Episode #320: Gift and Specialty Sales with Adelia Kalyvas!
Gift and Specialty Sales with Adelia Kalyvas!
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Adelia Kalyvas to talk about her job working in Special Sales, specifically the gift side. You'll learn all about how she got into publishing and what "specialty sales" and "gift sales" entails. They talk about the type of products that work well in the gift market, including mini kits and wrapping paper books, and how they sell to accounts using paper catalogs and gift shows. For the Fortune Cookie segment they talk about their favorite retail stores to shop, and they end as always with what they're grateful for.
How have you been?
Grace’s podcast “The Bookish State” with Melissa Thom is underway! Alvina went to Kate McKinnon’s event at the 92NY! She’s getting ready to run a 1/2 marathon! Adelia is getting organized and back to school with her kids.
Interview with Adelia
Fortune Cookie Segment: Favorite Retail Stores
GRACE: Mochi Kids, High Five Books, Thread Up, Eric Carle Museum Gift Shop
Adelia: PIQ Gifts, Annie’s Blue Ribbon General Store, Little Things Toys, Lockwood and Astoria, NY Public Library Store, Fishes Eddy,
Alvina: MoMa Design Store, ETSY, Anthropologie, McNally Jackson
Gratefuls
Alvina went to the Carle Honors Gala and was able to see people and it was such a wonderful event. Adelia is grateful for her work team and the women in the business who have mentored her and guided her along in her career as well as her current team. Grace is grateful for the Moon Festival celebration!
THANK YOU!
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See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon": https://linktr.ee/gracelinauthor.
You can find Alvina @planetalvina on TikTok and @alvinaling on Instagram , Bluesky, and Threads.
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Adelia can be found at @Adeliakalyvas on Facebook and LinkdIN and @Adelia427 on Instagram
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