Even in recession, whimsy a big seller with women

A GIFT: Lolita Healy, president and CEO of Designs by Lolita Inc., has found her niche producing hand-painted glassware and giftware. “The gift-industry channel is my core channel of distribution,” she said. /
A GIFT: Lolita Healy, president and CEO of Designs by Lolita Inc., has found her niche producing hand-painted glassware and giftware. “The gift-industry channel is my core channel of distribution,” she said. /
Lolita Healy, president and CEO of Designs by Lolita Inc., producers of hand-painted glassware and giftware, has apparently found the recession-proof formula: products for having fun with friends. Recession-proof, you wonder? Try these statistics: the Lolita brand had worldwide retail sales of $54 million in 2008; followed by $68 million in 2009; followed by projected…

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