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JUNE/JULY 2009
Table of Contents
Commentary
News Briefs
Trade Show News
Silver Dollar City
INDUSTRY
Industry Alerts
Show Calendar
NEWSLETTER
2009
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Consumers Plan to Come out of Hiding for 4th of July, According to NRF
ashington, June 22, 2009 – Even in the midst of an economic downturn, Americans plan to show their patriotism and are making big plans for July 4. According to the National Retail Federation’s 2009 Independence Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, more people will celebrate the July 4 holiday this year than last year. With the holiday falling on a Saturday, many Americans are planning a memorable celebration: 62.6 percent—or 144 million people— will host or attend a cookout, barbecue or picnic, compared to 61.2 percent (139 million people) in 2008.
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umor has it
that granny
came to
Silver Dollar City in
1827 to get supplies
from the general store. Outraged that
she had to wait a month for a wagon
train to get them there from out east
and the cost of things like lye soap
because of it, she decided then and
there to make it herself. She joined
other locals, and set up shop to sell
homemade wares at Silver Dollar City.
That is the story posted outside of
Granny’s Lye Soap specialty shop in
Branson, Mo., Silver Dollar City
(SDC) and don’t you believe a word of
it. The true story is that SDC is a replicated
old time mining town-themed
amusement park built in the 1960s at
the mouth of Marvel Cave to entertain
waiting spelunkers for the day.
And Granny’s real name is Martha,
who grew up in Ozark Mountain
country and made the soap with her
grandmother and great-grandmother. After living in
California for a time she and her husband returned to the
region, and she really does demonstrate daily at SDC how
she makes a mild modern day soap, in some 13 scented varieties.
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urora World Inc., recently
announced that the My
Magical Castle toy from
the Baby Talk line has been crowned
with a 2009 National Parenting
Center award. The toy has also won
numerous additional honors.
n keeping with the spirit
of Calypso Studios
S.H.O.P. Totes ™ (Start
Helping Our Planet), the
company recently launched
its first annual Earth Day
Event and donated $10,000
worth of its S.H.O.P. Totes™ as part of its efforts.
