Gift basket news arrived in my Email overnight. The first one is very important to share with you.

Wine.com just announced that it’s recalling some gift baskets because of certain products that may include contaminated peanut butter. The products in question are made by Torn Ranch.

Read the article here to learn which specific items are on the recall list. Then check your inventory for similar products. Either discard them or call the supplier from which they were purchased for credit.

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A Florida-based gift basket retailer has decided to close her business. After five years, she cites the economy as the culprit.

“We rely on corporate gift basket clients and so many businesses are down themselves, so they were not able to do — or they had scaled back — for their clients this year.”

You can read her story here.

Earlier this week, I talked about business building tactics but certainly understand that not everyone will thrive. I wish this retailer the best in her next venture.

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On a positive note, a gift basket retailer based in Maine has purchased another gift basket enterprise and is merging it with her own. This quick-to-read story is found here.

Maine is a beautiful state, brutally cold in the winter, but gorgeous and friendly. I wish this retailer a mountain of success.

The recall article is from an online source, but the other two were found in newspapers, proving that publications are interested in all types of gift basket news. What newsworthy story about your business are you preparing to submit to your local paper? See this article for ideas.

Shirley George Frazier

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