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The Owner’s Guide: The Art of Appreciation

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There is a fine line to continually practice what you share with others, including your appreciation of their assistance behind the scenes in making your store a success. Local Artists. Your local community is filled with artisans that travel to your store to showcase their artwork, sculptures, jewelry, soaps or other handmade items.

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Is Art Nouveau making a comeback? Here’s a design guide, just in case…

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An iconic movement that combined luxurious lines and organic forms at the turn of the 20th Century. Not limited to dazzling storefronts, Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that flourished in Paris in the 1890s , touching everything from architecture and design to the decorative and fine arts. It’s all about long, organic lines.

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A play between art, craft and design with Atelier Kaja Dahl

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Escaping into the woods to build huts, standing in line to enter the kindergarten wood workshop, setting up my worktable in my mother’s jewelry atelier and spending summers in my aunt’s ceramic workshop. “ ARV, a crafted jewelry collection that combines silver and stone – Images Courtesy of Kaja Dahl.

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Handmade Shopping

Retailing Insight

Consumers are drawn toward handmade products for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the desire to obtain something unique that did not come off an assembly line. His company also supports community projects, such as running literacy programs for women artists and eye check-up camps where free glasses are distributed.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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In 1913, the windows at Marshall Field’s in Chicago displayed a line of merchandise inspired by Japanese culture and tradition. The Merchants Record and Show Window wrote: “The soft, hazy tones and vague lines, with the faint, snow-capped Fujiyama in the distance, gave wonderful perspective to the whole setting.” Marquand and F.