According
to Selling Christmas Decorations' most recent readership survey - to be
published in the upcoming September issue of SCD - some Christmas
retailers are finding opportunities in other seasonal celebrations,
most notably Halloween, which has been gaining in importance as a
decorating holiday. [FULL STORY]
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WHITEHURST MERGES WITH HORIZONS EAST The Whitehurst Company has merged with Horizons East, Ltd. [FULL STORY]
GHTA OFFERS TRAINING SEMINAR The Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA), the gift and home industry's non-profit professional trade association, will host a two-day sales training seminar, "Selling in the Gift Industry," on Tuesday, September 22, and Wednesday, September 23, 2009, in New York City. [FULL STORY]
SHOWS
NYC RESTAURANT WEEK EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST One of New York City's most popular promotions, NYC Restaurant Week, has been extended into August, coinciding with the summer 2009 New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) and with Gift and Home Textiles Market Week at 7 West 34th Street, 230 Fifth Avenue and other showroom buildings. [FULL STORY]
DALLAS MARKET CENTERS HOSTS CHILDREN'S CHARITY EVENT Dallas Market Center will partner with Design Guide to host Designed with Care, a cocktail party and silent auction benefiting the Children's Cancer Fund. [FULL STORY]
7 WEST TO HOST DESIGN EVENT NADI's Retail Design Collective, the annual showroom event for retail designers and visual merchandisers, will partner with 7 West 34th Street to provide an expanded line-up of showrooms for this year's show. [FULL STORY]
JENAY ROOT NAMED DIRECTOR OF LEASING AT L.A. MART MMPI is pleased to announce that Jenay Root has been named new director of gift leasing for the L.A. Mart. [FULL STORY]
MSA CHAPTER PARTNERS WITH NYIGF
The North Atlantic chapter of the Museum Store Association (MSA) has elected to hold its annual chapter meeting in conjunction with the summer 2009 New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), which takes place Saturday, August 15, through Thursday, August 20, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94 in New York City.
