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Handmade Stars from India Are Available from Lorab International

Lorab International has been designing and selling Handmade Stars from India for over 20 years.

Each Star is unique with wonderful patterns and colors to surely enhance wherever they are used, for gifts, displays, or a child’s room, each becomes a treasure that all love. The paper used is of the highest quality, and the colors inside each star make them unique and enchanting when lit.

The company prides itself on one-on-one communication with its customers, and have a very loyal and long-established following.

(For more information, call 800-747-0334, visit www.lorab.com, or circle 42 on the reader service card.)

as gifts is to display them well, both in the store and on social media. “We spend a lot of time on our displays and to the overall look of the store. We want it to feel happy and warm and inviting. We primarily group like-items together in color themes, within specific areas like kitchen or bathroom. But we also have thematic displays that are color themed, such as a sunflower display in yellows, and one of bees that’s all black and white and grey items. We have separate wedding and baby areas too, for décor items.”

“I have people who have worked here for 20 years, and they know the artists, the stories behind the items, and how unique and individual they are. They also gift wrap everything, and when customers reach out to us for a specific unique item, if that is no longer in the store, because we have so many one-of-a-kind pieces, then they will give other suggestions. …That kind of customer service, the kind that goes above and beyond, that’s even more in demand right now.”

- Jana Hayenga, Cabin Fever Anchorage, Alaska cording to Barner.

Best-sellers in the 900-square-foot shop include Fiestaware, Scrubby Soaps, and Farmhouse décor candles. “The candles are a big seller for us. So are the store’s own handmade signs. We offer both decorative and regionally oriented wall hangings, signs that say ‘Astoria,’ and beach-related signs, since of course we are so close to the water.” She hasn’t seen a trend toward new styles in décor items, although home entertaining items, strong during COVID restrictions are slightly less popular with customers now than they were last year.

And as to shipping, the store does that “a lot,” ac-

At Volcano House resort hotel in Volcano, Hawaii, Gift Store Manager Lia said that home décor is not a big category for the in-hotel shop, which sells more of souvenir-type items. “We do well with mounted metal prints and other mounted photos of the volcanos as wall décor, and then we have glassware like shot glasses and mugs.” And she asserted that the best way to sell any of these items is by good display in the store, so that customers can view the range of items the store has to offer in the busy resort location, where Hawaiian shirts, T-shirts, and postcards and stickers are all popular purchases for guests touring the volcanoes. ❖

Enjoy Music on the Wind

Close your eyes beside one of our wind chimes and for an instant, you’ll think you’re in the percussion section of an orchestra. Handcrafted in Austin, TX, tuned with sophisticated equipment using weather-resistant materials:

• Powder-coated tempered aluminum alloy tubing

• UV-stabilized synthetic braid

• Stainless Steel components

For information or to order: Motschimes.com – 888-324-4637

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