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Crane & Co. To Sell Cards At Walmart

Many of the high-low collaborations we see are in the fashion arena but fine stationery company, Crane & Co. is taking a cue from those partnerships. It has announced a new multi-year agreement with greeting card company American Greetings Corp. to produce a greeting card collection called Perfectly Said by Crane & Co. Gifts & Decorative Accessories says that the line will be launched in Wal-Mart exclusively. Cards will be printed on higher grade paper stock with a number of special finishes. There are plans to potentially extend the line beyond Wal-Mart.

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Walmart Family Plans Art Hotel To Complement New Museum

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Art

The owners of Louisville, Kentucky's popular 21c Museum Hotel are partnering with Walmart's Walton family on a new 21c Museum Hotel in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas. The project will be a $28 million, 130-room hotel near the downtown square in Bentonville. It will have a spa, fitness center and restaurant that uses local ingredients. Construction is expected to begin this year and the project should be completed in 2012.

Business First of Louisville reports that the hotel will be owned by the Waltons, Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown--the owners of 21C, and and Bentonville Revitalization Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the city's historic structures. Poe Cos will use sustainable building materials and incorporate "green" design practices to create the hotel. The building is being designed by Deborah Berke & Partners LLP, who designed the Louisville 21c hotel in conjunction with Polk Stanley Wilcox architecture firm.

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Wal-Mart to Donate 90 Million Lbs. of Fresh Food, Freezers Too.

by Tracy Chait (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Big Givers

In an effort to give back in troubled times, Wal-Mart has just announced it will donate 90 million pounds of fresh food to America's biggest anti-hunger org, Feeding America.

The company won't seek a tax deduction for the gift and intends to increase its annual giving to 3 billion pounds of food over the next few years.

Their donation this year is the equivalent of 70 million meals, at a time when food banks have reported a 20% increase in demand.

And Wal-Mart isn't just providing food. Because it's donated protein and produce, unlike the canned goods and bags of rice you expect at the local food bank, Wal-Mart has also donated $2.5 million to buy freezer trucks and help prepare for new food storage challenges.

It's a nice start to the season of giving.

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