Jenny Krauss

Bright

Hand made, fair trade

I've had a wholesale business for almost 10 years and sales for the first quarter of the year are more than triple what they were for first quarter 2008. I sell hand made, fair trade gifts for women, home and baby. It's pretty upscale stuff so I'm surprised to be doing so well in this economy. My best selling item is a hand embroidered belt from the Ayacucho region of Peru. I think people want to feel good about purchasing items that help impoverished women but these are hardly essentials. Go figure!