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I think the sun is starting to shine just a wee bit on our Claire Burke availability issues. This morning I spoke with Tania to check on a few items. Here is what she tells me is now enroute to Freshbet:
* Apple Jack & Peel Simmering Oil
* Original Reed Diffusers
* Original Vapourri singles
Most of our [...]

I hope I won’t jinx things by letting you know that Tania, our Claire Burke Rep, now tells me they have finally received our Original Warmer Refills at the new Canadian Warehouse today. If we had not had so many broken promises about these, I would be jumping up and down!
Tania tells me they have [...]

I have long known of Aromatique and remember admiring it nearly 10 years ago when I started this business. Aromatique has always stood firm that they only allow brick & mortar gift shops to retail their beautiful products. For this reason, we were never eligible before to offer this fine product line.
This month, while [...]

The Claire Burke inventory situation seems to be slowly improving. Currently we are awaiting our first shipment from their new Canadian warehouse which seems to be taking forever to arrive!
These items are already enroute to us:
Apple Jack Warmer Refills, Reed Diffusers, Hand Soap, Tin Candles & Potpourri
Vitabath Gelee Gallons – all scents
Festive Simmer Oil Samplers
Original [...]

We only recently added the Caswell-Massey line and it has been quite well received. Their men’s lines are wonderful so we thought we should expand the ladies bath & body offering.
Our 2 new scents are: Almond & Aloe and English Lavender. Caswell-Massey tells me these are their top selling ladies scents. Deb has already [...]

Those of you who are long time Claire Burke afficionados will remember that we usually have the Original and Apple Jack Vapourri 2-packs in early January every year. Last Fall I started asking Claire Burke if these would return. I was delighted to hear they would offer these again, but a bit disappointed that it [...]

Chocolate candles and home fragrances have been growing in popularity over the past few years. Typically I am reserved about adding new trends that I am not sure will be long-term. However, I continue to see more and more chocolate items, so I thought we better get on board.Sonoma Lavender is a lovely company out [...]

This is just a quick post to bring you up to date on some of the recent personnel changes at Freshbet. Leia was with us for nearly 2 years and we absolutely adored her. Sadly, she has had to move on to greener pastures to insure her future financial success.
Deb who started with us around [...]

WOW, Wade & I had a hectic trip to Atlanta for 2 days to attend the huge January Gift Show to order new merchandise for Spring. Needless to say we were exhausted by the time we left. Here is a brief recap of what we have planned for Spring/Summer 2008:
* New WoodWick candles and Reed [...]

Well, it’s been a long haul with Claire Burke since last July when their parent company went belly up. This is such a wonderful old brand that many of us hate to hear about these kind of problems. Last week I attended the Gift Show in Atlanta and was pleased to meet the new management: [...]