Gift and Craft Retailers Find Unique Way to Combat E-Commerce in 2015 2015 has been another interesting year in the gift/craft wholesale market, seeing E-Commerce continue to grow in popularity. Despite the amount of customers utilizing the Internet to do their shopping continuing to increase, brick and mortar stores are continuing to succeed. This can in part be attributed to one-of-a-kind pieces that can’t be sold effectively online. I am fortunate enough to share an office with Lancaster County’s Wholesale Mall, and was able to gain some insight into this trend. Their manager Craig...

Lancaster County Craftsmen’s Co-Op Hosts “Meet Our Friends” Tour The newly founded Lancaster County Craftsmen’s Co-Op is hosting the “Meet Our Friends” on August 24 th & 25 th . The LCCC was established to combine the marketing efforts of craft, gift, and furniture manufacturers with the purpose of exposing these beautiful products to a higher volume of buyers. The Co-Op currently includes Lapp’s Toys, Country Tyme Primitives, Delighted Home, and Beechdale Frames, and they are looking to expand. “Meet Our Friends” tour takes place for two days before the Market Square Wholesale Show,...