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Show Reports

AmericasMart: Atlanta Showrooms Present Can't-Miss Buys

By Leesa
The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market® - Atlanta, Georgia (7/8/09 - 7/15/09)

The Giggle Guide’s Editor and Co-Founder Leesa Valentino attended the recent Gift Show at AmericasMart in Atlanta, Georgia. She discovered so many peachy new products. Many of the showrooms and buyers she met were upbeat and excited about the current buying season. There was a lot more than traditional gifts on display. Since retailers keep hearing that “gifts are still selling strong,” they are seeing more potential in non-traditional gift categories that can be marketed for gift-giving, from apparel and fashion accessories through anything for baby, traditional or collectible. The South was certainly charmin’ buyers with new opportunities. Here’s Part 1 of The Giggle Guide’s hunt for “must-buys” in Atlanta showrooms…

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The Grapevine

Part 2: CMC Gold Rush of Brand-New Riches

By david gaunt

Editorial Director’s Product Picks Here’s Part 2 of what caught my attention on a recent visit to the California Market Center, located in the heart of the garment district in downtown Los Angeles. The 6th floor is the showplace for everything in-fashion for children. Most of the permanent showrooms are members of the Kids on 6 co-op association. As you enter your open-to-buy season, make this a must-see destination. If buyers pick up a few new lines, they can reap a “gold mine” for their stores. You can also learn more about sales reps thru the easy-to-search Guide on The Giggle Guide™. Checking out sales rep showrooms in advance can help you plan your shopping itinerary. Tell them The Giggle Guide™ sent you! And let us know your discoveries!

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Launches

Family Living Simplified: Introducing The Sidekick by Kemby

Posted by Kemby - 7/13/09

All-in-One Hands-Free Diaper Bag & Baby Carrier!

It’s a baby bag. It’s a baby carrier. It’s both the Sidekick, inaugural offering of the Seattle-area company Kemby is the only product of its kind. At first glance, it is a spacious, style-conscious and well-designed diaper bag. But a closer look reveals the components that transform the Sidekick into a hands-free baby carrier – a feat accomplished without sacrificing any of its capacity or functionality as a diaper bag.

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Contact: Kemby
The Grapevine

Worry Woo Monsters Embrace Emotions

By lauren

Confused? Lonely? Insecure? Afraid to try new things? Happens to everyone. Maybe even a child you know! Now there’s Worry Woos, a new book series, with plush companions, to help children embrace many of the emotions that make us human. Monsters show us the way!

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Road To Success

BabyLegs Goes from Baby Steps to International Strides

By lauren

How did diaper rash lead to the creation of BabyLegs? The Giggle Guide’s™ second story in its “Road To Success” series takes a look at Nicole Donnelly as she went from the slopes to the boardroom and gained international recognition for her brand of baby leggings. The award-winning collection of BabyLegs are now popular for babies and tweens. They are as fun and fashionable as they are warm and crazily cozy. Nicole’s success story gives us hope. Who can make their dreams come true with the next great idea?

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The Grapevine

Padalily: It's Got a Handle on Car Seat Comfort!

By lauren

Finally! No more gouging, pinching car seat handle digging into your arm!

Entrepreneurial mom of 3, Lily, had enough and developed the Padalily, a stylish pad for the handle of a carseat. It adds comfort and style to the otherwise plain and uncomfortable handle. Welcome relief for moms that struggle to carry a car seat or infant carrier into stores, restaurants, and doctors’ offices.

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The Green Scene

What's Good for Children? Green is Not Just for Veggies Anymore!

By MFilippelli

A growing concern for many parents and caregivers are the chemicals, such as BPA, that are found in many plastic children’s products. Such chemicals have been found to leech out of the plastics and cause a wide range of health problems when children are exposed to them over long periods of time. In response, there is a fast growing market of new products offering safe alternatives to plastics.

New products, many designed by concerned parents, are being produced to meet a growing demand. The Green Scene presents three companies that make safer new products for both children and our world: Silikids, Kid Konseve and SIGG.

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Ask The Moms

What's most important when purchasing kids' clothes?

By The Giggle Guide

The Giggle Guide™ surveyed 26 mothers, living throughout the United States and Canada, about today’s children’s market and the products they purchase. The third question in our exclusive series asks…

What are the key features you look for when purchasing children’s clothing?

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Blogs

Two Tips for Successful Telephone Networking

By larabryn

I often receive phone calls from people in the kid’s industry. Usually from recruiters, sales managers, entrepreneurs or moms soliciting advice and ostensibly, building their network. These callers speed through the “niceties” portion of the call and, after their lightning-fast self-introduction, I often don’t know the name of who’s calling me, or why they’re calling.

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Retail Reality

Baby Frenzy Caters to Natural Parenting

By The Giggle Guide

Retail Reality celebrates Baby Frenzy, a family-owned retail store in El Toro, Californiam run by Linda and Michal Byerline. The store is the public side of a cloth diapering manufacturer, Happy Heineys, that operates an upstairs manufacturing facility. The combination retailer/supplier educates local parents about the environmental and financial benefits of cloth diapering and other natural parenting methods, and the products available today that help save green in both the pocketbook and the environment! A growing trend has emerged where manufacturers of all sizes are exploring the options of retailing and wholesaling. We were happy to discover Baby Frenzy and Happy Heineys! Who do you know that combines both worlds successfully?

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