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Learn How to Create Brand Buzz During NYIGF with Gourmet Business Experts
Join executives from Gourmet Business when they share their expertise on social media and brand building during seminars at the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) this month. With their fingers firmly on the pulse of business today, Jack Wrigley, director of custom media, will participate in a social media panel discussion, while Brian Igoe, executive vice president of Gourmet Business, will be the main speaker at a seminar on brand building. Igoe (pictured right) presents "Building a Business Through Brand Awareness with Gourmet Business" on Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 3:30 p.m. at the Javits Center, room 1A02-03. The seminar ... |
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Kojava.com Launches Online Gourmet Coffee Marketplace
Kojava.com helps gather a fragmented market of micro coffee roasters to make it simple for coffee lovers to discover some of the best coffees from around the world. In addition to consolidating the micro-roaster market, Kojava also promotes the sale of fair trade, eco-friendly and sustainable coffee. The site makes it simple for coffee roasters to set up an online store, tell their story and sell directly to consumers. In this way, Kojava assists small coffee roasters by giving them greater online exposure at no cost, the company said. By specializing in selling unique and hard-to-find coffees, all under one ... |
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California Gift Show Welcomes New Showrooms, Announces New July Show Events
The California Gift Show (CGS) has added a roster of new and expanded permanent showrooms, and new and returning temporary exhibitors to launch the CGS summer show. "As the U.S. economy begins to improve and as consumer confidence begins to notch upward, the gift industry in the region is responding accordingly," said Jeff Sampson, vice president marketing, L.A. Mart/CGS/L.A. Mart Design Center. "Manufacturers and multi-line rep showrooms who do business here are demonstrating their conviction by signing on the dotted line, that's great news for everyone, especially for the retailers who shop with us." Joining the lineup of showrooms at ... |
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Duane Reade Debuts Up Market Cafe and Foods
Duane Reade is expanding in New York with a new 22,000-square-foot concept in the Financial District, debuting its new Up Market: Chop and Fresh, a gourmet salad bar concept. The 24-hour store, located at 100 Broadway, features an extensive salad bar with a choice of premium greens, artisanal cheeses, 30 additional toppings and an array of dressing options. Other new offerings include Up Market: Cafe, featuring a full-time barista making freshly brewed drinks, including hot and iced coffee as well as specialty brews such as mocha, espresso and cappuccino. Good & Delish, the drug chain's private label food line, will ... |
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The Latest Scoop Ginger Pear Sorbet Wins sofi Outstanding New Product Award
The winners of the 40th sofi Awards for the outstanding specialty foods and beverages of the year were announced at the Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington, D.C., including The Latest Scoop Ginger Pear Sorbet from Cable Car Delights, which won for Outstanding New Product. The awards from the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) were presented at a red-carpet ceremony hosted by Chef José Andrés. A sofi (specialty outstanding food innovation) Award is considered the top honor in the $75 billion specialty food industry. "This year's winners are a true example of the creativity and innovation that ... |
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Gourmet Business to Present Second Annual gia Award
Gourmet Business is proud to have been selected to present the second annual U.S. Internet-based specialty housewares/gourmet e-commerce retailer for the Global Innovators Award (gia). gia is a national and global awards program whose objective is to honor innovative business practices and excellence in housewares retailing and visual merchandising around the globe. Established in 2000, the global program is sponsored by the International Housewares Association (IHA) and the International Home + Housewares Show (IH+HS). Leading housewares publications from around the world are national gia award co-sponsors. Managing Editor Maureen Azzato, along with the Gourmet Business editorial team, will select the ... |
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International Home + Housewares Show Changes 2013 Show Hours
After a successful Saturday opening for the 2012 International Home + Housewares Show, in 2013 the show will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, and run through 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, the International Housewares Association (IHA) announced. "The decision to adjust the hours slightly was made after a full review of all the buyer scan data and listening to all of our customer segments through surveys, exhibitor and retailer advisory groups and one-to-one conversations," said Phil Brandl, president of the IHA. "Lengthening the 2012 Show to a four-day pattern was extremely well-received by our retail customers. Survey ... |
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Coffee Fest 2012 Unveils Best New Products
For the first time ever, Coffee Fest trade show attendees determined the awards for best new products at the event earlier this month in Chicago. In the consumable products category, placing first was Kishr, a beverage made from the dried coffee cherry, cinnamon, ginger and cardamom. Second place was awarded to Fiddleheads Coffee Roasters for Papua New Guinea Peaberry, and Two Degrees Food Bars placed third. The bars come in four flavors - Cherry Almond, Apple Pecan, Chocolate Peanut and Chocolate Banana. In the non-consumables category, Visions Espresso Service's Exotic Wood Tampers won first place. Coming in second was Perka ... |
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Walkers Shortbread's Scottie Dog Cookies and ASPCA Alliance Spikes U.S. Retail Sales
Walkers Shortbread Scottie Dog cookies are resonating with American consumers and expanding the U.K. company's market base here in the United States. While Walkers Shortbread cookies have been solidly popular in the United States, the introduction of the Scottie Dog cookie shape and gift box tins - as well as its alliance with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) - have boosted retail sales and captured the imagination of new and younger customers. Throughout 2012, Walkers Shortbread is donating 10 cents from the sale of every package of its Scottie Dog products sold in the ... |
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Concord Grape Juice Linked to Improved Health
Two new scientific papers recently published in Nutrition Today and the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry suggest that Concord grapes may support healthy circulation to promote cardiovascular and cognitive health in certain populations. Welch's provided support for these studies and said it is committed to supporting independent research on Concord grape juice. The report published by Nutrition Today emphasizes the role grapes and grape products can play in supporting health. In particular, the review authors suggest that red/purple grapes and grape juice can help support a healthy heart. The review concludes that enjoying red/purple grapes and grape juice each ... |
