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2 months ago | 
stationerytrends.com | Carly McFadden |Sarah Schwartz
Greetings, stationery and gift nerds, from Shoppe Object’s fantastic new digs in the Starett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea. I’m still sorting out all the design sights I found, but I can’t not share these fabulous finds! I’ll start off with an alphabetical array of gifts, then we’ll hit my card counter. Clearly, I found endless sights to write home about. Anecdote Candles. This woman-owned brand has been much copied — with very good reason. But don’t accept stinky imitations.
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2 months ago | 
stationerytrends.com | Carly McFadden |Sarah Schwartz
At NY NOW, stationery is serious business. Any venue with any sort of offering — from high end and handmade to topical and trendy — cannot miss walking this famed assortment. Like an exotic bloom, this market only comes to life twice a year. I walked it to unearth the treasures within!Amy Zhang. Gone are the days of humdrum notepads — this pun-a-rific design with a clever layout adds panache to even the most tedious of tasks. Artik.
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2 months ago | 
stationerytrends.com | Carly McFadden |Sarah Schwartz
January 30, 2025 • Greetings all from the glorious AmericasMart Atlanta. I am not there currently, but this winter market permanently owns a piece of my heart. No January is complete without an extended visit through its signature sprawling halls to discover the design wonders within, one after another.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
stationerytrends.com | Ellen Wagner |Sarah Schwartz
Stationery Trends Editor-in-Chief Sarah Schwartz created the 16th installment of Makers to Watch. Introduced back in 2010, she created the list to bring attend to those who bring excitement to the stationery category. Last year, Sarah changed its name from “designers” to “makers” to reflect the evolving lingo, and for several years now, each frontispiece is generated by a maker featured in the previous year. Click on their name or image to learn more about each maker:
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
stationerytrends.com | Ellen Wagner |Sarah Schwartz
November 12, 2024 • Clearly, 2024 has not been the best year for the economy. According to Bain & Company, the luxury market dropped a staggering 1 to 3 percent in the first quarter of the year. In June, the Affluent Consumer Research Company’s (ACRC) luxury tracking study found that 9% of the roughly 400 affluents surveyed said they made no luxury goods, services or experiences purchases in the past 12 months. By September, that number had nearly doubled, to 17%.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
stationerytrends.com | Ellen Wagner |Sarah Schwartz
The custom invitation and stationery market has had quite a ride since the 21st century dawned. For many brides, ordering them went from perusing invitation albums in independent stores in the 2000s, to scrolling through Pinterest and Instagram and ultimately purchasing them online from roughly 2010 onwards. However, the invitation tide may be turning. The Financial Times recently reported that the bespoke invitation segment is blossoming.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
stationerytrends.com | Carly McFadden |Sarah Schwartz
When the world feels complicated, the simple is welcoming. So is the affordable — which is why pocket notebooks are currently at the stationery forefront. These from Creative Co-Op (above) are leatherbound featuring jute tie closures and come in sets of three, but our talented design community offers endless variations on their basic form.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
stationerytrends.com | Ellen Wagner |Sarah Schwartz
The winter holiday 2023 numbers are in, and the news is actually pretty good! The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that holiday spending was not only consistent with the average annual holiday increase of 3.6% from 2010 to 2019, it slightly increased. Core retail sales grew 3.8% over 2022, reaching a record $964.4 billion. That figure easily tops the previous record of $929.5 billion spent during the 2022 holiday season.
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May 8, 2024 | 
stationerytrends.com | Ellen Wagner |Sarah Schwartz
This April 17 and 18, the can’t-miss spring stationary event put on by the Greeting Card Association will come to vibrant life in its sixth iteration at San Francisco’s gorgeous Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. While favorite elements such as its Art of the Card displays and award-winning Pitch Program return, new for 2024 is the seamless incorporation of gift exhibitors into “neighborhoods” within the floor layout for a well-rounded, dynamic buying experience.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
stationerytrends.com | Carly McFadden |Sarah Schwartz
In the gift and stationery space, the 21st century is all about redefining once-established roles. These days, retailers commonly release branded merchandise in the tradition of a maker — and it’s not unusual for makers to open selling spaces in the retail tradition. For Sara Fitzgerald O’Brien, the founder and artist behind Sara Fitz, bringing her flagship to life was a matter of serendipity.
