Inside a storefront on Lititz’s Main Street, there’s an explosion of colors and patterns, textiles and materials that seems to draw the eye everywhere at once. Wooden mobiles shaped like puffins and ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane’s Festival of Fair Trade brought a lively crowd downtown this weekend, filling the lobby at Kizuri with hand-made gifts from more than 40 countries. Shoppers turned out to ...

Andreas Jeninga/The Hoya Celia Santiz Ruiz and Lucia Mendez Guzman describe the benefits of fair trade products in the international market in Sellinger Lounge on Sunday. Textile artisans Celia Santiz ...

If you're interested in opening a socially conscious business, a fair trade business may be for you. As a fair trade retailer, you will work directly with wholesalers to purchase inventory made by ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — For those looking for global artisan-made goods, the St. Kateri Fair Trade Market is back in-person for the first time since 2019. Holiday shoppers will be able to ...

Sorting through piles of rugs, Yousaf Chaman stopped to focus on one in particular. Its vibrant hues and livestock patterns reminded him of a place he had been before: a village in the Pakistani ...

Jewellery artisan-designer Serik Rysbek creates new masterpieces for NOVICA.com in Kazakhstan. Photo courtesy ITC. Bracelet handmade for NOVICA.com in Kazakhstan by artisan-designer Serik Rysbek.

Historically only the tiniest percentage trickled back to artisans, and working conditions for many artisans remain abysmal and inequitable. That dynamic is what NOVICA and Nest both strive to change.