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February
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21-26, Denver
23-25, Rochester, NY
24-26, Louisville
24-26, Marlborough, MA
24-26, Lansing
25-27, Verona, NY

March
2-5, Las Vegas
6-7, Louisville, KY
7-11, Minnetonka, MN
8-10, Atlanta
8-11, Pomona, CA
14-18, Columbus
14-17, Overland Park, KS
14-18, Los Angeles
16-17, Hyannis, MA
16-18, Chicago
16-18, Billerica, MA
30-Apr. 1, Atlantic City
31-Apr. 7, New York

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Highland Graphics Introduces new Artist/Photographer to the Gift Industry

Carson's photographs have been utilized on new Highland Graphics products.

If you saw some beautiful and fresh floral pictures on products this show season, it just may have been the work of photographer Anna Carson. Anna's vibrant images of sunflowers, daisies, and other flowers have been artistically captured on several products from leading gift industry company Highland Graphics.

Born and raised in the southern United States and now based out of Atlanta, she was a stay-at-home mom for 14 years. Anna's photography grew from a hobby to a passion to a profession while living in London, England recently. She was inspired by the beautiful English gardens and unique architecture around her on a daily basis. She strives to capture things found in her daily life through her lens and share them creatively with others.

In all, 7 of Anna's images appear on product such as absorbent coasters and desk clocks. Anna even helped develop and design her own collection of sun catchers for Highland, featuring photographed pressed flower imagery.

In addition to florals, Anna has an amazing portfolio of landscapes, portraits, and casual moments of life. Her philosophy of photography uses natural light with little editing other than for artistic purposes.

For more information on Anna and her products, visit her website HERE, or call Highland Graphics to request a catalog.

New GiftsWholesale.Com Vendor Search Feature

With the new Vendor Search you can find Vendors with
products related to any word.

As the list of vendors in GiftsWholesale.Com becomes longer it becomes more difficult to find what you need. To solve this problem, a Vendor Search has been added to the site that allows you to enter any word and find all vendors who offer products related to that word. The Company name links directly to the Vendor's web site so you can immediately order products.

You can also search for the Vendor name, even if you only remember a portion of it. This feature is only available to those who have registered in GiftsWholesale.Com, but registration also allows you to quickly copy your registration to most of the linked sites without having to fill out the registration form for each site, if the site is part of the CAMEO EZ^© system.

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China-made Product Prices Likely To Rise After Recalls

Hasbro Inc, the second-largest U.S. toy company, says it expects a 14-to-15 percent increase in the costs of made-in-China products due to higher labor, commodity and currency costs, according to a story on the Financial Times web site. Additional product safety testing after last year's US toy safety recalls will also be a factor. (source)

Toys may not be the only products affected and, since most products in the Gift, Garden and Home Decor sectors come from China, retailers may see those price increases passed on in the wholesale prices they pay. Last year’s recalls out of China included products as diverse as tainted wheat gluten and toothpaste, in addition to toys. Other factors driving prices of made-in-China goods include a 5-15% levy imposed on exports by the Chinese government last July and a recent revaluation of the Chinese Yuen, which has driven real labor costs higher. (source)

China's growing economy, the world's fourth largest, may cause inflation itself to become one of its exports, as demand for the country's cheap goods escalates. (source)

U.S. retail sales of toys generated $22.1 billion in 2007 compared to $22.6 billion in 2006, a decline of only 2 percent, despite the toy industry recalls and difficult economic conditions that plagued the industry in 2007. (source)