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March/April 2025
PRODUCT FOCUS
NEW & NOTEWORTHY:
12 Novel Ideas
Check out these products from countless categories for your gift shop.
TREND WATCH:
20 Patriotic & Made in USA
Find American-made goods and items decorated in red, white, and blue.
27 Children & Babies
Provide customers with gift ideas for infants, toddlers, and expecting parents.
30 Candles & Scents
Discover sachets, diffusers, candles, and essential oils in a variety of scents.
BUSINESS SENSE
32 Wholesale Cash & Carry Warehouses: Add More Inventory in Your Store by Visiting One
Follow these tips to make the most of your shopping trip.
43 Merchandising When It Is Quiet
Create a buzz in your store by bringing fresh life to displays and walking the store as a customer.
45 Business Briefs
Find your 3D leadership style; top point-of-sale systems for 2025; how to choose the right AI tool for your business; tips to obtain a successful work/life balance; shoplifting on the rise.
DISPLAY & DESIGN
48 Reimagine, Reinvent
Learn how household tools, suitcases, and more can be used to tweak the displays in your store.
RETAILER SPOTLIGHT:
51 Tadpoles & Tiddlers
Cheryl Lemke opened her children’s boutique in the summer of 2007. The gift shop is in a suburb of Akron, Ohio, and has practically doubled in size since then. Tadpoles & Tiddlers is known for its curated selections, and its complimentary signature gift boxes and wrap are part of its brand.
IN EVERY ISSUE
8 Editor’s Note
10 Welcome Exchange
55 Trade Show Calendar
58 Advertiser Index
ON THE COVER:
CWI Gifts offers a selection of patriotic and Made in USA items like florals, lanterns, candles, and signs. Shop the best seasonal and everyday selections at www.shopcwi.com.
