I chuckled when I was asked to author this column, as I have been known to have the last word from time to time. As I prepare to leave the industry that has given me so much (I eagerly accepted the opportunity to work in the gift and home area in 1986), I can vividly recall the excitement I felt when I first entered the creative space that we get to live and work in every day. I have been exposed to scores of creative people; I met and worked with artists and buyers who were inspired and ...
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November 14, 2018
November 14, 2018
Happy to see store ownerβand Bridge memberβSusan Stewart Hoechner named Bowling Green's 2018 Marketer of the Year by the PMA (Professional Marketing Association) last night! Congratulations, Susan! With Nolan Miles, Stacey Durbin Gish, Jennifer Oaks and Teresa Gibson Hardcastle
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November 13, 2018
November 13, 2018
What an honor! Our fearless leader and owner Susan Stewart Hoechner was named Bowling Green's 2018 Marketer of the Year by the PMA - Professional Marketing Association last night! Congratulations, Susan! With Nolan Miles, Stacey Durbin Gish, Jennifer Oaks and Teresa Gibson Hardcastle
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September 18, 2017
September 18, 2017
Gibson reminds us that dinner bowls are the go-to item for consumers.
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March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015
Most shoppers prefer square dinnerware that is about $60 a set and doesn't incldue a mug, says a Gibson advertisement in this week's HFN
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September 13, 2007
September 13, 2007
Amazon Rules the Online Tabletop Jungle
In HFN's September 10th issue, the magazine lists the top 5 selling dinnerware patterns (in the category of casual and housewares dinnerware patterns). I did a search for each of these patterns in Google. Which company do you think came up first for 3 out of these 5 patterns? Not Macy's. Not Wal-mart. The winner: Amazon.com. Amazon.com doesn't show up at the tabletop shows or even have a physical store.
So, why is our industry letting this player get all ...
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