.
Contemporary ceramic in coral cut out, these serving dishes provide a fresh, modern feel to your table. Available in round ($21), oval ($21) or rectangular shape ($18).
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Dazzle and sparkle with this metallic tote ($18) and matching clutch ($5.90). Available in Silver too.
Woven oversized tote ($15) in champagne tones with soft gold accents.
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Rise and Shine Spring is in the air and so are the flirty pjs for lounging and sleeping. Ease customers into the warm weather months with cute cami sets and fun boyfriend looks. a Pink and white polka dot boyfriend pajama. Made of lightweight cotton. Packaged with a matching headband and to/from gift tag. $65. Jessie Steele. 510.204.0991. www.jessiesteele.com
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d Chandelier boxer and smocked cami set from the Sleepy Head collection. $40.50. Mud Pie. 800.998.1633. www.mud-pie.com
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b Newport rolling duffel bag features a retractable handle and wheels. 23”x11”x14”. $180. Toss Designs. 415.721.1037. www.tossdesigns.com
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a Sterling silver Ave Maria rosary centers with gray freshwater pearls, 14-kt. gold wire and antiqued silver cable chain. $238. Shannon Koszyk. 206.547.0284. www.shannonkoszyk.com
d Heroine’s Cross cuff, $275; Ball bracelet, $44; Gothic charm, $33; Charm clip in sterling, $18; Charm clip in brass, $11. Waxing Poetic. 877.724.5434. www.waxingpoetic.com
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a Calumet wristwatch. $95. Alessi. 212.431.1310. www.alessi.com
c Bali duffle bag. About 18¼”x11¼”x8”. $120. C.R. Gibson. 800.243.6004. www.crgibsondealer.com
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Antiqued brass detailing, old-world vintage and whimsical designs on necklaces and bracelets. Gift packaged. SRP $20.00 - $50.00
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Introducing our trendiest watch for 2012!
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Our best selling silicon watches with a radiant matching gift box.
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Capture the eye and the heart, with this must-have collection of style and spirit.
Life is a sweet surprise. Sweetness sparkles with our new Cupcake Necklace. Reverse – Life is a sweet surprise. Crafted of Rhodium with Crystal accents. Lobster claw closure – 16" with 2" extender. MSRP $18.00
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Genuine Luster Necklace, Earrings and Bracelet A Rhodium finish enhances the natural luster of Annaleece’s new Genuine Abalone necklace, bracelet and earrings.
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Jazz up your plain black boots with Sugar and Vine Boot Cuffs. Available in 4 styles: Black Furry, Cheetah, White Shearling and Grey Shearling. SRP: $32 a pair (add letter and charm $3-6 each)
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Florista Vanessa The new Florista Collection with cheery red roses on nautical blue. Shown in the new Vanessa handbag, SRP $44.95
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Charm Your Customer She will love building her own necklace with our eclectic selection! We are offering new charms along with authentic vintage artifacts: buttons, keys, celluloid fans, tokens, cameos and glass stones.
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Collegiate Orange from Campus Craze by Flaunt! SRP - Tote bag- $72.00, Sidekick$60.00 and Coin Case- $22.00
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This hand-painted wooden bead collection is fanciful and eye-catching. Wears like pearls, but are lightweight and easily will become a woman’s favorite. Available in three must-have color mixes (Azure shown). SRP: $10 - $30 (wholesale $3 - $11.50)
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The MUST have watch for Spring!
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Hot, fun and fashionable! Don’t miss out on these adjustable trendy bangle watches. Available in dozens of assorted colors.
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Made from natural linen cording and colorful beads, the 20" long wrap bracelets are available in over 50 styles and colors.
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Collegiate Blue from Campus Craze by Flaunt! Tote bag features six inside pockets! SRP $72.00
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Hobo Bag & Scarf Sets by RCS’s “All That Jazz” are the best selling collection of bright, colorful and attractively priced fashion accessories for the spring and summer! MSRP $24.99
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Captured Beauty Necklace Made with over fifty clear SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, Annaleece’s new butterfly necklace also features detailed heart cut-outs on the reverse side.
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This Bag is part fashion, part predator.
Aurora Borealis and crystal stones dazzle with delicious sparkle. Full-on, flirty bling worn day into night. Adjustable 9” to 11” length. SRP $11.00 to $13.00
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I Believe in Angels. New 2012 Miracle Angel Necklace. Elegant floral designed Angel, crafted of Rhodium. Reverse – Angels make miracles happen. Lobster claw closure – 16" with 2" extender. MSRP $18.00
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Annaleece’s new “Fancy” ring coordinates color with class, featuring montana, rose, jonquil and clear SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS and a Rhodium finish.
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Glitz and Glam Crossbody New Glitz and Glam collection by Flaunt! New style large crossbody. SRP $78.00
| 877-579-3906 @ www.flauntfashion.com # circle #484
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Great with your casual or work attire, stripes are always fashionable. “All Jazzed Up” by RCS is presenting for 2012, the “Cabana Slouch Bag” and 20 more new bags sized and styled to fit every need. MSRP $24.99
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b Black Label Collection comes in Formula Six, Seven and Nine. $12-$25. Bluewick Home & Body Co. 866.BLUEWICK. www.bluewick.com
c Baies Noire candle smells of berries, roses and blackcurrant leaves. 10.2 oz. $90. Diptyque. (212) 684-3140. www.diptyqueparis.com
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Heirloom Tomato fragranced reusable Butter Jar candles. Soy wax infused with pure beeswax.
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| 641-832-2516 @ www.milkhousecandles.com # circle #486
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Holds a pillar candle and comes with a glass insert. 10 1/4"H x 6 1/4"Dia. Part of our Wine Cellar collection of textiles and giftware.
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| 800-326-3382 @ www.parkdesigns.net # circle #487
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Real wax candles with patented fireless flame technology that looks so real, you’ll have to see it to believe it!
| 800-248-1434 @ www.bethlehemlights.com # circle #488
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Kringle WinterLights Introducing the Fifth Season: Winter! Snuggle in for a cozy and fragrant winter with these nifty, reusable plaid-decorated vessels.
| 888-957-4645 @ www.kringlecandle.com # circle #489
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With distinct fragrances and whimsical charms, these votive candles are adorable and giftable, you can’t resist picking some up! MSRP $9.99
Introducing 9 new fragrances to our Keepers of the Light™ candle line.
| 888-CHEERFUL @ www.acheerfulgiver.com # circle #491
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New! Plug-in Fragrance Warmer™
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These decorative Plug-in Fragrance Warmers with a removable dish are designed to warm scented oils and wax releasing the fragrance into the home.
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Root Candles Adds Three New Fragrances Lavender Vanilla, Coriander Musk & Blackberry Mango. 3 new rich & captivating fragrances sure to become customer favorites.
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Hobnail glass in many colors holds our hand-poured candles that fill your space with fragrance for about 100 hours.
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Our futuristic candle design is sleek, minimalistic and functional. Made from 100% palm wax, an environmentally friendly, renewable material. Unscented and handmade in the US.
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| 812-961-2931 @ www.theaustrianatelier.com # circle #496
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They provide eight hours of burn time, all day long. Use solo or in an accessory cup. Versatile and fun!
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Kringle SummerLights Bouncy gingham check patterns decorate these containers in a host of summery pastel shades. Like all our candles, they’re ultra-reusable.
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| 888-957-4645 @ www.kringlecandle.com # circle #497
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| 888-957-4645 @ www.kringlecandle.com # circle #498
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Fresh for Spring Sales! Welcome spring with a burst of our newest Sunflower Lemon Vanilla fragrance. Available in Wax Pottery® Vessels, Spheres and now, brand new Luminary candles.
| 877-823-5138 @ www.habershamcandle.com # circle #499
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Our new Cross Lanterns are a wonderful gift for a loved one or even yourself.
Same great scents in our beautifully decorated glass. Three wicks for an added burst of fragrance. Boxed for gifting.
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Habersham Sage Wax Pottery® Tapestry Glass Candle!
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Unity Sand Frame This unique frame is filled with sand by the couple during the wedding ceremony, and then later displayed in their home as a memorable keepsake.
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Create an Easter Surprise! Tuck these colorful, fragrant eggs in a basket or centerpiece. Home Fragrance With & Without a Flame™. Available in 6-pack assorted.
Aromatherapy candles designed around the science of color & mood. Relax, Enlighten, Illuminate (Shown), Energize, Awaken & Detoxify.
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Root Candles Proudly Introduces American Experiences
Made of soy and vegetable wax, this candle is hand-crafted in the USA.
14 fragrances celebrating regions across our unique country, and the time-honored craftsman & uncompromising artisans who’ve helped forge our national character. Inspired by America. Crafted by Root.
| 314-961-1990 @ www.khalldesigns.com # circle #505
| 800-BUY-ROOT @ www.rootcandles.com # circle #506
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New! Illumination Fragrance Warmers™ Designed to warm scented oils and wax creating the glow and ambiance of a burning candle, releasing the candle’s fragrance.
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Kringle Wax Potpourri Melts This all new shape breaks into five easy pieces for faster melting or easy mix-and-match custom fragrance blends. Super fragrant!
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Luminara Fireless Candle Lantern Patented Luminara fireless candle technology inside of a striking metal lantern. So real looking, you need to see it to believe it!
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a Front Porch Punch Gift Set includes bath bar, red poppy seeds and dirt. $16. FarmHouse Fresh. 888.773.9626. www.FarmHouseFreshGoods.com CIRCLE #816
b Bath & Shower Gel contains avocado extract, olive fruit extract and basil extract. 250 ml. $20. Crabtree & Evelyn. 800. CRABTREE. www.crabtreeevelyn.com
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c Golden Citrus scent comes in hand and body wash, lotion, bubble bath, bar soap and more. Nectar. 855.632.8272. www.nectarcare.com CIRCLE #813
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Notecards have a flat-printed color wash on front and back with deeply embossed designs.
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Bag It! Shoppers continue to favor giftbags for their gift-wrapping needs. Make sure that you have a fresh supply of everyday spring designs to span the season’s occasions.
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c The Bella Collection is 70-lb. claycoat paper with twisted paper handles. Cub bags and vogue bags; coordinating tissue available. Bags & Bows. 800.225.8155. www.bagsandbowsonline.com
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Playful cat jingles as you write! In Pink, Gray, and Black with collar and bell. Black, refillable ballpoint. 12-piece clip strip available. SRP $4.00
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Little Books of Tweets These fun little books for moms, dads, friends, and more feature encouragement, humor, and inspiration – in 140 characters or less.
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They’re soft and cuddly, and they add cheer to any occasion! Leanin’ Tree cards are printed in the USA on recycled paper with soy-based inks.
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Pretty Petals Nashville Wraps 100% Recycled White Kraft Pretty Petals Shopping Bag Collection includes coordinating pink and green tissue paper and gift basket boxes. See all the new Spring gift and gourmet packaging products at www.NashvilleWraps.com.
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Attractively packaged and perfectly portable, Barbour’s Sleek & Smart Journals are stylish places for thoughts, lists, and everyday notes.
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Small Spiral Book 100 fully designed, lined, color pages for easy list making or note taking. An elastic closure keeps it all neat and secure in your purse or briefcase. $1.90 wholesale
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Surrounded by the largest wine regions in the country, DuBow can easily chat about seasonal wines or pairing with meals. Instead, DuBow prefers to tell listeners about some new accessories for “playing” with wine. Recognizing the popularity of some of these wine gadgets and how they enhance the atmosphere around wine appreciation, he offers hundreds of items in the category through his company Epic Products. Corkscrews, bottle stoppers, wine glass charms and other miscellaneous accessories are part of the Epic lineup, but the company’s wine cork cages barely stay in stock. A top seller, the sculpted metal designs let wine fans collect their favorite corks in an artful, decorative accessory. DuBow believes that these items are such a hit because more people are beginning to explore wine and favor an item that can also work as a gift or add to their decor. “There’s this romance with wine,” says DuBow. “It’s different with other spirits. The
presentation [with wine] is different whether it’s decanters, preservation systems or home decor.”
Accessories Rock Out Cages, rocks, jewel-like charms for glasses and other accessories take the see, swirl, sniff and taste to a whole new level. Although rocks are something most don’t think of to go with wine, RabLabs’ vibrant lava rock coasters can add an element of elegant earthy ambiance to any tasting or entertaining event. Each coaster is unique and made of natural rock, so no two are alike. The decorative aspect of the coasters and the company’s other wine accessories fits into the merchandise mix of retail venues from gourmet and fine gift shops to jewelry and home decor stores. When it comes to rocks, True Fabrications’ Glacier Rocks are one of the more unique items in its range of home entertaining wares that include slate cheese boards, ceramic bottle stoppers and antique-style
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fare seems so passé now with today’s newer options: cookies and chocolate. Apricot and sage, zesty lemon and sea salt chocolate oatmeal are just a handful of Cookie Zen’s Cookies & Corks offerings. Started by Leah Kuo, president, and Laura Englander, vice president of sales and marketing, the company offers cookies specifically made to pair with wine. “It opens up a new door for food and wine pairing education,” says Kuo. “People know a lot more about wine now. There’s more access, and it’s more down to earth wines — what’s more down to earth than using good cookies.” The duo are always tasting new recipes and will have more cookies on the horizon. In the meantime, the focus is weddings and parties. Next stop: The Oscars. Kuo and Englander are feeding Hollywood royalty during the annual festivities in April. “If you show up to someone’s house, it’s typical to bring wine, but if you show up with cookies and wine, it takes it up a level,” says Englander. “It’s fun to see what flavors pop out to people and how the flavors work together. Plus, it’s cookies and wine. You can’t have more fun than that.” Cookies are one thing, but choco-
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corkscrews housed in vintage-designed gift boxes. “People have a great passion for wine,” notes Andrea Evans, owner of In the Pink, a home decor boutique in Phoenix, AZ, which includes in its merchandise mix charms, special occasion wine glasses and something that isn’t available anywhere else in the state of Arizona: Dr. Vranges’ Rosso Nobile red wine-scented diffusers. Based in Florence, Italy, the highend import is a bit of a luxury but remains a top seller for patrons who want a special hostess gift instead of the usual bottle of wine. More perfume-based with notes of a fine Sangiovese-blended red of Montepulciano, Italy, the Dr. Vranges line has fewer alcohol notes than regular diffusers. Each diffuser comes with the oil packaged in an actual decanter. Evans was instantly attracted to the scent and the unique packaging. “As a display it adds to the decor, and it’s also a fun way to give a gift,” Evans adds.
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Ceramic Stoppers. $5.98. True Fabrications. 800.750.8783. www.truefabrications.com
Wine motif gallery trays with cork handles. $186/set of two ($80-$106 each). Two's Company. 800.896.7266. www.twoscompany.com
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Brix Extra Dark Chocolate. 3-packs and single book boxes on display. $9.99$12.99, single; $38.85, three-pack. Brix. 866.613.2749. www.brixchocolate.com
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late is another less-than-obvious pairing with wine, though red wine and port are always a perfect pairing with chocolate, as chocolate complements the fruitiness, and sometimes creaminess, in the white or chocolate notes in red wines. Set among some of the country’s top wine producers — Quintessa, Frog’s Leap, Honig and Sullivan Vineyards — in Rutherford, CA, the artisanal chocolate makers at Brix wanted to expand chocolate tasting beyond the reds to white wine, sparkling wines and Champagne. Made of single-origin chocolate from Ghana, Brix Smooth Dark is a perfect match for whites, medium-bodied reds or ports. Chocolate brings a whole different experience to wine tasting, according to Laura Shear, spokesperson for Brix. “It’s expanding what people are
already doing with wine tasting. You don’t have to be a gourmet cook or know a lot about wine. It works with DIY entertaining since people are trying to bring new experiences to wine.” But don’t leave out some more traditional offerings. Whether paired with breads, crackers, cheese or other dishes, olive oil also fits into the wine tasting spectrum. Located in the heart of Paso Robles wine country, Joeli Yaguda and her family tend the olive groves and press their own oils, Pasolivo, some of which are infused with organic lemon, lime and tangerine. “As far as being in wine country, it’s appealing to the same audience,” says Yaguda, a former thespian. “It’s [the olive oil] for people who appreciate great wine as much as those who are interested in food and where it comes from.” Epic Products’ DuBow sees the wine category continuing to expand everywhere. “It reaches so many different demographics,” he says. “So many people enjoy wine. There’s so much technology now, so wine is better and easier to produce. You don’t have to spend a lot to get a good bottle of wine. And all the accessories are just a perfect pairing.” •
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b Plats du Jour, the girl & the fig’s Journey Through the Seasons in Wine Country presents French seasonal recipes and wine pairings, along with a glimpse into the Sonoma character. Hardcover. $48. The Girl & The Fig. 415.596.0902. www.thegirlandthefig.com
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c The Cakebread Cellars American Harvest Cookbook celebrates wine, food and friends in Napa Valley. Ten Speed Press. 510.285.2966. www.tenspeedpress.com
d In an interview format, Wine Questionnaire features hand-written answers of noted oenophiles. Includes blank forms to share with friends. 96 pp. Hardcover. $45. Assouline. 917.522.1482. www.assouline.com ALL PRICES RETAIL
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Double Wall Ceramic Travel Mugs with silicone lid come in Betty Boop, Audrey Hepburn and Elvis Presley designs. 12 oz. $13.99. Vandor. 800.755.5966. www. vandorproducts.com
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Brand Partners Licensing from popular artists, classic entertainment and even evergreen products drive specialty sales. BY MERE D I T H S C HWAR T Z
As many a major vendor (and overworked rep) has discovered, a massive line of thousands of SKUs can be hard for retailers to shop intelligently, to make a statement rather than a mishmosh. Fortunately, licensing offers one solution, by creating a brand-within-abrand. By providing a consistent look across SKUs and even categories, licensing effectively creates a premade cross-merchandised display, or even store-within-a-store, for buyers if they choose. Of course it’s still possible to treat licensed art as one would any design and group it with other offerings in the same category, style or color family — especially if the licensing artist doesn’t yet have strong name recognition.
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ferings can find licensing a lifeline. If multiple vendors license from the same artist, even if they’re not using the same image, it can create a unifying aesthetic by ensuring a compatible color palette and themes. A store that carries products from several of an artist’s licensees, or has a significant selection from one licensee, can also invite the artist to do a demonstration and/or signing at the store, reinforcing the branding as well as creating event excitement.
its market and sell through. Managing that risk makes it easier for manufacturers to afford to take a chance somewhere else, such as a new item or material. For example GKI/ Bethlehem Lighting is combining its innovative new Luminara flameless candle technology with designs by well-known artist Jim Shore, whose look hearkens back to traditional folk crafts and whose work has a strong consumer following.
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New Names Bring Freshness Licensing Reduces Risk Particularly in a tough economy, manufacturers are always looking to reduce the risk of having to spend money on making, shipping and promoting items that won’t sell. (And of course retailers are also looking to avoid buying items they’ll have to mark down, or even donate, to move off the shelves.) While no item is completely riskfree, licensing designs from an artist and/or brand with an established track record and a pre-existing appeal to the core audience increases the chance that the product will find
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Licensing art by relative unknowns, in comparison, may not reduce risk, but it gives manufacturers an easy and effective way to add a new look and feel to keep from getting stale. For example, 141-year-old C.R. Gibson is conducting a refocusing effort, which capitalizes on its history of licensing success. In addition to expanding the offerings of its current licensing partnerships and in-house brands such
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as Lolita, Kelly Rae Roberts, etc., the company is teaming up with a slate of artists whose work will enhance its “house of brands” in new and different ways across major lifestyle categories, including Cid Pear, Dena Designs, Michael Healy, Emily Green, Jill McDonald, Susan Winget and Jessie Steele.
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While most of the licensing in the specialty gift business is focused primarily on artists from Susan Winget to Thomas Kinkade, a non-trivial niche features images and names of entertainment icons and even other commercial products. From Betty Boop to Marilyn Monroe to the Grateful Dead, licensing such luminaries lends the emotional attachment we feel toward the individuals to otherwise function-
al items like mugs. Even a brand such as Coke can tap into nostalgia. Since the core audience for the gift industry remains Baby Boomers, brands and entertainers from their young adulthood remain the licensing gift that keeps on giving — particularly since reruns and DVDs have made the younger generations almost as familiar with those classics. However as Gen X and Y become buying forces to reckon with, licenses that appeal to nostalgia for the more recent past shouldn’t be ignored. While up-to-the-minute licenses are usually more the province of the mass market — due in part to their rapid obsolesce — cherry picking properties licensed to specialty-focused vendors is worth considering if you think they’ll have staying power. •
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| 800-824-2374 @ www.oakpatchgifts.com # circle #566
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“Let if Flow” Wine Block GOURMET
Sales will flow with our ‘Let if Flow’ Wine Block, designed by Barbara Lloyd. MSRP $7.99
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| 800-888-1918 @ www.carsonhomeaccents.com # circle #570
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| 877-854-7400 @ www.gooseberrypatch.com/wholesale # circle #571
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The best selling item in the gift industry right now! Everyone appreciates the humor! Assembled in the USA; 1 pint.
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Hope Cups Fill every morning with a serving of wit, faith and hope. These stylish mugs are sure to brighten every day.
Celebrate special occasions with a dash of hope, a burst of love. Choose from seven greeting cards, each with a happy and hopeful inspirational message.
| 212-251-8102 @ www.hopespringshere.com # circle #572
| 212-251-8102 @ www.hopespringshere.com # circle #573
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Hope Books These graphic colorful journals provide a place to dream, wonder and ponder life’s small miracles.
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| 212-251-8102 @ www.hopespringshere.com # circle #574
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Hope Notes
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Share a little hope and happiness with the world. This boxed note set has 24 note cards and envelopes and 2 inspirational messages to share.
| 212-251-8102 @ www.hopespringshere.com # circle #575
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Hope Tote This modern, stylish and functional tote bag makes sure that hope never leaves your side.
| 212-251-8102 @ www.hopespringshere.com # circle #576
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Glass-topped keepsake notecard boxes with hinged lids. Contains 12 notecards from the Fringe Paper Goods collection. SRP $15.00
Playful Penguins design sculptured porcelain large tray
| 310-391-7170 @ www.fringestudio.com # circle #577
| 415-296-8183 @ www.franzcollection.com # circle #578
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Cid Pear Premium stationery features sweet characters and sophisticated patterns for everyday, baby & kids and wedding. Beautiful cards, journals, games and more perfectly packaged.
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Butterfly
| 626-962-8281 @ www.unicornstudioinc.com # circle #580
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Celebrate Baby’s First Christmas 2012 with these handmade booties finished in 24kt gold. Available in blue and pink. 100% handmade in the USA.
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Part of the “Child At Heart” collections design by the internationally acclaimed doll artist from Russia, Ms. Ima Naroditskaya. The little boy invites the butterfly to return as often as it pleases.
Baby’s First Christmas 2012
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Our full-range, well-balanced caption program features humorous, trendy, sophisticated, age appropriate, handmade and traditional greeting cards.
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| 800-334-3348 @ www.designdesign.us # circle #582
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Beach Everything is Better at the Beach! Shake off the winter with this fun new collection from Frazzled and Bedazzled!
| 870-672-9820 @ www.frazzledandbedazzled.com # circle #583
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“21st Birthday” Frame
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Its barrels of fun to turn 21! Hand painted frames by Top Shelf are the perfect gifts to hold your special memories. Available in 2x3 and 4x6. SRP $9.99-19.99
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| 888-808-4001 @ www.topshelfglasses.com # circle #584
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Mini, tealight candle cubes from Joan Baker Designs feature cheerful, hand-painted art in over 48 seasonal and everyday designs. SRP $9.00
| 800-248-1983 @ www.joanbaker.com # circle #585
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Butterfly with “Believe in Your Dreams” Joan Baker Designs adds their bestselling, art glass Butterflies to the Mix-N-Match sign program. Choose your art; choose your sign! SRP $28.00
| 800-248-1983 @ www.joanbaker.com # circle #586
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| 877-985-0405 @ www.rcsgifts.com # circle #587
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The “All Jazzed Up” Beaded Bangle Assortment elegantly displays 36 colorful bracelets in a free display basket with fabric liner. MSRP $7.99 each
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| 800-521-8760 @ www.lillianrose.com # circle #588 CR GIBSON
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Dena Accessories Brand new collection of canvas totes beautifully trimmed with rich leather accents featuring original, hand-painted designs. Three collections include matching journals and stationery.
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| 800-243-6004 @ www.crgibsondealer.com # circle #589
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3D Snowflake 2012
| 800-521-5001 @ www.chemart.com # circle #590
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NEW FOR 2012! Precious pewter tokens prove that the smallest inspiration can make the biggest difference! Retail: $2.99
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Add a piece of timeless beauty to your tree with this annual 3D snowflake. Finished in 24kt gold and 100% handmade in the USA.
Inspirational Tokens
| 800-264-3577 @ www.angelstar.com # circle #591
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Make your home or office work space a laboratory for creatively solving the day’s challenges. These refillable lab-glass test tubes come filled with binder clips, pushpins and paperclips.
| 800-426-6394 @ www.designideas.net # circle #593
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| 330-834-2551 @ www.blossombucket.com # circle #592
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Cupcake Bath Bomb
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All ingredients and products designed to gently cleanse, restore, renew, heal skin and fight aging. Readily absorb, noncomedogenic (doesn’t clog pores) helps body to detoxify.
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Cross New from Frayed for 2012! Handcrafting means no two of these crosses will ever be the same!
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| 870-672-9820 @ www.frazzledandbedazzled.com # circle #595
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Whispering Wings Unfurling Glory Votives AMIA introduces these new votives are pastel colored with the weight and sparkle of crystal. Hand-painted butterflies and florals complement the color theme of votive. SRP $23.00
| 800-325-3943 @ www.amiastudiosblaircedar.com # circle #596
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| 800-331-9843 @ www.ittakestwo.com # circle #597
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Tiny Treasures deliver messages of kindness and encouragement. Clear glass with eco-friendly felt backer. Dimensions – 1.5 inches square. Assembled in USA. Organza bag included. SRP $5.50 each
No matter what your political standings might be, we’re sure you can all agree – these Donkey & Elephant bottle stoppers deserve your vote! 2012 Limited Edition.
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| 877-929-1414 @ www.lsarts.com # circle #598
Adorn your tree with this playful High-Heeled Shoe by ChemArt. 100% handmade in the USA.
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| 800-521-5001 @ www.chemart.com # circle #599
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| 574-202-8183 @ www.languageartonline.com # circle #600
| 800-444-8887 @ www.grasslandsroad.com # circle #601
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Language Art introduces Color Wall Art. Add a splash of color to your world! Showrooms: Atlanta Bldg. 3 2-404 and Chicago 8-6070
Fun and flirty! She Rules Wristlets are offered in four styles that feature bold graphics and fun messages. Each includes a removable vinyl strap. SRP $13.00 each
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Bird of Paradise design Rhodium plated brass & sculptured porcelain necklace
| 415-296-8183 @ www.franzcollection.com # circle #603
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Blue Skies, Bluebirds
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Bluebirds singing, blue skies above and butterflies fluttering among florals in full bloom. Product Size: 4-1/4" (W) x 4-1/4"(L) x 10"(H). SRP $50.00
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Luminara Wax Candles
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Real wax candles with patented fireless flame technology that looks so real, you’ll have to see it to believe it!
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| 800-248-1434 @ www.bethlehemlights.com # circle #604
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She’s So Fabulous - Yoga Mat in Bag
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Yoga Mat in Bag is offered in four styles and includes a yoga mat and carrying bag that has a drawstring closure and shoulder strap. SRP $44.00 each
I’M TOO SEXY® by Fantasy
| 800-444-8887 @ www.grasslandsroad.com # circle #605
| 650-303-9387 – FANTASY HOSIERY @ www.papeldesigns.com @ www.fantasyhosiery.com # circle #606
Licensed by Papel Designs and distributed by Fantasy Hosiery. See our complete collection in Atlanta, Booth 5-1204. $3.50/pair wholesale
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Modern Vintage by Heather Myers Umbrella 44" Collapsible licensed collage art umbrella carries vintage charm all the way down to its storage bag. More artful styles at Coyne’s.
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| 330-834-2551 @ www.blossombucket.com # circle #607
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| 800-336-8666 @ www.coynes.com # circle #608
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“Fall” Leaves, Acorn & Pumpkin Celebrate fall with this Deb Strain design; “Fall” leaves with acorn and pumpkin. MSRP $9.99
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Barn Swallow design sculptured porcelain small vase
This miniature captures a wee mouse working in the garden. But are those little birds actually helping? Perfect for gardeners!
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Tidings of Joy When choosing signature holiday items to plan later buying and displays around, don’t forget sentiments to literally tell the story.
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Sparkling glass ornaments bring bling to the tree. $6.50 each. Gallerie II. 888.889.9868. www.gallerieii.com CIRCLE #801
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Cardinal Virtues Giving the continued popularity of bird motifs a holiday twist, bright red cardinals add a pop of classic Christmas color to a snowy winter landscape.
b Joy Night-light is made of plastic and paper. 7”. $14.50. Roman Inc. 800.729.7662. www.roman.com
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b Wilderness Santa is hand-carved and -painted. $130. G. DeBrekht Artistic Studios. 800.787.7442. www.gdebrekht.com CIRCLE #812
d Dome terrariums and pedestals are perfect for showcasing birds. $23.50- $52. Napco Imports. 904.737.8500. www.napcoimports.com CIRCLE #811 ALL PRICES RETAIL
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Dad’s Day Be a one-stop-shop for Father’s Day by showcasing appropriate gifts, cards and wrap all in one place.
a Daddy’s Girl: Dad, You Mean Everything to Me features photographs by
c Retro-inspired "Hipster" design in-
Kendra Drew. $9.95. Sellers Publishing. 207.772.6833. www.sellerspublishing.com
b Father’s Day card inside reads “What a great dad you’ve been to me. Happy Father’s Day.” Cardthartic LLC. 800.814.8145. www. cardthartic.com
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cludes men's shoes, old bicycles, neckties and wristwatches. $4.75. The Gift Wrap Co. 800.443.4429. www.giftwrapcompany.com ALL PRICES RETAIL
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“Drink Up Witches” Halloween Pilsner
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Leave your broomsticks at the door! Top Shelf’s spooky new line of hand painted Halloween pilsner glasses is the only way to drink your witches brew. SRP $24.95
Stunning six foot tall Santa by Jim Shore & Bethlehem Lights features a Luminara fireless candle and real bells.
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15" Hollywood Frog Prince Nutcracker
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Hollywood Nutcrackers is a whimsical collection of nutcrackers featuring various characters, including this New for 2012 Frog Prince! SRP $64.00
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4.5" Noble Gems Gumball Machine Ornament Noble Gems is a collection of beautiful, unique glass ornaments celebrating different occasions, trends, and memories. SRP $13.00
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Holiday Traditions – Winter Bloom Wine Bottle Bags Winter Bloom Wine Bottle Bags are offered in beautifully knit and super soft styles. Each has a generous drawstring closure and is sure to impress. SRP $10.00 each
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Chef Baking Christmas Cookies Caroler® Figurine Christmas Figurine; Handcrafted in the United States. 13" High. SRP $70.00
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Firefighter Caroler® Figurine
Christmas Figurine; Handcrafted in the United States. 10" High. SRP $68.00
Christmas Figurine; Handcrafted in the United States. 13" High. SRP $66.00
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Whimsical Santas Our Whimsical Santas are sure to make your Christmas Season bright.
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| 877-837-8838 @ www.honeyandme.com # circle #620
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The First Christmas Story PLAYTHINGS
Celebrate the story of the first Christmas with Midwest-CBK’s original nativity scenes, bringing artful new design to a timehonored tradition.
| 800-394-4225 @ www.mwcbk.com # circle #621
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4" Resin Shoes/Bag Ornament, 6 Assorted
5.5-5.75" Resin Dickens Tablepiece, 4 Assorted
Select Kurt Adler shoe ornaments now have matching bags, perfect for your fashion-forward female friends and family members! SRP $7.50 each
New for 2012, Kurt Adler has a Dickens series featuring a collection of wonderfully detailed Christmas Carol tabletop pieces! SRP $14.50 each
| 800-243-9627 @ www.kurtadler.com # circle #622
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Color Change Light Strand Battery operated 50 LED light strand allows you to alternate the color of your lights anytime you want!
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| 800-248-1434 @ www.bethlehemlights.com # circle #624
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Jim Shore Poinsettia Pot with Lights
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This poinsettia includes a pot featuring the artwork of Jim Shore combined with the innovative battery operated lighting of Bethlehem Lights.
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Artistic Custom Ornaments Exclusively created with Your Logo, Landmark, Message – a beautiful treasure designed from your image. Low minimum, made in the USA. Check out our video at our video at: http://youtu.be/PgCrsmNd6TA. Wholesale price start from $7.50
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Jim Shore Reindeer From renowned artist Jim Shore comes this fantastic six foot tall reindeer, featuring the intricate details that have made the Jim Shore brand so appealing.
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Introducing our new and exclusive whimsical collection. It’s very merry and oh so bright!
| 877-647-0111 @ www.kkinteriors.com # circle #628
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Chalet Ornaments Three each, full size plaid and festive snowflake ornaments with red ribbon for hanging, in convenient lidded gift box.
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| 773-871-1300 @ www.tagltd.com # circle #630
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G. Daniel Christmas Collection Cardinal
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Holiday Traditions – Winter Bloom Textile Skirt Apron Not only appropriate for cooking, but for holiday entertaining as well. A stainresistant pleated design features a convenient front pocket and a sash for tying. SRP $36.00
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The beautifully hand crafted cardinal trinket box by G. Daniel is the perfect Christmas collectible. Each collectible is embellished with carefully placed crystals by Swarovski elements.
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| 800-394-4225 @ www.mwcbk.com # circle #633
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Lovable Snowmen Our loveable snowmen will be sure to keep the winter blues away.
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Williraye Studio Waterball Playful sleigh ride with cozily sweatered cats and swirling snow waterball make Christmas one cool yule. 6-1/4" tall. SRP $42.00
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| 800-336-8666 @ www.coynes.com # circle #634
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Acrylic Nativity Set Santa’s Chalet Resin Gingerbread House
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Join us in Chicago & Dallas for Spring Open House. Contact your local sales rep or customer service for details.
Elaborate Victorian gingerbread houses make their most impressive appearance at Christmastime. This resin showpiece will last forever. SRP $80.00
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A unique twist to a centuries-old holiday tradition. Start a new family tradition that can be enjoyed every year. SRP $115.00
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North Pole Musical Wooden Advent Calendar
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Waiting for the Renaissance Is it time for the end of the Neo 20th Century? CIVILIZATIONS GO THROUGH FALLOW PERIODS OF CREATIVITY, IN WHICH ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS ATTEMPT TO REPRODUCE THE
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Why these periods occur is up to question but one might posit that they represent a time in which there is a failure of imagination and/or an overwhelming desire to avoid risk. Today, I think we are seeing a neo20th century period in both high and low culture. The toy industry is not immune. High and Low Culture If you speak to some experts about high culture today, they will tell you that there are too many Broadway revivals, too many remakes of movies and in general too many parts III and IV. Others will tell you that art lost its way with Andy Warhol and the Pop Art movement that celebrated the consumer aesthetic and low culture by replicating it in high art. I claim no expertise in these areas
and movies. I am waiting for the toy industry’s renaissance. Are you? The Toy Industry We in the toy industry are living and working in an extended period of sequels, versions and iterations. We in short are overly dependent upon the past. Perhaps all of this 20th century toy and game nostalgia arises from a sense of lost direction. Maybe the toy industry, battered by the digital revolution and age compression, feels nostalgic for what it sees as a golden age of toy sales. Perhaps the toy industry looks at the Internet, iPads, iPods and iPhones as having, like the Pied Piper, taken all of the children away.
Monopoly Let’s start with the game department. I have been RETAILERS [...] NEED TO TAKE A SHARE OF RE- told that there are SPONSIBILITY FOR A RISK-AVERSE TOY INDUSTRY now over 200 verCULTURE THAT FAVORS THE OLD, PROVEN AND sions of Monopoly. TIRED OVER THE NEW, DIFFERENT AND EXCITING. I am not sure of IF YOU ARE A YOUNG, VISIONARY COMPANY WITH the accuracy of the ONE OR TWO PRODUCTS, NO RETAILER OF SIZE figure but am confident in saying that WILL PURCHASE YOUR PRODUCTS. a game department with a “Cat” AND “Dog” version of of high culture other than to say that Monopoly is a game department that I know what I like. I do, however, is stagnant. Take a walk down the feel compelled to comment on what game aisle and see how many verI see as, with some notable excepsions of Trivial Pursuit (over 30 years tions, a continuing stagnation in toy old), Scrabble (well over 70 years old) industry creativity and the licensing and Monopoly (closing in on 90 years) industry that feeds it via cartoons
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there are. Hasbro, which owns Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley, has spent an enormous amount of time, money and creativity recreating its past. Don’t get me wrong, it makes eminent business sense to synergize your assets, particularly the evergreen ones. Short term gains, however, give way to long term losses when consumers go elsewhere for their entertainment because the game department is simply too limited in its offerings. There is hope. While Hasbro has struggled with its game sales over the last few years, new, interesting and exciting game concepts (Euro Games for example) have prospered. Perhaps a few less versions of Scrabble and Monopoly will make space for more 21st century game concepts. Licensing I think nothing demonstrates a lack of creativity more than one movie company’s decision to make a movie out of the 1970s, short lived cartoon series Hong Kong Phooey. Why would a company turn to a third rate cartoon (sorry Hong Kong Phooey fans but it is) when they could actually hire young talent to create new and exciting properties? Hong Kong Phooey is no classic from the Golden Age. It is simply something easy to resurrect because it exists. It’s lazy. How many cartoons and movies
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control more than 50 percent of toy sales. When you control that much turf, you pick the winners; and the winners, whether yet another version of Nerf, Barbie or even Teenage Mutant Turtles, seem frequently to be reruns of past successes. What Can Be Done? Most historic periods of stagnation have been followed by periods of creativity. The Romantic movement of the early 19th century replaced the Neo-Classic period and the early 20th century was filled with the excitement of the Impressionists, the Cubists and the Modernists. This period of stagnation will surely end. The combination of new technologies, the Internet and stores without walls will mean that there is room for smaller players. Costs of entry will go down and designers and inventors will become more powerful forces as they control their own content by making it available through new low cost channels of entry. The toy industry will be no more immune to the future than the
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Four Out of Five ASTRA Retailers Join Neighborhood Toy Store Day
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Chicago - The number of independent retailers participating in the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA)'s second Neighborhood Toy Store Day nearly doubled, the organization announced. Participation jumped from from 45 percent of ASTRA retailers in 2010 to 79 percent. ASTRA also estimated that the Neighborhood Toy Store Day message reached about 300 million consumers via more than 300 media outlets and 3,000 platforms, including print, radio, broadcast, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and a digital appearance in New York's Times Square.
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Yonkers, NY - Consumer Reports tested four tablet-like toys: the LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet ($100), the Fisher Price iXL 6-in-1 Learning System ($80), and the Vtech InnoTab Interactive Learning Tablet ($80). CR also tested the Vinci Tab ($480), an Android tablet that's geared toward kids. The tablets were tested both in the Consumer Reports lab to see how well they performed, and by children within the manufacturer-recommended age ranges to see how much kids liked them.The LeapFrog LeapPad was the most fun overall, as judged by the kid panelists. Eight in 10 children said that they would like to own it. The Fisher Price iXL was popular with younger kids and had the longest battery life in lab testing; the kid testers thought the Vtech InnoTab's games were the most fun. The Vinci Tab had the best display and touch-screen interface, but was otherwise not a standout performer in lab tests. Fourteen percent of Americans plan to give a LeapPad as a present, according to a recent Consumer Reports poll.
Dallas Adds Mass Market Baby Preview Dallas - Dallas Market Center will debut PB&J: The Preview for Baby & Juvenile, a new trade event for mass market retailers created as a joint venture with the Toy Industry Association (TIA). The new show will run concurrently with TIA's annual Fall Toy Preview, October 2-4. PB&J will offer baby and juvenile resources with an emphasis on furniture, bedding, gifts, decor, baby care, accessories, strollers, high chairs and nursing/feeding. Like the Fall Toy Preview, PB&J will be by appointment only.
TechnoSource to License Barney New York - Children's entertainment producer HIT Entertainment appointed Techno Source, a division of LF Products, as toy licensee for kids' brand Barney. The Techno Source range will include plush, play sets and figurines, which will be available in Spring 2012 in the USA and Canada. HIT, which also owns Thomas the Tank Engine,
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Chicago - The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) announced that consumer anthropologists Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender, plus employee morale maven Barbara Glanz, will headline ASTRA's 2012 Marketplace & Academy. This event will take place June 10-13, in Baltimore, MD. Experts in generational diversity, marketing and promotions and everything retail, opening keynoters Kizer and Bender have conducted market research by posing as every kind of customer in every kind of store. They will share street-level intelligence, straight from the customer's mouth, that independent retailers can use to better serve their customers. Kizer and Bender are the authors of Champagne Strategies on a Beer Budget! and Jingle Bells... Christmas Sells! (co-authored with Debra Templar). Their findings have been featured in the ABC News special report "How Stores Hook You." Barbara Glanz works with retailers who want to improve morale, retention and service in their stores and with people who want to rediscover joy in their work and lives. Her closing keynote will show retailers how to create an enthusiasm epidemic in their stores... and how improving employee spirit and morale can grow the bottom line. Glanz has been featured in segments on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX-TV, PAX-TV, WGN and CNBC. She is the author of eleven bestselling "how-to" books, including: 180 Ways to Spread Contagious Enthusiasm; CARE Packages for your Customers — An Idea a Week for Customer Service and The Simple Truths of Service-Inspired by Johnny the Bagger (with Ken Blanchard).
JAKKS Pacific Reduces 2011 Sales Forecast Malibu, CA – Toy manufacturer JAKKS Pacific Inc. now anticipates net sales for the full year 2011 of approximately $660 million, with diluted earnings per share in the range of $0.37 to $0.40, excluding non-recurring financial and legal advisory charges. This is a reduction from the company's previously anticipated full year 2011 net sales of approximately $770–$775 million, with diluted earnings per share in the range of $1.32 to $1.35, excluding such onetime charges. (The one-time charges are expected to equal $0.09 per share.) The company attributed the change to disappointing sales performance, higher markdown allowances and higher royalty expenses relating to license guarantee shortfalls.
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BLICKENSTAFF’S This urban vintage toy/candy shop, outside of Salt Lake City, boasts an eclectic mix of sweet treats for all ages. Among the current favorites: Spot It! from Blue Orange Games Air Hunterz Z-Curve Bow from Zing Toys Slap Time Watches from E.S.P. Advantage
“We [selected] 12 different items [to give] away each day,” explains marketing director Kyle Aldous. “For example, on the third day, we gave away 3 Z-Curve Bows.” Board games were also highlighted in the store this holiday season. “With all the data pointing to a slower retail holiday season than last year, we like to push items that can be used for the whole family,” he adds. “It gives customers the most bang for the buck.” E X ETER, NH
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grown and international brands. Owner Geoff Pendexter reveals which toys are doing well right now:
WHIRYLGIGS TOY SHOP A classic neighborhood toy store, this northern New England mom-andpop shop features a mix of home-
According to Pendexter, his customers were not shopping for one particular hot toy. “A lot of people were looking for ‘Made in the USA’ brands,” he says. As the store prepared for the Christ-
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A Midwestern specialty boutique named for the owner’s grandson, this 6-year-old shop specializes in presents for babies and kids up to age 12. Owner Debbie Enneking and sales associate Jessica Hamilton note which products are doing well:
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Holiday business seemed brisk, as Hamilton noted, “We’ve been wrapping for Christmas since July.” To help get customers in the spirit, Enneking erected a display of “The Elf on the Shelf” front and center and offered a “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” for Melissa & Doug puzzle purchases.
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does, however, still introduce new merchandise to pique their interest. “We’re very excited about bringing in wooden magnetic blocks from Tegu,” she exclaims. At press time, her store was gearing up for a citywide event in December. Come January, the store will celebrate its 25th year in business with select days of 25-percent off savings. “Our customers depend on us to tell them what’s good,” she adds of Miner’s sales approach. “It’s a big responsibility.”
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Get Out and Play! Shifting play patterns and seasonal weather conditions may be affecting outdoor toy sales, but great toys still encourage kids to get active and go outside to play. BY PAM E L A B R I L L
MOTHER NATURE HAS BEEN PLAYING TRICKS ON US. It’s difficult to believe that during the first week last December, the mercury hovered at 60 degrees … in New York. After an unseasonably mild fall for much of the country, families have been taking advantage of the warmer weather and spending more time outside. And that can only bode well for the outdoor toys market — one that is in need of a boost at the register. According to the NPD Group, outdoor toy sales fell 3.7 percent last year: from $2.76 billion for September 2010, down to $2.66 billion during that same period in 2011. With a myriad of fac-
tors contributing to this slight decline, Playthings spoke with manufacturers to find out what’s influencing this category, what’s hot for 2012 and what they’ll be debuting this spring.
Factors at Play “Weather really is the great predictor of how well outdoor toys will do,” explains vice president of product development for Kids Only Inc. Bob Pagano. “The market for Kids Only outdoor products is strong as we exceeded industry-wide averages, despite weather affecting most seasonal categories.” He attributes his company’s strong numbers to product quality, functionality and character emo-
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tional appeal. Conversely, last spring’s wet weather in the Northeast impacted outdoor toy numbers for International Playthings. “We noticed that our sales were down from the previous year,” notes senior brand manager and public relations director Susan Tice. But she doesn’t attribute precipitation solely to the precipitous drop-off in profits, but also sees a dramatic shift in play patterns. “Children today have very busy schedules, between extracurricular, planned sorting activities and playdates,” she elaborates. “The innocent days of … wandering in the woods or [being] on adventures with friends … is long gone.” Tice also can’t deny the continued impact of media competing with kids’ attention. “As game technology continues to improve and the use of tablets, cell phones, etc. becomes more and more mainstream, I believe the actual age of playing with toys is shrinking,” she says. Other outdoor toy manufacturers see the trend in hi-tech toys as an opportunity to provide healthy alternatives to sedentary screen time. “There will always be hot computer games, social media and indoor diversions — that’s the bad news,” says Mark Rappaport,
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president of Marky Sparky Toys. “The good news is that the great outdoors is not going away anytime soon. Kids still need to run around … the trick is to invent new ways to keep them interested.” “Kids still need to burn energy, and parents know how important being active is for their kids,” seconds Nathan Keker, CEO of Diggin Active. “Toys that promote physical activity will always be popular.” Joe Pokowitz, vice president of marketing for Prime Time Toys, agrees. “We see the market remaining steady, despite the proliferation of electronic games and the growing involvement of kids with all things social media,” he tells Playthings. “Parents recognize that active outdoor play is good for kids and are willing to make the small investments to encourage that. Let’s face it: running around outside with your friends is still fun, no matter what’s happening online.”
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them with demonstrative videos that can be posted on the item’s page and give an excellent example to the consumer at the point of sale,” says Tice. While she has noticed less space being devoted to outdoor toys in the specialty market, this varies by location. “Many stores in beach communities do quite well with outdoor offerings,” she adds. Pokowitz also recognizes the growth in the online sector. “Exposure in the dot com world is growing, and more products are being carried by the mainstream online retailers,” he notes. “We’re sure that this trend will continue.” Having watched retail space devoted to the outdoor category finally stabilize, after shrinking for several years, he notes that this niche is small compared to other toy categories. “That means that the space for new items is limited and only the best are going to get a chance to prove themselves.” Rappaport still feels strongly that specialty retail is the best venue in which to sell outdoor toys. “They demo all our items so performance is key,” he says. “We hope that through these channels, customers appreciate the service and the chance to try stuff.”
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turers are selectively introducing new products this year. This spring, Diggin Active will introduce the Gogo Pogo, an electronic pogo stick for ages 3 and up that features five different games, such as counting your bouncing, making music and balance challenges. “Innovating on classic play patterns is
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something we always strive to do, and the Gogo Pogo is a perfect fit for us,” says Keker. Also jumping on the pogo bandwagon is International Playthings with its Hop & Squeak Pogo Jumper. “What I love about it is that the item holds up to 250 pounds, so adults and children can play,” enthuses Tice. “It’s a way to bring the whole family outside.” In the water toys realm, Interna-
tional Playthings will be showcasing the Sift ‘n Stream Frog whose top and bottom pieces combine to create a frog watering can. Additional pieces include large and small sifters and a spinning wheel, making this product ideal for the lake or beach. Aeromax will be releasing an Astronaut Space Pack — a super soaking water blaster that shoots water in multiple directions at the same time — and Sky Scrapers flying discs that soar over 10 stories high. “These choices were based on previous year’s success in similar categories,” says president and founder Mark Levine. Also in the water toys category comes an extension to Prime Time’s Max Liquidator line. Pokowitz describes the new Hydro Blasters as “colorful, slimmer, sleeker and easierto-use-than-ever water blasters [that] will bring more choices and dimension to the product range.” Pool toys will include the interactive Marine Mine Dive Bombs and Sea Sounds Voice Changer. Finally, in the missile launchers category is another addition to Prime Time’s Dart Zone brand: Quickfire 10 and Powerstrike 24 dart blasters, boasting such features as interchangeable ammo clips and rotating barrels. “With these products, we’re encouraging kids to get up from the computer, put down the handheld games and get outside for some fun with family and friends,” enthuses Pokowitz. Marky Sparky Toys too will offer a new item in response to strong category sales: the Air Bolt missile launcher, a follow-up to its Blastpad and Faux Bow products. “It is truly amazing to see a kid send these missiles skyward,” says Rappaport of these toys. “Nothing comes close.” So, although the weather outside might not be ripe for a lot of outdoor play, now, after the holiday rush, is the time to start thinking about restocking shelves with fresh new outdoor toys for the season ahead.•
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b Little Chick: Three Little Stories teaches children important life lessons about how to handle disappointment and keep curiosity and wonder alive. By Amy Hest; illustrated by Anita Jeram. Boxed set, $9.99. Candlewick Press. 617.588.4504. www.candlewick.com
c The Busy Beaver by Nicholas Oldland is a picture book about a careless beaver who alienates his friends and almost ruins his forest before learning his lesson the hard way. Ages 3-7. $16.95. Kids Can Press. 866.481.5827. www.kidcanspress.com
d In Oops!, by Leo Timmer, Piggy has a hair-raising ride down the hill avoiding mishaps to learn about over, under, around and through. Ages 0-3. $15.95. Clavis, thru Independent Publishers Group. 800.888.IPG1. www.ipgbook.com
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c Deluxe Zag Duck measures 4”. $12.99. Present Time. 512.441.9533. www.presenttime.com
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d Up Note Cards Portfolio pop-up case includes two cards each of four designs. $8.99. Up With Paper. 800.852.7677. www.upwithpaper.com CIRCLE #808 ALL PRICES RETAIL
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Meet Fluttery Flo, one of the newest additions to Laid Back® Kids’ best-selling Snuggles Collection. There are a variety of cute & cuddly characters that kids are sure to love!
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Dreamy Eyes “Brights” Aurora World Inc. to release ten new sparkly and bright colored styles for one of its best selling lines. The characters are accented with shimmery, reflective material! MSRP $13.00
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Happy Birthday 10" plush teddy bear from Fiesta features a sweet smile to match its yummy cupcake t-shirt. Embroidered birthday message. Available in scrumptious pink and blue.
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Mak Pom Deco Tumbler. Mak & Co. through Bluewick. 888.560.5506. www.bluewick.com In Atlanta, Chicago, New York.
Nouveau earrings. Jody Coyote through Oak Patch Gifts. 541.343.6139. www.oakpatchgifts.com In Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles.
Daisy porcelain pedestal cupcake stand. Andrea by Sadek. 877.723.3565. www.sadek.com In Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York.
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Throw from the Ruggiero collection. Textillery. 800.223.7673. www.textillery.com In New York.
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Belle Fleurs note cards. William Arthur. 207.985.9553. www.williamarthur.com In Atlanta.
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Countdown Calendar. Roman. 800.SAY.ROMAN. www.roman.com In Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles.
Inspiring wall decor. East of India. 914.592.1792. www.eastofindiaus.com In Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York.
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Hammons Company, and Brandwise. For sponsorship and ticket information, visit www.giftforlife.org • A Night on Broadway: Rock of Ages. 8 p.m. Helen Hayes Theatre. Specially priced tickets: $89. Visit www.nyigf.com SEMINARS Unless otherwise noted seminars are $20 in advance; $25 onsite. Craft Power Hours are free and held in Javits Center North. Saturday-Monday, January 28-30 • NYIGF Orientation. 8:30 a.m. Javits 1E03. $10 in advance. Saturday, January 28 • ART Retailer Roundtables. 9:30 a.m. Pier 94 Cafe. $10. • Dynamic Sales & Customer Service. Noon. Javits 1A02-03. • Show and Sell! Visual Merchandising & Display. 3 p.m. Javits 1A02-03. Sunday, January 30 • Online and Beyond — Commerce, Communication and More. 8:30 a.m. Javits 1A02-03. Presenter: Warren Shoulberg,
GDA editorial director. • Craft Power Hour: The Mobile Web: How to Engage and Why. 11 a.m. • Harnessing the Power of Online Technologies — Digital Do’s & Don’ts. Noon. Presenter: Penny Schneck, GDA online sales manager. • Craft Power Hour: Public Relations Strategies for Craft Galleries & Shops. 1 p.m. • Responsible Design for the Mass Market: Face Time with Ran Lerner. 2 p.m. Javits 1C04 • Craft Power Hour: High Impact In-Store Events to Build Your Brand. 3 p.m. • Visual Merchandising for Personal Care. 3:30 p.m. Javits 1A02-03. Monday, January 30 • Color: From Theory to Selection. 9 a.m. Continental breakfast, 8:30 a.m. Javits 1A02-03. For ticket prices and reservations contact IFDA at 212.686.6020 or email ifdanyny@verizon.net. • Craft Power Hour: The Essentials of E-newsletter Marketing. 11 a.m.
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• 2012 Retailer Excellence Awards “Application Workshop.” Noon. Javits 1E0204. Free. Advance registration. Presenter: Caroline Kennedy, GDA editor-in-chief. • How to Make Your Business Green: A Roadmap to SustainAbility. Noon. Javits 1A02-03. $20 advance/$25 onsite; $30/$40, both SustainAbility seminars. • Craft Power Hour: Designing and Managing Successful Websites. 1 p.m. • My Design Life: An Exclusive Screening & Discussion with Lisa Roberts. 2 p.m. Javits 1C04. • How Green is Green? Determining & Weighing Degrees of SustainAbility. 3:30 p.m. Javits 1A02-03. $20 advance/$25 onsite; $30/$40, both SustainAbility seminars. • Craft Power Hour: Content Marketing & Social Media. 3 p.m. Tuesday, January 31 • Shoestring Marketing: 50 Ideas Under $50. 8:30 a,m. Javits 1A02-03 • Craft Power Hour: How to Use Facebook to Build Your Business. 11 a.m. • Trends in The Juvenile Market: What’s Now? What’s Next? Noon. Javits 1A02-03. • Craft Power Hour: Twitter: Build a Following 140 Characters at a Time. 1 p.m. • Craft Power Hour: Building Strong Artist/Gallery Relationships. 3 p.m. LOOK FOR: An Accent on Design Retrospective exhibit traces the history of the people and products connected with Accent on Design through the years. New exhibitors in Accent on Design: AMAC, BAGGU, Cameo by RUX, Cavern Home, hada.mi, LEFF Amsterdam, Modern Elements, Motatoe Design, Moleskine America, Peg and Awl, Sandqvist, Taschen and Uno Magnetic.
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San Francisco World Market Center Show Producer: Intl. Market Centers Show Hours: January 30-February 2, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; February 3, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Travel Arrangements: For discounted hotels and airline codes, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com.
Show Producer: Urban Expositions Show Hours: February 18-20, 9 a.m.6 p.m.; February 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Hotel Arrangements: Visit the SFIGF Travel Agency Connections at www.giftshowhotels.com or call 800.262.9974.
Special Events on the Grand Plaza • Food Truck Festival. January 30. 6 p.m. • Boogie Nights. January 31. 6 p.m. • Sunset & Desserts. February 1. 6 p.m.
Special Events • SF Chef Andrea Froncillo Appearance, Tasting & Cookbook Signing Event. Saturday, February 18. Noon-2 p.m.
SEMINARS Following is a sampling of seminar offerings. For the complete selection, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com/show-highlights/educational-sessions.html Monday, January 30 • Market First Look. 10 a.m. Presenters: HGTV's Monica Pedersen and Julie Smith Vincenti. Building B, 16th fl., World Forum Tuesday, January 31 • Strength in Numbers: Building Effective Buy Independent/Buy Local Campaigns. 11 a.m. Presenter: Jeff Milchen. Suite C352. Repeats Wednesday, February 1. • Easy To Implement Customer Loyalty Programs That Track Themselves. 3 p.m. Presenter: GDA contributor Christi Tullis. Building B, 16th fl., World Forum Wednesday,February 1 • Creative Merchandising Displays on a Budget. 3 p.m. Suite C-352 • Strength in Numbers: Building Effective Buy Independent/Buy Local Campaigns. 11 a.m. Suite C-352.
SEMINARS Saturday, February 18 • Wine Support: The Effectiveness of Merchandise Sales in a Winery Tasting Room. 2 p.m. Sunday, February 19 • Guerilla Marketing: Free and Low-Cost Marketing Ideas to Drive More Traffic and Sales. 11 a.m. • Buying Right, Then Managing What You Buy. 2 p.m. Monday, February 20 • Opportunity Knocks: How to Capitalize on the Evolving Retail Marketplace. 11 p.m.
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Philadelphia BUYERS MARKET OF AMERICAN CRAFT Jewelry Preview, February 17 February 18-20 Pennsylvania Convention Center 410.889.2933 www.buyersmarketofamericancraft.com Show Producer: The Rosen Group Show Hours: Jewelry Preview, Friday,
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Baltimore AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL SHOW February 24-26 Baltimore Convention Center 800.836.3470 www.craftcouncil.org/baltimore Show Producer: American Craft Council Show Hours: February 24, 10 a.m.9 p.m.; February 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; February 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Travel Arrangements: for discounted hotels, visit http://booktradeshowrooms. com/ACCBaltimore.php Tickets: $15 per person; 2-day pass, $25; 3-day pass, $30. Friday, February 24, $5 after 5 p.m, on-site purchase only. Show Highlights: new and popular categories include Foodieware, utilitarian food wares; Mens Department, handmade stuff for guys; Bride-to-Be, one-of-a-kind wedding jewelry and gifts; Blue Chip Club, one-of-a-kind luxury pieces; Local, local artists exhibit on a national stage.
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Market Updates ATLANTA INTL. GIFT AND HOME FURNISHINGS MARKET January 11-18; Temps., January 13-17 AmericasMart Atlanta 800.ATL.MART www.americasmart.com Market Highlights: Home & Design juried showroom floor debuts with fashion forward exhibits and resources for interior designers and specialty retailers: AM1, 14th fl. New showrooms in AM2 and the West Wing include: The Madison Park Group, 660B; Bormioli Rocco, 8114A; White Ginger, 811, A La Carte, 893; Keller Charles, 931B; Welcome Home, 933; Annie Modica, 828B; PF Maxwell, 8010A; Browne Co., 874B, Red Vanilla, 801A; Jason product, 936A; and K Hall, 936B. Exaco Trading joins The Gardens in space 9-A-1. And Christopher Radko expanded its showroom space in AM1, 16-E-5,7,9. Get Connected: AmericasMart, through a partnership with iBAHN, offers access to a state-of the-art Wi-Fi network on all temporary tradeshow floors, Living, Outdoor/Indoor, The Gardens, building lobbies and meeting room spaces. Pricing: $8.95 for daily (24-hour) access or $24.95 for unlimited Market (during Market dates only) access. SEMINARS UPDATE Check details in the Buyer’s Guide at market. Visit www.americasmart.com for information. Thursday, January 12 • Styling, The Final Layer. 11 a.m. Presenter: interior stylist Emily Henderson. Building 1, Floor 4 • Enjoying Wine… “Simply” All You Need To Know. 3 p.m. AM2 WestWing, floor 8, Demonstration Kitchen. • Lulu Powers: Food to Flowers Holiday Party. 3-5 p.m. Cocktail party, book sale and signing hour to immediately follow. AM1, Seminar Room 19-A-23.
Friday, January 13 • Trends of the [Holiday] Season. 11 a.m. AM1, Seminar Room 19-A-23. • Ribbons 101: The How-Tos from Basics to Over the Top. 3 p.m. AM1, Seminar Room 19-A-23. Saturday, January 14 • 2012 Lawn & Garden Symposium. 5-7 p.m. Roundtable event for independent lawn and garden centers includes dinner and cocktail party to network. RSVP to jpowell@americasmart.com. AM2 WestWing, Floors 9 & 10 DALLAS TOTAL HOME & GIFT MARKET January 18-24 Dallas Market Center 800.DAL.MKTS www.dallasmarketcenter.com Market Highlights: “The Range,”a new Western home accents neighborhood debuts on the World Trade Center 6th floor. New showrooms include Entrada Collection, WTC 6-6470 and Sage & Co., WTC 4-420/4-422. Major expanded showrooms: Roman, WTC 450, is 1,471 sq. ft. larger to accommodate Alexa’s Angels and expand other lines; UMA Ents., WTC, 6-600, grows to about 21,000 sq. ft.; Cathy & Co., TM 1-1600, is now more than 13,000 sq. ft.; Source One Marketing is expanding to include more than 2,600 sq. ft.; and Imagine That!, TM 1-1501/1515, is more than 8,500 sq. ft. Chinawind USA joins The Living Room, showcase on WTC floor 5. THE CHICAGO MARKET: LIVING AND GIVING January 19-25; Temps: January 21-24 Merchandise Mart 312.527.4141 www.shopchicagomarket.com Market Highlights: New showrooms include: Alliance Sales, 13-253; Ashton Fine Arts, 1486; C & F Ents., 1422; Charlie & Me, 1467; Haefling Group, 13-400; MiSun Fashion House, 14-100; Pam DeLuca, 13-434. Newly expanded showrooms are: AND! Sales, 1420; Designs Combined, 13134; and Young's Inc., 13-616.
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BALTIMORE • ACC Crafts Show .......................... 24-26
Sands Expo & Convention Ctr. 262.782.1600 www.offpriceshow.com
Baltimore Convention Ctr. 800.836.3470 www.craftcouncil.org CHICAGO • TransWorld Jewelry, Fashion & Accessories (JF&A) Show ...............16-19
COLUMBUS, OH • Columbus MarketPlace Show......19-21
DENVER • Denver Gift, Jewelry & Resort: Permanent showrooms.................. 23-28 • Denver Gift Jewelry & Resort Show: temporaries ...................................... 25-28
EDISON, NJ • Larry Karel’s Edison Furniture & Accessory Mkt....................................... 5-7
LANSING, MI • Lansing Gift Show .............................4-6
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LOUISVILLE, KY • Louisville Gift Show ..................... 26-27
ROCHESTER, NY • Western New York Gift Show ......19-21
Paroquet Conference Ctr., Shepherdsville 513.861.1139 www.louisvillegiftshow.com
Monroeville Convention Ctr., Monroe, NY 585.254.2580 www.pittsburghgiftshow.com
MEMPHIS • Memphis Gift & Jewelry Show ..... 11-13
SAN FRANCISCO • San Francisco Intl. Gift Fair ......... 18-21
Memphis Cook Convention Ctr. 630.241.9865 www.gift2jewelry.com
Moscone Ctr. 678.285.3976 www.sfigf.com
NEW YORK • New York Toy Show ....................... 12-15
VERONA, NY • Upstate NY Gift Expo .................... 13-15
7 West 34th St. 212.279.6063 www.7wnewyork.com 230 Fifth Ave. 800.698.5617 www.230FifthAve.com
Turning Stone Resort & Casino 315.738.4342 www.upstatenygiftexpo.com
• American Intl. Toy Fair .................. 12-15
Javits Convention Ctr. 212.675.1141 www.toyassociation.org ORLANDO • Global Pet Expo ................. 29-March 2
Orange County Convention Ctr. 800.452.1225 www.globalpetexpo.org
March NATIONAL ALBUQUERQUE • Albequerque Gift Show ............... 21-22
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New Jersey Convention Ctr. 305.792.9990 www.kemexpo.com
Sands Expo and Convention Ctr. 800.933.8735 www.globalshop.org
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Denver Merchandise Mart 800.289.6278 www.denvermart.com
• Art to Wear and Jewelry Preview ... 17 • Buyers Mkt. of American Craft...18-20
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Columbus MarketPlace, Dublin, OH 888.332.8979 www.thecolumbusmarketplace.com
• GlobalShop .......................... 29-March 2
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D.E. Stevens Convention Ctr., Rosemont, IL 800.323.5462 www.transworldexhibits.com
Greater Philadelphia Expo Ctr., Oaks, PA 717.796.2377 www.marketsquareshows.com
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Albequerque Convention Ctr. 800.424.9519 www.oasis.org
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GREENSBORO, NC • GTS Jewelry/Accessories Expo...16-18
7 West 34th St. 212.279.6063 www.7wnewyork.com
BOSTON • Spring Preview ..................................4-6
Greensboro Coliseum Complex 770.410.9771 www.gtshows.com
OCEAN CITY, MD • Mid Atlantic Gift Show .................18-20
KANSAS CITY, KS • Gift Market of Kansas City ...........16-19
Roland E Powell Convention Center 410.352.3382 www.midatlanticgs.com
Northeast Market Center, Hudson, MA 800.435.2775 www.northeastmarketcenter.com • Boston Gift Show ......................... 24-27
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center 678.285.3976 www.bostongiftshow.com
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CHICAGO • Intl. Home & Housewares Show ..10-13
McCormick Place 847.292.4200 www.housewares.org • Spring Market ............................... 24-27
Chicago Merchandise Mart 312.527.7560 www.shopchicagomarket.com COLUMBUS, OH • Heritage Cash & Carry Wholesale. .. 16
Aladdin Shrine Complex 717.249.9404 www.heritagemarkets.com
Metcalf South Mall 913.687.8059 www.giftmartofkansascity.com LAS VEGAS • ASDLV ............................................. 25-28
Las Vegas Convention Ctr . 800.421.4511 www.asdamd.com LOS ANGELES • Toyfest West.................................. 24-27
Long Beach Convention Ctr. 909.899.3753 www.toyfestwest.com
Columbus MarketPlace 888.332.8979 www.thecolumbusmarketplace.com • Offinger’s Handcrafted Mktplace .... 17
Ohio Expo Ctr.; Celeste Ctr. 888.878.GIFT www.offingershandcrafted.com
ORLANDO • GTS Jewelry & Accessories Expo .............................................30-Apr. 2
Osceola Heritage Park Exhibition Hall 770.410.9771 www.gtshows.com PHILADELPHIA • Sugarloaf Crafts Festival ..............16-18
Greater Philadelphia Expo Ctr., Oaks, PA 800.210.9900 www.sugarloafcrafts.com
• Spring Gift and Home Mkt. .........18-20
PITTSBURGH • Pittsburgh Gift Show ........................2-4
L.A. Mart 800.LAMART-4 www.lamart.com
ExpoMart, Monroeville, PA 585.254.2580 www.pittsburghgiftshow.com
California Market Center 213.630.3600 www.californiamarketcenter.com/ giftandhome MADISON, WI • The Buyers Cash & Carry Show ...... 28
Alliant Energy Ctr. 717.796.2377 www.marketsquareshows.com
DALLAS • Dallas Total Home & Gift Mkt./ Apparel & Accessories ................... 22-25
MINNEAPOLIS • Gift, Home & Accessory Show ......2-6
Dallas Mkt. Ctr. 800.DAL.MKTS www.dallasmarketcenter.com
Gift Mart, Minnetonka, MN 800.626.1298 www.mplsmart.com
GATLINBURG, TN • Gatlinburg Apparel & Jewelry Mkt..3-5 • Norton’s Gatlinburg Gift & Variety Show .......................................................3-5
NEW YORK • New York Home Fashions Mkt. ......5-8
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• New York Design Festival ........... 18-26
• CMC Gift & Home Market ............18-20
• Columbus MarketPlace Show.....16-20 • Columbus MarketPlace Temps ....16-19
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PORTLAND, ME • New England Products Show ...... 17-19
Portland Sports Center 800.638.6787 www.nepts.com PORTLAND, OR • Portland Gift & Accessories ............3-5
Oregon Convention Ctr. 800.346.1212 www.portlandgift.com ST. LOUIS, MO • Halloween, Costume, Party Show ..8-11
Americas Center 800.323.5462 www.transworldexhibits.com SALT LAKE CITY, UT • CAMEX ................................................2-6
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San Antonio Events Ctr. 512.261.4223 www.parkertradeshow.com
SOMERSET, NJ • Sugarloaf Crafts Festival ................ 9-11
AUSTRIA • Creativ Salzburg................................2-4
• Frankfurt Intl. Fair: Ambiente..... 10-14
Messe Frankfurt 770.984.8016 www.Ambiente.messefrankfurt.com INDIA • Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair .... 18-21
India Expo Center, Greater Noida 011.91.11.26135256 www.epch.com JAPAN • Tokyo Intl. Gift Show ...................... 8-10
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• Goumet & Dining Style Show ....... 8-10
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Exhibition & Convention Centre 203.840.5662 www.reedexpo.com • Home & Giving Trade Fair .......... 25-28
• Life Instyle ..................................... 23-26
Royal Hall of Industries 203.840.5662 www.reedexpo.com • Reed Gift Fair ............................... 25-29
CANADA • Atlantic Craft Trade Show...............4-6
World Trade & Convention Ctr., Halifax, NS
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Feria de Madrid 212.221.5848 www.ifema.es SWEDEN • Intl Furniture Fair ..............................7-11
Stockholm Intl. Fairs 011.46.8.749.41.00 www.stofair.se THAILAND • Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair ..... 9-13
Impact Exhibition Centre 312.787.3388 www.thaitradeusa.com UNITED KINGDOM • Spring Fair Birmingham ..................5-9
800 De La Gauchetiere St. 800.611.6100 www.cgta.org CHINA • Intl. Gifts Premium & Houseware 14-17
China Intl. Exhibition Ctr., Beijing (203) 840-5662 www.reedexpo.com JAPAN • Osaka Intl. Gift Show........................ 7-8
My Dome 011.816.263.0074 www.giftshow.co.jp UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/DUBAI • Paperworld Middle East .................6-8
Intl. Convention & Exhibition Center 770.984.8016 www.paperworldme.com
In most cases, shows are to the trade only. The dates listed are provided by show managements. Before traveling, please check the particulars with the organizer by telephone or by visiting the website. International contacts are preceded with 011. Show dates not available at press time are marked n.a.
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Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre 203.840.5662 www.reedexpo.com
SPAIN • GiftTrends Madrid ..............................1-5
CANADA • Montreal Gift Show ...........................4-7
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Sydney Showground 011.1300.441.384 http://homeandgiving.com/
Big Sight 011.81.3.3843.9854 www.giftshow.co.jp
Exhibition Ctr., Melbourne 011.61.3.9320.2600 www.austoy.com.au
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AUSTRALIA • Melbourne Gift Trade Fair ...............4-7
Big Sight 011.81.3.3843.9854 www.giftshow.co.jp
AUSTRALIA • Aus. Toy, Hobby & Nursery Fair .....6-9
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Garden State Exhibit Ctr. 800.210.9900 www.sugarloafcrafts.com
Trade Fair Ctr. (203) 840-5662 www.reedexpo.com
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Puerto Rico Convention Ctr. 787.781.3050 www.tsc-pr.com
Nurnberg Exhibition Ctr. 404.847.0883 www.toyfair.de
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GERMANY • Nuremberg Intl. Toy Fair ..................1-6
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Edmonton Expo, Ctr., Northlands 800.611.6100 www.cgta.org
Natl. Exhibition Ctr., Birmingham 609.921.0222 www.springfair.com
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All in the Family: The Oates BY KATHY KRASSNER
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Manual Woodworkers and Weavers has been a successful family affair for 80 years.
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Today's Oates Family, left: Travis Oates, Lemuel Oates and Mark Sherrill (back); Angie Oates with Brennan, Sandra Oates, Molly Oates Sherrill with Maddox (middle); Isabella and Madeline. Company founderTom Oates, right.
BACK IN 1932, IN A SMALL NORTH CAROLINA TOWN CALLED BEARWALLOW, Tom and Queenie Oates opened a souvenir store called The Manual
Woodworkers. Tom was a great craftsman and specialized in making personalized wooden souvenirs such as whistles, bottle openers and door knockers. Fast-forward 80 years, and you’ll find Manual Woodworkers and Weavers today has approximately 450 employees operating from a 500,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facility in Hendersonville, NC. The product line now includes a wide variety of gift and home items, as well as an “Isabella’s Journey” fashion accessories line, “Izzy” children’s line, “Climaweave” outdoor items and “Be Inspired” inspirational products. What hasn’t changed is that the Oates family still runs the business. Tom and Queenie’s son, Lemuel Oates, and his wife, Sandra, took over the company in 1974 and continue to be very active in it. In 2008, their children, Travis Oates and Molly Oates-Sherrill, became co-CEOs. Those original wooden trinkets were offered by Manual until the late 1970s, at which point the line evolved into decorative accessories, doll chairs, walking sticks, etc. Although the company now carries very few wood items, “We continue to leave Woodworkers in the name to honor our heritage,” explains Molly Oates-Sherrill.
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CELE BRA TING 80 YEAR S
Manual will be celebrating its 80th anniversary during the winter gift markets this month. All are invited for champagne and cupcakes at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Atlanta gift market at AmericasMart, Building 2, West Wing, Suite 697; and at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, during the Dallas gift market, at the company's new showroom location in the Trade Mart, Suite 1355. The company also maintains showrooms at 7 W New York in NYC and at the World Mar ket Center in Las Vegas.
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The original Bearwallow, NC, store, right, where Tom Oates crafted and sold his personalized wooden souvenirs. These items were handmade using wood lathes, powered by a water wheel built by Tom because the area did not have electricity.
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The “and Weavers” was added to the name in the 1980s, when woven products became a large part of Manual’s line. The company’s first woven items, introduced in the 1950s, were looper clip rugs — hand-loomed cotton rugs made of waste from hosiery mills. In the ’70s, acrylic throws were added to the product mix. In 1986, Manual debuted its cotton throw at the Gatlinburg souvenir show, and it was a huge success. Woven throws and home textiles continue to be Manual’s best-selling category.
Focusing on Made in America
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The company’s first woven items in the 1950s were looper clip rugs. Domestically woven throws and home textiles continue to be best sellers. Imparts Molly OatesSherrill, “This year we are doing a big push with product being ‘Made in the USA.’”
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Although the company does import certain categories, “our first thoughts in developing a product is how can we make it here in the USA,” she asserts. “We believe manufacturing in the USA is our best bet for the future.” Over the last decade, Manual has become a vertical company with its own dye house, jacquard looms, finishing department, cut and sew, pillow-filling department, and distribution center that has two miles of conveyer belts. “When we see an opportunity to develop new ‘Made in America’ products, we are not afraid to invest in our future,” states OatesSherrill. “Over the last two years, we have established a state-of-the-art digital-printing division, which includes direct-to-fabric printing, dye-sublimation printing and UV printing.” Although Oates-Sherrill credits her parents for getting the company to where it is today, she says the main ingredient for Manual’s success is its customers. “This year, we will be introducing new products more frequently than ever, so our customers can look forward to always seeing something fresh from Manual,” she promises. Says Oates-Sherrill: “You do not stay successful for 80 years without a lot of help, and we are eternally grateful to our customers, our reps, our friends at the market centers and industry publications, but mostly to our employees, whose dedication and craftsmanship is what continues to make Manual unique and exciting.”
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I do carry pajamas and robes at one of my locations, because the shop is located in the courtyard of the Inn at the Market, which is one of the finer hotels in Seattle. We don’t have a dressing room in the shop, but that really has never hindered our sleepware sales, perhaps because we have good signage with size equivalents next to the rack displaying the pajamas. I would say we sell them about 50/50 for personal wearing and gifts. We get very few returns on those that are given as gifts. Apparel does not really work in my other location, as that shop is more home furnishings driven.
We have carried apparel for both men and women (i.e., Island Issue and Vineyard Vines). We found carrying women’s clothing to be the most challenging as we are a very small shop. We are not able to have a changing room in such a small space so it has limited the appeal. Our clothing sales were mostly bought as gifts. Carrying apparel for men has not been such an issue. We have stocked sized merchandise such as dress shirts, sweaters and swim trunks. We brought in women’s tunics, dresses and skirts and attempted to create a changing room, but it was cumbersome for women to try clothing on inside. We have also carried Boston-themed and sportsthemed t-shirts that have done quite well as they do not require a changing room. We plan to bring women’s apparel back in 2012 in the form of outerwear that can easily be tried on over a shirt or sweater. The line we are adding is Winding River from Trimdin. They are reversible jackets sized XS to XL. We anticipate that most sales will be for the purchaser, but we will wait to see.
This past August we doubled the size of our store and added clothes. We have found that the addition has been a very rewarding risk! We mostly carry items that are sized small to extra large, but we do have a few lines, such as jeans, that are sized as numbers (i.e. 25 – 31). We have found that in our store, small is the most popular size. We have two rather large dressing rooms so our customers don’t feel cramped while trying on clothes and can push a baby stroller in with them if they need to. A large percentage of our customers say they “may as well look” at the clothes while we are wrapping their gifts. I would say over 50 percent of them end up purchasing an item for themselves, whether it be jewelry, a scarf or clothes from the new addition. The majority of the clothes we have sold are people purchasing for themselves. This past Christmas season we did sell clothes as gifts, but most of the time the person receiving the gift was there to try it on (like a mom was buying for her daughter)!
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