Mighty Bright Showcases Brilliant Line of LED Lights at 2012 NSSSanta Barbara, CA – May 15, 2012 – Mighty Bright, designer and manufacturer of innovative LED lights, will showcase new additions to their line of eco-friendly LED lights at the National Stationery Show, May 20-23, 2012. Mighty Bright will exhibit its newest products in booth #1105 at the Javits Center in New York City.
05/15/2012
Kata Golda Launches New Product Line, Returns to National Stationery ShowFollowing a five-year respite from trade and gift shows, Kata Golda returns to the National Stationery Show in 2012 with a new product line and expanded offerings. Kata Golda founder Alison Kaplan will be on hand at the New York event May 20-23 to display the iconic dolls and photograph albums she has been known for in the last decade, in addition to freshly launched DIY kits, letterpress-printed cards, interactive play mats and a line of accessories geared toward design-minded adults.
05/15/2012
Green Banana Greetings Debuts Unique New Pop-Up Card ProductsGreen Banana Greetings, a new, innovative company full of outrageously clever and colorful pop-up greeting cards, gift card holders, announcements, invitations and more, will showcase its product lines at the National Stationery Show in New York City from May 20-24, 2012 in booth 1934. This is the company's first time exhibiting at the National Stationery Show. The show has not even begun, yet they’ve been recognized and were named finalists for Product Innovation under $5.00 in the 2012 LOUIE awards, which are called the Academy Awards of the greeting card industry. They are awarded once a year by a panel of industry experts, including retailers, manufacturers, and the media. They are also finalists in the National Stationery Show’s Best New Products Competition in the Paper Style category. Both are significant achievements for a company who’s exhibiting for the first time.
05/14/2012
Entrepreneur Designs Seez-it® Labels to Organize Handbags
and Diaper BagsNEW YORK, NY – Entrepreneur introduces all new handbag organizer system that is the first of its kind. Addicks Enterprises LLC is bringing its Seez-it Labels that are designed to help women find a particular item in their purse in a small amount of time. The labels are sold in a kit that helps keep handbags and diaper bags organized.
05/14/2012
Sky of Blue Cards Adds 30 New Seasonal Cards to LineMENLO PARK, CA – Current LOUIE Awards finalist, Sky of Blue Cards, proudly announces the release of 30 new seasonal cards in the categories of Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Graduation, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, and Valentine’s Day. All of these spring & winter holiday cards are letterpress or conventional printed on 100% cotton paper. They come with colorful matching envelopes and are sold as single cards in cellophane sleeves. These new cards will be launched into the market at the National Stationery Show at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, May 20-23.
05/13/2012
TalkingTag.com Announces Commercial Availability of Unique Voice Recordable Printed Greeting CardsRESTON, VA — May 11, 2012 —TalkingTag.com announces the commercial availability of voice recordable greeting card - Branded as Hear it is … Cards. These greeting cards have an embedded TalkingTag™ Message Label, whereby users simply scan the tag and record a voice message using the TalkingTag™ App on a smartphone device. The recipients can hear the message just by scanning the Tag with their Smartphone. The voice recording is stored for the life of the greeting cards, using state of the art content management servers hosted on a worldwide network.
05/11/2012
The Pampered Pixel Brings Photo Books from the Web to Retailers at NSSCharlotte, NC – The Pampered Pixel, a custom photo book design firm, today announced that with its debut at The National Stationery Show (NSS), it will be taking photo books from the Web, to bricks and mortar stationery retailers beyond its North Carolina footprint.
05/10/2012
SKY OF BLUE CARDS ADDS 16 NEW EVERYDAY CARDS TO ITS LINE! MENLO PARK, CA - Current LOUIE Awards finalist, Sky of Blue Cards, proudly announces the release of 16 new everyday cards in the categories of Birthday, Encouragement, Sympathy, Friendship, Congratulations, Wedding, and Anniversary. These cards will be part of a large launch of new cards at the National Stationery Show at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, May 20-23.
05/08/2012
SKY OF BLUE CARDS’ DESIGNER COLLABORATES WITH 11-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO CREATE NEW CONCRETE POEM NOTE CARD COLLECTIONMENLO PARK, CA, Current LOUIE Awards finalist, Sky of Blue Cards, is thrilled to announce the release of a new collection of note cards, the result of a beautiful collaboration between Company Principal and Designer, Karla Ebrahimi and her 11-year old daughter Nathalie Camens. These cards will debut at the National Stationery Show at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, May 20-23.
05/08/2012
Page Stationary Launches New Digitally Printed CollectionRichmond, VA. – Page Stationery is set to release a new Indigo printed (digital), custom line to retailers at the National Stationery Show in May. The line, called “Duet”, is made up of seven custom collections, a total of 185 designs that are digitally, duplex printed on a high quality stock.
05/01/2012
National Stationery Show Exhibitor Amy Ruth Designs Launches 2012 CollectionNew Canaan, CT – Amy Ruth Designs will launch the 2012 collection of 29 fresh patterns at the 2012 National Stationery Show (NSS) in New York City. Expanding beyond the collections’ core business of stationery suites, Amy Ruth Designs incorporated the new designs into custom invitations and imprintable paper goods, as well as a range of accessories such as iPhone and Blackberry cases, bookmarks and placemats.
04/24/2012
Greeting Cards are By Far the Most Common Purchase for Mother's Day, According to NRF 2012 Mother's Day Consumer Spending SurveyWashington, April 24, 2012 – Riding the coattails of a spring where they spent freely on everything from garden supplies and home décor to colorful fashions, consumers will stretch their dollars a little further this Mother’s Day to make sure mom has the perfect day. According to NRF’s 2012 Mother’s Day consumer spending survey conducted by BIGinsight, the average person celebrating the holiday is expected to spend $152.52 on gifts, up from $140.73 last year. Total spending is expected to reach $18.6 billion.*
04/24/2012
JAKE & META Men’s Line Letterpress Flats Launching at the 2012 National Stationery ShowCARRBORO, NC – JAKE & META, LLC, an artist-run stationery and paper notions business, today announced that it will launch its first letterpress line of stationery flats at the National Stationery Show (Booth 2146) taking place at the Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY, May 20-23, 2012.
04/22/2012
JAKE & META Imprintable Invitations Launching at the 2012 National Stationery ShowCARRBORO, NC – JAKE & META, LLC, an artist-run stationery and paper notions business, today announced that it will launch its first line of imprintable invitations at the National Stationery Show (Booth 2146) taking place at the Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY, May 20-23, 2012.
04/22/2012
Post Offices Face Hurdles in Efforts to DiversifyBy Ron Nixon
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Well before online bill paying was popular, the Postal Service in 2000 began operating a secure system that would have allowed it to remain the primary conduit for most Americans’ monthly payments. But the Internet industry objected, and Congress successfully pressured the Postal Service to abandon it.
04/21/2012
3rd Annual Trendys Award Winners AnnouncedStationery Trends magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Stationery Trends Awards, “The Trendys.” There were more than 200 entries submitted in the six categories, and more than 80 companies that participated. Industry professionals were invited to vote in the two rounds of voting — Round One narrowed down the entrants to the top 10 finalists in each category, and Round Two voting was to select a winner in each of the six categories. The categories were: Baby, Bridal, Green, Greeting Card, Holiday and Office.
04/13/2012
Artist Daryl Slaton Turns “Whimsies” into a Digital AppAsheville, NC artist Daryl Slaton has brought his Wispenwood Whimsies to Interactive Touch Books, a new app for iPhone and iPad. Kids 4-12 who intuitively “get” the technology can download the FREE Interactive Touch Books app that brings books to life. Parents who buy these low-cost book apps (Wispenwood Whimsies is only $2.99) provide kids a narrated story or let them read (and learn) the story along with their kids. Parents and grandparents can also record their voices to the story.
03/26/2012
Brooklyn Wholesaler Starts from Scratch After Losing it All in FireBROOKLYN, NY — Sandra Dalmazio will never forget the morning of March 7, 2012. She lost everything-records, merchandise, samples, orders and more-inside her Brooklyn, NY shop, Dalmazio Gifts. First opened in 1980 by her parents, the gift wholesaler offered up everything from wall décor, book cases and lighting to paper goods, glassware, linens, apparel, crystal and house wares and more for weddings and other special events. All of this disappeared following a four-alarm fire, believed to have started by outlets around the store's main work station.
03/26/2012
Industries Fear the Ripple Effects of Proposed Postal Service CutsBy Ron Nixon
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Wine wholesalers and amateur beer makers want Congress to repeal a law that makes it illegal to ship alcohol by mail. Giant insurers like Aegon of the Netherlands want to make sure that the United States Postal Service stays out of the insurance business. And medical supply companies like Medco oppose the post office’s plans to cut Saturday delivery, saying the move would delay medicines and could add to the cost of mail-order drugs.
03/25/2012