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Silly bands create fashion stir with Cleveland kids

Cleveland, Ohio -- Victor Alfieri's wardrobe now includes ducks, turtles and pigs -- making him like thousands of other children across the country.

The six-year-old is one of a growing number of local children who have been begging their parents for brightly-colored silly bands. The rubber-band-like bracelets sell out across the country. The trend is catching on in Northeast Ohio. Read more...

Silly Bandz all the rage with Morris schoolchildren

Joseph McMahon's two young children came home one day wanting the same toy so many of their friends had.

Fortunately, it wasn't some expensive gadget, like a video game or an iPod.

Rather, it was a packet of colorful rubber bands shaped to look like dinosaurs, sea creatures, crowns, cowboy hats, a wide variety of animals and many other shapes. Read more...

Three Merchants Beat the Recession by Selling to Kids

Michael Rosenberg, 58; Burhan Okuyan, 52; and Yosef Shimron, 52, all veteran shopkeepers on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, don't know one another. Mr. Rosenberg is in clothing; Mr. Okuyan, art framing; Mr. Shimron, computer services. Yet all three, on their own, figured out the same thing. And that discovery has helped them survive the Great Recession when so many shops around them have closed: adults who stop spending on themselves in bad times will still spend on children. Read more...

LittleMissMatched to open children's retail store

New York — LittleMissMatched, the children’s gift, apparel and home accessories company that grew from the idea of selling socks in odd numbers that don't match, is opening a store in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The company partnered with IT’SUGAR, a candy store, to create a destination where “fashion fuses with fun.” Read more...

Jersey Shore Girl Scouts Cookie Booth Sales Now underway

Ocean County - If you're one of the thousands who ordered Girl Scout cookies in January, the wait is over! Cookie deliveries began the first week of March. If you didn't order, or if you want even more Girl Scout cookie greatness, you're in luck. Girl Scouts will be selling cookies at booth locations throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties through the end of April. Read more...

Kids Idol Music: 'Cyber Monday'/Beachwood Place online kiosk deals

Beachwood -- It's not often that you can get deals online and in your own back yard as well but Cleveland-based Kids Idol Music, an Internet-based retailer for personalized music CD albums and personalized videos for children, is doing just that.

During the entire holiday season, you can even visit Kids Idol Music in person at Beachwood Place mall. Read more...

Zoey's World offers makeovers for children

Lakeya Williams knows how to make girls and boys look good.

From her perch in Pierre Bossier Mall, Williams works at Zoey's World, a new store that provides makeovers for young kids. Most who utilize the store's services are wanting to get either a princess look or the look of a rock star.

"We get all sorts of girls and even some as old as in their 20s," Williams said. Read more...

Children's theater group brings act to mall space

After sitting empty for more than eight months, the Columbia Mall leasehold that last housed Garfield's Restaurant and Pub is getting a new tenant.

TRYPS - Theater Reaching Young People in Schools - signed a deal Thursday to occupy the 5,361-square-foot space near Target that has been empty since Garfield's closed in June. Read more...

New business spotlight on Stuffing Factory, Inc.

Al "Mo" Marzouqi opened the Stuffing Factory as a kiosk in November 2006, but eventually moved to an area with its own storefront, near JC Penneys at the Lycoming Mall.

The store lets people "stuff" their own animals with a machine, make a wish on a heart, place it in the bear and then choose an outfit to dress the stuffed animal. Read more...

Kids' commissioner calls for ban on Mosquito, ultrasonic anti-teen device

The creators of a pioneering device that uses high-frequency sound to stop teenagers congregating outside shops, schools and railway stations reacted angrily today to news that the government-appointed Children's Commissioner wants to see it banned. Read more...