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SPECIAL FEATURE: GIFTWARE: BUYERS GUIDE: HOLIDAY UPDATE NY NOW PORTION CONTROL SEE PAGE 9-19 SEE PAGE 20 SEE PAGE 22-23 K ITCHENWARE NEWS H o u s e w, a r e s R e v i e w S E RV I N G K I T C H E N WA R E VOL UME 1 9, N UMBER 8 H O U S E WA R E S A N D TA B L E T O P M A R K E T S Popular Holiday Products Aren't Always Holiday Themed BY ANA VENNE With the holiday season looming ever closer, retailers are beginning to think about how to prepare their stores for the rush of consumers it will bring. While big box stores may start putting out their Christmas displays and merchandise as early as the day after Halloween, this does not always appeal to everyone. "I've found that a lot of our customers don't like that Christmas has overshadowed Thanksgiving so much in A U G UST 2013 other stores," says Allen Eppley, Vice President of Colorado Springs-based Sparrow Hawk Cookware. "We wait until after Thanksgiving to start with our Christmas displays. I think our customers respond well to this." Gretchen's Kitchen, based in Mt. Vernon, Wash. on the other hand, starts putting out stocking-stuffer type items towards mid to late October. "Over the last several RETAILER PROFILE ...........................7 Continued on Page 10 NY NOW Introduces "Made in USA" Logos Two new designer-commissioned logos have been introduced to identify and to promote American-made products during the summer 2013 edition of NY NOW®, the Market for Home & Lifestyle (formerly NYIGF®), August 17-21, in New York City. Separate "Made in the USA" and "Handmade in the USA" logos will be included on booth signage and called-out in directory listings for some 450 NY NOW exhibitors who identify themselves as having American-made products. conscience-based purchase decisions, and are seeking out the 'Made in the USA' label," said Christian Falkenberg, NY NOW Director and GLM Senior Vice President. "Across all four NY NOW collections, there are hundreds of these resources, and these logos will make these products even easier for buyers to find." "Increasingly, consumers are making Continued on Page 22 To develop the new logos, NY NOW partnered with Red Clay, a collaborative product design studio, to commission Nibblins Celebrates a Decade of Making Great Culinary Experiences BY LORRIE BAUMANN Susan Dolinar's Nibblins store is located in rural Winchester, Va., about 70 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Nestled in the Shenandoah Valley near the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is where Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania come together. The town of about 25,000 people is home to commuters who work in Washington as well as people who both live and work locally. The town sees frequent visits from tourists who stop by during their tours of nearby Civil War PRODUCT REVIEW..........................8 GIFTWARE ....................................22 battlefields as well as college students from Shenandoah University and people from surrounding rural areas who prefer to shop in the smaller city as opposed to the Washington metroplex. "We're in sort of a rural area, so we draw people from an hour away," says Owner Susan Dolinar. Nibblins, located in the Rutherford Continued on Page 7 SMALL ELECTRICS.........................21 w w w . k i t c h e n w a r e n e w s . c o m