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In This Month's GIFTBEAT
July 2008

Are You Ready For E-Commerce?


Have you been trying to decide if it's time to leverage your brick-and-mortar business by developing an e-commerce website? Let our retail expert guide the way!   More >>

How Retailers Are Boosting Traffic—And Spirits!


A segment of Giftbeat's reporting retailers is seeing "strong" or "moderate" sales. What's boosting biz for them? We share their secrets.

Retailers' Summer Buying Plans


What will retailers search for at this summer's shows? Price point is key, plus products with high perceived value and lines that are proven sellers.

A Winning Newsletter Formula


A Massachusetts retailer has been publishing a store newsletter for 7 years. Here, she shares her formula for success.

     

Editor's Pick


Compendium's collection of gift books is getting rave reviews from several of our reporting retailers, including a Georgia store owner who brought in the line 3 months ago. "I know this will be a very strong gift line for us during the holidays and beyond," she says. Shown here is Be The Difference, one of her best-selling titles. For more details on this line and additional new product coverage, see Giftbeat's July ProductBeat section.


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