Monday, November 30, 2009

Boutique Cafe Launches New Mom Entrepreneur Feature

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 30, 2009 – From the very beginning Boutique Café’s passion has been supporting mom entrepreneurs (“mompreneurs”) and women in business. For over five years the website’s podcast interviews, fashion show spotlights, product reviews and various forms of advertising have given added attention to women business owners.
Daria Muirhead, Boutique Café’s owner and podcast hostess, is all about helping these women fulfill their dreams. In another effort to do so she recently launched Mompreneur Corner, a new feature on Boutique Café that will showcase featured articles by and for incredible business women. The weekly articles will cover a wide range of topics, from the importance of branding your business to better balancing family and business. Mompreneur Corner will offer readers specific how-to’s from expert panelists in areas such as fabric design, product placement, advertising, stress management, mothering from behind a desk and zeroing in on your passion.
“I have put together a wonderfully talented group of women for our Mompreneur Corner feature. They will quickly become an integral and ongoing part of Boutique Café and I am excited to share their talents and expertise with our audience,” said Daria.
In addition to the new Mompreneur section on Boutique Café, the site is currently showcasing its 2009 Boutique Cafe Holiday Gift Guide. The gift guide is packed full of discount codes, free shipping offers and other special promotions. This is fourth installment of the website’s popular holiday shopping guide and is a tremendous draw for readers and advertisers alike (many of whom happen to be work-at-home moms and mompreneurs).
Whether you’re interest is family or business (or holiday shopping), you can find what you’re looking for on Boutique Café.
About Boutique Café
Boutique Café is the world’s first boutique podcast. The site’s weekly shows highlight topics of interest to fashion savvy moms around the world. Whether readers are looking for a new muse, the latest in fashion for children, reviews on must-have products or tips and tricks for women business owners, Boutique Café can help. Besides producing a highly portable and downloadable radio show, the site also supports a community forum of buyers, designers, moms and professionals. Boutique Café has experienced great success in its first five years of operation and has gained thousands of subscribers to the show as well as thousands of visitors to the site each day. Visit BoutiqueCafe.com for more information.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Buy Kids Toys Online and Send Kids Gifts to India through sendgifts2india.com to your kids

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 28, 2009 – How many times have our grandparents narrated stories of their childhood and the kind of fun they had with those days toys and games and friends? How many times have we told our kids about our childhood and how naughty we were? Do you have your childhood dolls and toys kept safely so that even your kids can enjoy playing with them? All this might make you feel nostalgic about your childhood days and your toys. This is because as kids everyone loves their toys more than anything and they treasure them for the rest of their lives.
We learn many things while playing. The knowledge which we gain in our childhood is what we carry for the rest of our life. This the reason why parents should be very careful while choosing toys and games for their kids. Also, toys differ for different age group. Like we keep buying new clothes as our kids grow up to fit them we also need to keep buying our kids according to their age.
A kid’s store is a place where you will find everything you need for your kids. Apparels, toys, educational games, baby care products and so on. There are online kid’s stores as well to shop from if there is not enough time for you to shop from real stores. These online shopping sites are helpful in a way as one can browse and do research on the kind of toys suitable for your kids in their growing days.
Also it is always better to take out time for your kids and play along with them. It helps in building a good and healthy relationship with your kids. And its always better to have parent around the kids rather than care takers as the love which a kid wants from its parents cannot be given by the care takers. If you are a father who is staying abroad with family and kids in India, then this part must be impossible for you to enjoy. But then you can in some way contribute to your kids happiness. As kids we always were excited about the kids our dads used to get for us. More than our mothers we used to wait to see what daddy has bought for us. So send your kids toys online and don let them down on expecting anything from you.
Indian online shopping sites have a kids store section which lists all the items related to kids. But kids toys online and send toys gifts to India to your kids and keep your long distance relationship strong as ever. You can find activity sets, books, dolls, gift hampers for kids and so on.
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Celebration of Christmas in Switzerland....!

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 28, 2009 – A tinkling of a silver bell heralds the arrival of Christkindli - a white clad angel, with a face veil held in place by a jeweled crown. The tree candles are lit as she enters each house and hands out presents from the basket held by her child helpers.
The week before Christmas, children dress up and visit homes with small gifts. Bell ringing has become a tradition, and each village competes with the next when calling people to midnight mass. After the service, families gather to share huge homemade dough nuts called 'ringli' and hot chocolate.
In Switzerland, the Chlausjagen Festival or Feast of St. Nicholas is celebrated at dusk on 6 December with a procession of "lifeltrager' wearing gigantic illuminated lanterns in the shape of a Bishop's miter on their heads.
The Swiss wait for the Christ child called Christkindli, to arrive with gifts for all in his reindeer-drawn sleigh.
In Switzerland, during the holiday season the Star Singers or Stern singers dressed as the Three Kings parade through the streets of cities and towns singing Christmas songs.
In Zürich, Santa visits in a special fairytale tram and gives the children a ride through the city, singing songs with them and sharing a basket full of sweets.

Celebration of Christmas in Greece....!

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 28, 2009 – On Christmas Eve, children, especially boys, often go out Carol singing in the streets. They play drums and triangles as they sing. Sometimes the will also carry model boats decorated with nuts painted gold. Carrying a boat is a very old custom in the Greek Islands.
If the children sing well, they might be given money or nuts,gift, sweets and dried figs to eat.
Going to a Midnight Mass Service is very important for most Greeks. After the service people can go home and end their Advent fast.In Greek Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Kala Christougenna'.
People in Greece also celebrate Epiphany on the 6th January. Children get their presents either on the 1st January or on Epiphany. 1st January, New Years Day, is St Vasili's Day who is also known as St Basil the Great.

Friday, November 27, 2009

LifeStyles Furniture to Offer Ekornes Stressless Recliner Holiday Donation Promotion

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 27, 2009 – LifeStyles Furniture in Moline, IL is teaming up with their charity this holiday season to raise donations for area food pantries supported by Churches United of the Quad Cities. Donate $50 to Churches United through LifeStyles Furniture this holiday season and receive $200 off your Stressless® recliner purchase from November 27th through January 18th. LifeStyles Furniture is proud to work with their charity this year to help raise money in support of their Hunger Ministry through donations made in the store on Stressless® recliner purchases.
Churches United of the Quad Cities represents over twenty Christian faith traditions in the Quad Cities area which includes churches in both Iowa and Illinois. Founded in 1961 one of their most important community contributions has been in creating and managing a Hunger Ministry which reaches out to those less fortunate by providing food pantries and meal sites to help both individuals and families with getting food and meals who would otherwise go without. Meal sites offer meals to the public Monday through Saturday. Dinner is served 6 p.m to 6:30 p.m.
These pantries and food sites are supported by over 100 area churches and other organizations as well as hundreds of individuals who help contribute money and food to these services. Scores of volunteers also help to operate these sites that are found throughout Rock Island and Scott Counties and coordinated by Churches United of the Quad Cities. For more information visit Churches United's website which can be found at ChurchesUnited.net.
LifeStyles Furniture is a Moline, IL based contemporary furniture store that serves the greater Quad Cities area. They offer a wide range of home furnishings from modern living room furniture to contemporary dining room sets. LifeStyles Furniture also offers a wide assortment of bedroom furniture as well as unique artwork, sculptures and paintings that are sure to enhance any home decor.
Visit LifeStyles Furniture to make your $50 donation for $200 off your new Stressless® recliner purchase or make your donation and Stressless® recliner purchase online at LifestylesFurniture.com through January 18th to receive your discount. You can make "everyone" more comfortable this holiday season.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Outdoormania Review Skiwear Customer Services Team

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 26, 2009 – Leading online ski wear and outdoor clothing retailer Outdoormania has bolstered its customer services team with the appointment of two new customer services representatives. Joining the skiwear team, the move will help to improve all areas of front line customer support.
Linzi Brooker (32) and Victoria Kelly (25) join the existing customer services team in time for the forthcoming ski season. Both join Outdoormania having worked in similar customer services roles at leading call centres in the Yorkshire region.
Outdoormania managing director Sara Longden sees the move as an essential step in improving customer services: "Whilst we have always been dedicated to supplying the best possible customer support possible, last year the skiwear  season was exceptionally busy and it's fair to say that, at exceptionally busy times our customer services team struggled to cope.
"This double appointment will help to alleviate a similar situation happening again. This year we have invested heavily in both improving and expanding our ski clothing and accessory range and now have a dedicated ski division in Skimania. As a result we expect skiwear sales to be higher than ever. We therefore identified a need for a team that would fully support our customers, even in the hectic periods. These appointments are just part of our ongoing investment to achieve this."
The appointments follow a £15,000 investment in a new consumer friendly telephone system designed to connect customers to relevant support staff as quickly and directly as possible. The system features easy to follow voice prompts as utilised by leading customer services companies including BT and The Post Office.
Prior to frontline integration into the existing team, both Linzi and Vico
tria received Outdoormania's heralded snow training programme including product familiarisation for ski clothing and ski accessories including ski goggles, snow helmets and brand introduction for leading ski brands including Trespass, Helly Hansen, Bolle and Dare2b.
The company's newly formed skiwear division, Skimania caters for all areas of the skiwear community though has a bias towards entry level and intermediate skiers. The division offers a wide range of ski clothing including;  ski jackets, ski pants and ski salopettes, a wide range of snowboard clothing and a number of accessories including thermal underwear base layers, socks, gloves hats and ski goggles.
Outdoormania and Skimania can be contacted online at www.outdoormania.co.uk or www.skimania.co.uk or by telephone on 0870 495 5500 (normal national rates apply).

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

EZ Trees takes the Stress Out of Your Holiday Season!

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 25, 2009 – Brand new to the West Hollywood/Beverly Hills adjacent area is EZ Trees, a Christmas tree lot and delivery service.
Says Eddie Valentin, "Christmas can be a very stressful time of the year for some people and LA is no exception with its high unemployment rate and heavy traffic.  I love Christmas, so I wanted to find a way for people to enjoy the experience of getting a Christmas Tree without some of the hassle associated with it."  
Opening on December 1st, EZ Trees will operate 7 days per week until 9pm. They will offer a variety of luscious and affordable Christmas trees starting with "apartment sized trees" priced from $23, all the way up to 6 and 7 foot trees.
"We can make the experience more joyful and less stressful due to our adjacent 50 car parking lot. It's free to customers while they shop. "Promises John Colletti.
EZ Trees also makes Christmas Tree shopping easier by offering Christmas Tree delivery.  Those who find themselves too swamped to physically shop can place their orders by emailing EZTreesLA@gmail.com or by calling the lot.
"There's a few packages that include a 6 foot tree, a tree stand, lights and delivery, from $65." Mr. Colletti shares. "All in all, even if you don't have a lot of money, setting up a Christmas tree is a really cost efficient way to get into the holiday spirit. We just happen to also deliver and offer free parking!"
While EZ Trees won't be open until December 1, shoppers can begin placing their orders as soon as Thanksgiving Day by calling (949) 677-5976, (323) 217-4879 or by emailing EzTreesLA@gmail.com
The lot is located at 375 N. La Cienega Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90048.