'Tis The Season

For more information about the companies in this article, call:

• Calendar Club: (888) 422-5637

• Country Visions Inc.: (888) 599-9685

• Fannie May Candies: (312) 432-3471

• Swiss Colony: (800) 356-8119

• For more information on temporary tenancy businesses, attend The International Council of Shopping Centers' yearly Temporary Tenant Short-Term Specialty Retailing Conference. For details, visit http://www.icsc.org or call (212) 421-8181 and ask for Member Services.

• To research shopping malls, consult retail-industry trade magazines and shopping-center directories, such as the Directory of Major Malls (Directory of Major Malls Inc., $449, 800-898-6255).

Contact Sources

Calendar Club, lorih@calendarclub.com

Corporate Property Investors, 305 E. 47th St., New York, NY 10017

Country Visions Inc., http://www.santasclauset.com

Fannie May Candies, (714) 951-0444, http://www.fanniemaycandies.com

Swiss Colony, fax: (608) 328-8438

This article was originally published in the July 1998 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: 'Tis The Season.