Baby Steps

What caught our eye at the recent California Gift Show? Glad you asked. A range of products--from "shalom" doormats to menorahs--underscore the growing interest in Jewish spirituality and culture.

• where were the aliens?

Unless Godzilla counts, there weren't too many space invaders.

• cuddly smokey bear could catch fire among bear-loving consumers.

• a one-word description of countdown-to-millennium clocks: Cool.

• coke is still it--judging by the plenitude of memorabilia on hand.

• steel away--wood furnishings are back in vogue.

• the lone ranger might saddle up for a comeback.

• the kids from "South Park" are at the head of the class.

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Kinetix, 642 Harrison St., 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA 94107, http://www.ktx.com

This article was originally published in the April 1998 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Baby Steps.