EndNotes

Mon., Nov. 28, 2011

Modern surprise: hospital gift shops

In Providence Sacred Heart’s gift shop, surgical technician Sharon Riddle checks out the designer clothing during her break last week. (Colin Mulvany)

My Sunday story was about the updated image of hospital gift shops. So if you're visiting someone at the hospital and forgot a gift, duck in. You might be surprised what gift shops now sell.

From the story:

Many retail stores are ailing in these tough times. But the gift shops at Providence Sacred Heart and Deaconess Hospital enjoy healthy revenues, thanks to changing trends in retail and health care and the buy-local movement.

(S-R photo by Colin Mulvany)

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 11:32 a.m.

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