Cinnamon: The Smell of Christmas (Retailers)
This holiday season, retailers are enticing you to buy more through your nose.
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More Ugly Christmas Sweaters
Is your niche biz ugly Christmas sweaters? It must be that time of the year again, because Collectors Weekly has a whole load of them to feast (or scar) your eyes on!
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Today in Entrepreneurial History: December 19
On this day in 1843 Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol went on sale. Dickens was not the first author to celebrate the Christmas season in literature, but it was he who superimposed his secular vision of the holiday upon the public. The forces that impelled Dickens to create a powerful, impressive and enduring tale were
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The Twirling Christmas Ornament
Christmas may be over, but many of the ornaments and their inventors will live year-to-year. John Garver is one of those people. Known to most as a twirler, his ornament lives on in Christmas history. In 1954, he struck a deal with the Mahoning Valley-based Plakie Toy Co. to produce the ornaments. The dazzling trinkets,
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How to Give Beer for Christmas: Rare Beer Club
Fast Company: Offering beer as a token of holiday goodwill can be tricky. It’s gauche to put a six-pack under the tree, and nothing says “I forgot” like a brown bag with a ribbon around its neck. The solution: the Rare Beer Club. Each month, members are mailed two, four, or six 750-milliliter bottles of
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The Science of Christmas Trees
WSJ: Christmas tree geneticist John Frampton rubs the sprigs of a two-inch seedling, planted two years ago from the seed of a fir cone from the Uludag Mountain region in western Turkey. This Uludag seedling tube is one of thousands in a greenhouse at North Carolina State University, where Mr. Frampton tests DNA and blends
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Top Products Christmas 2012
According to Experian Marketing Services this is a list of the most popular product searches from Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I hope you’re selling something on one of these lists this holiday season: Top 10 Product Searches on Thanksgiving Uggs Kindle Fire HD ASUS Transformer Crayola Light Designer Wii U Dr Dre Beats
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7″ Android Tablet for Christmas 2012
A reader asked: Any suggestions on what I can get my entrepreneur husband for Christmas? We don’t have a lot of extra money, so something cheap would be best. Since there are only 36 days left until Christmas, it might be time to start thinking about what to get the entrepreneur in your life. If
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Q&A With Christmas Caroloke Creator
Our next interview with Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contestants is with Kathy, creator of Christmas Caroloke. What product did you submit to Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contest? We submitted Christmas Caroloke, the ultimate Christmas carol sing-along. Our product is comprised of a standard audio CD of musical accompaniment, along with 6 glossy, full
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Small Biz More Popular This Holiday Season
Forbes: A small-business holiday-shopping campaign led by American Express is peaking just as a new survey says Americans have the warm fuzzies for local mom and pop shops. The promotional campaign, Small Business Saturday, is aimed at supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping days of the year: the Saturday after Thanksgiving. American
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