August 2026
Your Shop. Your Month.
What is coming, what is closing, and what is worth your shelf space
Twenty-five brands,
ready to meet your shelves
Selection week opens September 14
Try & Buy is coming back this fall, and we wanted you to see the lineup before requests open. Twenty-five vendors have set aside free samples for shops that have never bought from them, so you can put the product in a customer’s hands before you commit to an opening order.
Selection week runs September 14 to 18. One request per shop location, filled in the order requests arrive, while quantities last. Samples ship by October 13.
Mark your calendar now. When the request form opens, the earlier you get your picks in, the more of them we can fill.
Try & Buy requests open soon. Watch your inbox. You won’t want to miss this one.
Tell us how your
Market morning actually goes
Four minutes, and it closes Friday, September 5
We want the next PPP buying event at Atlanta Market built around how you actually work a Market day, not how we picture it from here.
So the survey walks through the morning. What time you start. What is already on your calendar right after our window. What you came to do, how long you stay, and what moves you along. Day, start time and format are in there too.
Our vendors answered several of the same questions, which means we can finally put both sides of the room next to each other and see where they agree.
If you do not attend Atlanta Market at all, it is three questions and you are done. Answer honestly, including the unflattering options. An event planned around polite answers helps nobody.
The rest of it lives on social
The blog and the newsletter cover the month. Social covers the days in between: a new vendor the day they join, a giveaway closing that week, what caught our eye at market, and shops in this network doing something worth borrowing.
Trending Together
What is hot right now is rarely just one thing. This month it is a whole shelf’s worth, book club totes, self-care in a lip balm, games built for two, and party pieces for the next gathering. Jollity & Co and Daydream Society caught all of it in one video.
So many trends, one table
Jollity & Co and Daydream Society do not pick one trend and stop, they stack them. The All Booked Up Mini Boat Tote comes loaded with book charms for the reading crowd, a full lineup of mini tote keychains turns into its own display just by sitting out, and a pair of lip balms make self-care a five-second grab at the register. By the time the video gets to a stacking game and a table full of stickers and gift wrap, the point lands: whatever a shopper already loves doing with her friends, this collection has a piece of it.
10% discount · info@jollity.co
shopjollity.co · Opening $150 · Reorder $150
How to style it
Do not spread these across the store. Pull the totes, the bag charms, and the reading journal onto one end of a table for the book club shopper, then let the lip balms and party pieces anchor the other end. A shopper who came in for one trend leaves having seen four, and a table that full is worth its own thirty second video.
How to connect
Film a tabletop or shelf display of whatever is selling best or catching the most attention in your shop and send the clip to memberteam@purchasingpowerplus.net. We will be watching for the shops trending together with us this August.
Two New Lines This Month
Floafers
Floafers offers beautifully gift-boxed newborn first-step shoes, lightweight toddler footwear, and men’s and women’s collections, giving retailers gifting opportunities that extend from baby’s first day to the entire family’s journey. Women-owned, and vegan and cruelty-free.
10% off · floafers.com/collections/first-steps
Opening $150 · Reorder $100
Sok-It
Sok-It makes drink and lunch essentials your customers will actually reach for. JavaSoks, CanSoks, HotSoks, and the LunchTote XL keep messes at bay and style on hand, no wet napkins, no cup holder puddles, no cold hands. Giftable, practical, and easy to display, these are shelf pieces retail buyers will want to keep stocked.
10% off · (717) 926-3765
b2b.sok-it.com · Opening $150 · Reorder $150
Last Chance to Enter
Zoey Naturals
Fragrance-Free Baby Essentials
Two winners will each receive a bundle of Zoey Naturals favorites: two Gentle Head to Toe Washes, two Pediatrician and Dermatologist Approved Moisturizing Lotions, two Diaper Creams, and two best-selling naturally scented Lemon Squeeze Hand Sanitizers, plus a $50 credit toward their next order (expires 12/31/2026).
Two winners · $200 retail value each · Wholesale value $100
10% discount · (800) 848-8498
zoey-naturals.com · order form
Opening $150 · Reorder $150
Mercy Hospital Fairfield Gift Shop, Fairfield, OH
CHI Mercy Hospital Gift Shop, Council Bluffs, IA
Homesick
Nostalgia, turned into a bestseller
Natural soy wax candles that capture the feel of a place, a memory, or a milestone, from hometown states and cities to weddings and celebrations.
Homesick turns nostalgia into a bestseller. Their natural soy wax candles capture the unmistakable feel of a place, a memory, or a milestone, from hometown states and cities to weddings and celebrations, plus playful collaborations with beloved brands like Harry Potter™ and FRIENDS™. Clean, non-toxic, and cruelty-free, every candle is crafted with quality customers notice and trust.
With 200+ scents and a growing lineup of pop culture partnerships, Homesick gives shoppers an easy reason to buy again and again, whether it is a gift, a keepsake, or a little piece of home. Featured everywhere from Forbes to CNN to Bustle, it brings built-in buzz and a loyal following straight to your shelves. A line that sells itself, and keeps customers coming back for the next scent, the next story, the next collaboration.
10% off · homesick.com
Opening $350 · Reorder $150
Here’s to a strong fall
Questions on anything in this issue, or a vendor you want introduced? Write to us. We read every one.
