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We all strive to give gifts with meaning, but the packaging they come in can be just as meaningful. We urge you to consider foregoing the traditional wrapping methods and think outside the (gift)box, ...

As if the cost of holiday gifts alone isn’t enough to make you catch your breath, you also have to buy wrapping paper, and depending on the number of gifts, their size and the type of paper you buy, ...

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The VINTERFINT shopping bag is a new, seasonal offering. It’s a colorful 19-gallon bag that folds up small and flat for just ...

Growing unease about waste has some Americans rethinking wrapping paper. Gift wrap is still a huge business. U.S. sales of wrapping paper climbed 4% to $8.14 billion last year, according to a recent ...

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