Factory Closeout Store

For the first time in our 30+ year history, we are opening our doors to the public, selling some of our closeout ornamets at up to 50% discounts. The store opens this weekend, Saturday October 30, and will be open every weekend from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through December 19th.

Featured are just two of the ornaments we are selling, but we have hundreds of designs including: Baby's First Christmas ornaments, Our First Christmas ornaments, Teacher ornaments, photo ornaments, angel ornaments in bronze, genuine pewter, champagne gold and silvertone. All of them made in Rhode Island. Some of the items retail for less than $1.

If you happen to be in the New England area or are planning a trip here for the holidays, we would be delighted to see you. You can print out the coupon below and bring it with you for a free candy cane ornament.

Gift with Purchase

This fall we partnered with CVS to create a gift with purchase program for their beauty department. A colleague of ours recently forwarded us an article about the program from Women's Wear Daily, a leading fashion, beauty and retail publication.

In the article, Cheryl Mahoney, vice president of beauty for CVS said, "We spent a lot of time thinking about the fall event, and did some consumer research to tell us what customers wanted. We found that she would respond to a gift-with-purchase."

The charms (star and lipstick featured below) were offered free to customers who spent $15 or more on beauty products.

Readers, do you agree? Does a gift-with-purchase entice you to buy or are you more driven by discounts such as buy-one, get-one free?