The Sparrow At Starbucks

It was chilly in Manhattan but warm inside the Starbucks shop on 51st Street and Broadway, just a skip up from Times Square. Early November weather in New York City holds only the slightest hint of the bitter chill of late December and January, but it’s enough to send the masses crowding indoors to vie [...]

Merry Christmas 2009 from Unique Motif

MERRY CHRISTMAS – from Dean and Robin and Unique Motif !
We wish you and your family a very merry Christmas celebration and a Happy New Year. We wish for you, in 2010, the greatest prosperity and blessings.
PROSPERITY does not consist in the quantity or substance of the things we possess, or how much money we [...]

Video Advertising at Unique Motif

This is the latest commercial video produced for Unique Motif by Jared Cullum. He did a great job with the assistance of his wife, Stephanie, the gaffer and my son, Andy Isaacson. We are sure you will enjoy watching this one-minute video ad. If you need to get hold of Jared, send us a message [...]

Test Radio Ad

This is a test run for a radio ad. This is modified from the previous ad, in which, I tried to sound like a hawker – but it was grating on my nerves and thought it might on others. So this one is toned down. I hope it is not too bland. Please tell me [...]

Walk Through Unique Motif and See New Products

Take a video tour of Unique Motif. You will see all the wonderful new products for your home and they make great gifts. Local carvings and jewelry boxes and boat oars by local craftsmen. You will enjoy the high quality, solid mahogany furniture line – and the prices are lower than the larger furniture stores. [...]

New Furniture Line at Unique Motif

This week the new furniture line from International Ideas arrived. This is quality furniture made from kiln-dried mahoghany hardwoods. Every piece is hardwood lumber throughout – there are no softwood, no fillers, no bi-products and no particle boards. All drawer sides are dovetail joined. This is the kind of quality furniture that you pass on [...]

A Brief Look at the Importance of Local Merchants

When I talk on the street about supporting local merchants, a lot of people respond with references to local services. It struck me, we have this idea of local merchants being services, salons and things of this nature. When we think of retail stores, we think of Big Box and Warehouse Wonders.
Small businesses and local [...]

Helping Our Local Economy Is A Team Effort

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* BUY FROM 3 LOCAL MERCHANTS AND
* GET 40% OFF 3 ITEMS AT UNIQUE MOTIF
* local merchant receipts must be less than 10 (ten) days old
* not valid from Big Box, franchises, meals, liquor or porn
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* Not valid with other offers – expires 23 December 2009
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In the former days, local retail [...]

Local Shops Need Your Help

HELPING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY: For more than a month, we have been talking about ways to help our local economy. Now, we have expanded our SHOP LOCAL COUPON EVENT by increasing the discount to 40% and adding another eight days! Still – NOBODY HAS YET PARTICIPATED! WE NEED YOUR HELP AND LOCAL BUSINESSES NEED YOUR [...]

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

This past month, we have been talking about ways to help our local economy. Our coupon this week and last week is for 35% off any two items in our store for turning in receipts from three local businesses. In other words, shop any local store and receive rewards from Unique Motif. Receipts that do [...]