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Made in the USA: It Matters!

January 20, 2012

An elevator door (at left) at Atlanta’s big Americasmart January 2012 gift show said a lot about just how important “Made in America” is becoming. This year the show opened up with a dedicated section of made in America products. There was a surprising array of high-quality gifts and apparel represented there, and the aisles [...]

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Spring Packaging Made in the USA

January 6, 2012

Spring has sprung at Nashville Wraps, and we have 5 new Green Way® paper shopping bag designs all made here in the USA. You can see all our Spring Collections online or request our Spring 2012 Catalog.

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Where are you, Christmas?

December 20, 2011

Watching the movie “How the Grinch stole Christmas”, I was reminded of how many Christmases past could be summed up in the lyrics of the song sung by Faith Hill: “Where are you Christmas, why can’t I find you?” With all the issues and challenges we face in our fast-paced lives, due in varying degrees [...]

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Christmas – Made in America

December 8, 2011

It has been said that if our $465 billion dollar holiday spending spree was spent on goods made in the USA, it would create 4.6 million jobs or about 1 job per each $100,000 of sales. As of last week (December 2nd, 2011) the number of unemployed Americas (being counted) was 13.3 million or 8.6%. [...]

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A Yuan for American Jobs

October 21, 2011

Regardless of our politics, we all have a yen for more American jobs (I couldn’t resist the pun). That is really what the bi-partisan China Currency Bill could help accomplish. For those of you who have been reading my posts you know that they promote more American products and manufacturing, but we have lots of [...]

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Why American Made is Hard to Find

September 23, 2011

Currently, the president of the United States is on a quest to seek out solutions for American jobs. While I admit I have not personally reviewed the plan, I can speak to what most small and medium business owners believe to be a solid plan for job restoration in the USA. It’s simple, right? Just [...]

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Gracie Greene is One Recycled Doll!

July 22, 2011

After attending countless birthday parties for her children’s friends and shopping for the “perfect gift”, Catherine Zahn realized the gift should be fun and have a meaningful impact on children. That is when her idea of making dolls from recycled products and the concept of Gracie Greene™ was born, along with her company Trashion Dolls.

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Favor Packaging. Good Ideas, Small Packages.

June 13, 2011

Everyone loves a little keepsake; it’s why we give favors at weddings, parties and other celebrations. We have customers who make their living creating event favors. Here are some of their ideas and a few of my own.

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Your world can change in 30 seconds or less.

June 6, 2011

Life is precious, and friends and family are irreplaceable. But life and business goes on. Or does it? What would we do after surviving such a disaster?

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Social Networking is Forcing Businesses to Step it Up

May 31, 2011

In today’s world of social networking and product reviews, businesses are being publicly held accountable more than ever. This is exactly what happened recently to Macy’s. It seems 48% of their customer complaints were focused on interactions with sales associates. This poor reputation for bad service was vocalized on social networking sites that enable customers [...]

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