So Many Dolls to Love
05/04/2021 Pattycake Doll Company (BestDollsForKids.com) is an online store only, and its owners, Peter and Addie Laudin, are typical independent retailers. by Tina Manzer…
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Good Things Happen If You Play Your Cards Right
02/15/2021 A twist on tradition saved two retailers from getting lost in the shuffle by Sandy Ruben “How can I help somebody today?” Asking…
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Sir Troy: King of Toys
11/19/20 by Tina Manzer Troy Cefaratti just opened his second toy store; his second 9,000-square-foot toy store. They’re both in Ohio – the original…
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Grayce Notes
11/19/20 by Tina Manzer Touch of Grayce in Geneseo, New York, is celebrating 25 years in business. The store has occupied the same 2,000-square-foot…
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Survivors of the Stay-At-Home Summer 3 Toy Store Stories
09/10/2020 by Tina Manzer 1. “I think fourth quarter will be bonkers – we need to prepare now for the onslaught,” commented Sarah Evers,…
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A Place in the Sun
04/14/2020 by Claire Sykes Out on a Whimsey Toys in Belfast, Maine, operates in an ornate 100-plus-year-old building on a busy downtown street corner. …
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The Merchant of Venice
02/07/2020 by Claire Sykes Venice, Florida, was aptly named for the floating city in northern Italy’s Veneto region. The two are similar in that…
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Holiday Magic at G. WILLIKERS
11/12/2019 Story by Claire Sykes, photos courtesy the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce Each year during the holidays, the curtain rises on the delightful…
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VIDLER’S Shopping Fun for Everyone
10/08/2019 by Claire Sykes It’s billed as the largest independent variety store in the world. From candles and kitchenware to candy and kitsch, tens…
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Customer Needs Drive Disruption and Innovation
08/09/2019 Conventional wisdom says that technology is propelling the disruption roiling the markets, but business expert Suman Sarkar says this belief is dead wrong….
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