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  • Consumer Spending on Discretionary Categories Boosts October Retail Sales

    Nov 15, 2011

    Led by discretionary purchases, October retail sales saw impressive growth across the board, an encouraging sign for retailers as the holiday season gets underway. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), retail sales increased 0.7 percent from September and 4.7 percent over last October. October… Full Story »

  • iParty Corp. Reports Sales for Calendar Month October 2011

    Nov 3, 2011

    iParty Corp., a party goods retailer, reported total company sales of $17.6 million for the calendar month of October 2011, a decrease of 11.1 percent compared to total company sales in calendar October 2010. "On Saturday, October 28th, New England was struck with a freak… Full Story »

  • Ballooniversity Announces 2012 Dates

    Oct 26, 2011

    burton + BURTON has announced that its annual educational event, Ballooniversity, will be held in Athens, Ga., Aug. 22-25. The week-long training event and celebration will coincide with the company's 30th anniversary. "We are so excited to have Ballooniversity back in our hometown, and we… Full Story »

  • Rubie’s Awarded License for “The Walking Dead” Costume Collection

    Oct 26, 2011

    Rubie's Costume Company Inc. has announced its partnership with AMC to produce officially licensed costumes, accessories and masks based on the network's original series, "The Walking Dead." The costumes, masks and accessories inspired by the zombies from the hit series are available in child, teen… Full Story »

  • HPE Costume Style Shows Offer Hot New Looks

    Oct 20, 2011

    The Saturday night Costume Style Show will return to the Halloween & Party Expo (HPE), held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston Jan. 28-31, with even more costumes, as well as impressive new technology and multimedia to present the experience in… Full Story »

  • According to NRF, Zombie, Vampire, Princess Costumes Top Consumers’ Halloween Favorites

    Oct 17, 2011

    According to National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2011 Top Costumes survey, conducted by BIGresearch, more than 2.6 million men, women and children plan to dress as zombies this Halloween. Due to the popularity of the characters in recent books, television shows and video games, zombie costumes… Full Story »

  • Wally’s Party Factory Kicks Off Annual Food Drive

    Oct 6, 2011

    Wally's Party Factory, the nation's largest privately held chain of family-owned independent party supply stores, will be collecting canned and boxed food throughout the month of October to donate to local food banks and charities. Each family will receive a coupon for $5 off $25… Full Story »

  • Eldorado’s New Home Party Catalog Now Available for Download

    Oct 5, 2011

    Eldorado, the award winning Colorado-based distributor of adult toys and novelties, has released its all-new Home Party catalog for 2011-2012. This catalog is full of Eldorado's best-sellers and offers home party planners their own private label catalog with a customizable order form. "We are excited… Full Story »

  • According to NRF, 161 Million People Plan on Celebrating Halloween

    Oct 3, 2011

    According to NRF's 2011 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey conducted by BIGresearch, seven in 10 Americans (68.6 percent) plan to celebrate Halloween, up from 63.8 percent last year and the most in NRF's nine-year survey history. Those celebrating are expected to spend slightly more… Full Story »

  • WBC 2012 Announces Party Design Competition

    Sep 30, 2011

    A new competition is giving balloon artists the chance at a starring role in parties at the World Balloon Convention (WBC), hosted by Pioneer Balloon Co., being held March 21-25 in Dallas. The WBC 2012 Party Design Competition will allow two winning guest designers to… Full Story »

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