Gift Republic's "Adopt It" gift tins line at NY NOW English gift supplier Gift Republic showed additions to the Adopt It segment of its novelty gift tins line at the summer NY NOW home/lifestyle/gift market trade show at New York’s Javits Center. The company’s Adopt a Sloth and Adopt a Llama “gift pack” entries join others including Elephant and Orca Adopt It tins. Using the Adopt a Shark tin as an example, the recipient (in association with the British-owned Sea Life Centres

Alak Vasa with Elements Truffles not chocolate at NY NOW Elements Truffles added a turmeric-infused Drinking Hot Chocolate Mix to its line of artisanal chocolates at last week’s summer NY NOW home/lifestyle/gift market trade show at New York’s Javits Center. The Jersey City-based vegan chocolatier’s new offering is handmade in micro batches from raw, organic and fair trade Peruvian cacao. “I like hot chocolate, but I find that most of it is too sweet and has everything but ch

Morgan Doherty demonstrating Wexel Art's new scarf frame at NY NOW Wexel Art introduced its new scarf frame last week at the summer NY NOW home/lifestyle/gift market trade show at New York’s Javits Center. “We were getting a call a week asking for scarf frames,” said the company’s Morgan Doherty after demonstrating her custom-made, “ready to go” scarf frame’s easy installation. “There’s a trend toward displaying scarves and certain textiles as art.” Wexel Art’s new item, like

The big winners at Monday night’s MTV VMAs (Video Music Awards) were established right away: Ariana Grande and fiance Pete Davidson, who may have received more camera time in reaction shots than even J-Lo. Not that Jennifer Lopez didn’t try during her interminable Video Vanguard Award performance and acceptance speech, but the accumulated constant cutting to Arianidson must have approached J-Lo’s near half-hour, and if it didn’t, just tack on Alex Rodriguez’s second-place rea