Choosing A Wine Gift Basket

Gift baskets galore

Gift giving has gone through ametamorphosis of sorts. First came boxes. Presents were wrapped in decorative paper and topped with bows. Then came bags, with tissue paper sticking out the tops of them and a small tag attached to the handle. But this is the age of baskets. Hand-selected assortments

Publication: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)

Gift baskets: a growing category for retailers.

Gift baskets brimming with delectable goodies or unique gift combinations, tied with ribbons, bows and even balloons, are becoming the retailer's panacea for the all-occasion/all-customer gift. A new breed of gift-cum-gift basket retailer is responding to the product's soaring popularity while

Publication: Gifts & Decorative Accessories

Here's how.... (gift baskets)

Look for product that adds excitement or a whimsical touch to a gift basket, suggests designer Camille Anderson of Those Bloomin' Baskets, Redondo Beach, Calif., and author of The Business of Gift Baskets. She started her gift basket business 12 years ago when she gave friends a picnic basket for

Publication: Gifts & Decorative Accessories

Basket ideas abound at gift/gourmet shows. (Gift Basket Sourcing)

Gift and gourmet shows are getting on the earth-friendly wave-length and lots of new products and ideas are emerging -- fodder for gift basket retailers. The fall show in Atlanta had a wide range of environmentally aware and health-oriented products. Gift basket containers F.O. Merz & Co.

Publication: Gifts & Decorative Accessories

Area gift basket businesses full of ideas

Impressing an important client has become significantly easier for those who have already spotted a welcome trend in the Quad-State region: the growing number of gift basket professionals. "At Christmas, I make baskets with specially-ordered salmon and three different kinds of wine for one

Publication: Quad - State Business Journal

Decorative gift basket is your key to originality

If you're anything like me, gift-giving can be quite a daunting experience. I like to find that perfect gift, but what do you get for that hard-to-buy-for person or occasion? I've discovered a gift idea so versatile that it can be used for any occasion and is sure to please everyone on your list.

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

Gifts by the basket

for creative gift-giving Ideas, try one of these baskets It's that wonderful time of year again; time for celebratiing the "dark" part of the year in anticipation of a rebirth in spring. It would be wonderful if we could just relax and enjoy the festivities, but, for most of us, the season to be

Publication: Better Nutrition

Wine Country Gift Baskets Announces Free Shipping on Unprecedented Number of Baskets.

With the announcement of free U.S. shipping on an unprecedented number of select catalog and website gift offerings, Wine Country Gift Baskets brings true value to consumers. In today's economy, where every penny counts, the company continues to demonstrate its unmatched 100% Satisfaction, 100%

Publication: Science Letter

U.S. gift-basket industry brings in $3 billion annually.

By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--When a fancy, cellophane-wrapped gift basket topped with an oversized bow arrives at any workplace -- or better yet, at one's own front door -- who can't wait to peek inside? Maybe you'll find chocolates, a

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Gift basket business booms during holidays

At Remembrance, 80% of the sales happen in the fourth quarter. "Our staff grows from two to seven people in December," says Bobbi Washabaugh, owner of the gift basket business in downtown Chambersburg, Pa. "We are working on top of each other in the store then, and we also have a kiosk in the

Publication: Quad - State Business Journal