{"id":999,"date":"2007-09-09T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2007-09-09T22:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=999"},"modified":"2007-09-09T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T22:17:06","slug":"oakland-press-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/oakland-press-9\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oakland Press &#8211; 9.5.07"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\"><strong>Catching Fireflies, Leon &amp; Lulu win gold in retailer awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/08\/retailer-excell.html\">2007 Retail Excellence Awards<\/a> held by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giftsanddec.com\/\">Gifts &amp; Decorative Accessories Magazine<\/a> at Tavern on the Green in New York City, two metro-Detroit retailers were awarded gold.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopcatchingfireflies.com\/shop.htm\">Catching Fireflies<\/a> of Berkley and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonandlulu.com\/\">Leon and Lulu<\/a> of Clawson were selected as winners from entries across the United States.&nbsp; Catching Fireflies was chosen as the winner in the category of <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/08\/gifts-decorativ.html\">Integrated Marketing<\/a>.&nbsp; Catching Fireflies, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopcatchingfireflies.com\/letstalk.htm\">two locations<\/a> in Rochester and Berkley, is owned by April &amp; Steve McCrumb.&nbsp; Leon and Lulu was selected as winner for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonandlulu.com\/new_news.php\">Outstanding Visual Merchandising<\/a>.&nbsp; Leon &amp; Lulu is owned by Mary Liz Curtin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/oakland-press-9\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/oakland-press-9\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catching Fireflies, Leon &amp; 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