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Volume 17, Number 2
April 2010

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New Venue for WTHRA
The annual West Coast trade show presented by reps moves from Pomona to the Long Beach Convention Center
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Play Sets – Pretty Much Perfect
Thanks to a variety of price points and sizes, a wide range of realistic and fantasy themes, and many choices for boys and girls, play sets fit the bill as the perfect gift
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Effective Messages, Creatively Delivered
Pufferbellies Toy Store’s quirky products, clever employees and in-store created YouTube videos keep customers of all ages coming in for more
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The 55th Museum Store Expo
Displays of unique, high-end and educational products characterize the annual MSA show in Austin this April
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Retailers Recommend 10 Fabulous Products

The New Product Showcase
Our advertisers present a sampling of the best new products available in the industry


Columns

wordplay
Stealing Time
by Kevin Fahy
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Trend Spotting
What We Saw at the Show
by Lisa Orman

Endcap
Spin Your Stories Into Gold
by Cathy Donovan Wagner


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Economic recovery status from Financial Fitness, ways to keep frontline employees informed, the state of small business credit, and more

Industry News
Hobbico acquires Estes, Reeves distributes Tolo, Learning Express holds convention and more
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wordplay
by Kevin Fahy

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Stealing Time

In a 1937 cartoon for The New Yorker magazine, James Thurber skewered wine lovers and critics in his usual pitch-perfect voice. It showed the host of a dinner party saying to his guests, “It’s a naive domestic burgundy with no breeding, but I think you’ll be amused by its presumption.”

One of our magazines actually includes some wine reviews from time to time, and I always hear Thurber whenever I read about a wine that has a “flinty nose,” leading to an “elegant structure” with a “layered, spicy, petulant depth,” plus a “hint of mango” and “pear notes.” Petulant? Really?
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