It’s nearly time for Independence Day – that annual summertime holiday when everyone feels just a little more patriotic than usual, and the color combination of red, white and blue becomes, temporarily, fashionable. It’s also a time when a lot of folks decorate with flags and banners and such, go on a picnic, march in a parade, or have a big community celebration.
You’ll want to be ready with a stock of patriotic-themed decorations and other festive merchandise to help get the party going (and the cash register ringing!), so we’ve gathered a few vendors from the extensive FG Market listings to help make your Fourth-of-July buying easier, more convenient, and more successful!
What would Independence Day be without red, white and blue bunting draped from every balcony, window ledge and viewing stand? The place to get it is AllStates Flag Co., whose company motto is, “helping you lower the costs of raising your flag.” AllState has bunting in several patriotic styles and in a tremendous variety of sizes. It’s sold in sections, so you can get just what you need to decorate, for example, your storefront. But their real strength is in flags. They carry American flags in every size, every style, and every sort of material, from the small, hand-held ones you wave at parades to the gigantic flags that are hung in public buildings.

Allstates is proud to offer the highest quality and longest lasting indoor and outdoor U.S. flags available, which go well beyond Federal Government specifications. In addition to American flags, they also stock the flags of all the U.S. states and Canadian provinces as well as an excellent selection of flags from around the world. Their website is a wealth of information about flag history and etiquette, and a source of answers to frequently asked questions pertaining to the U.S. Flag Code.
For other creative representations of Old Glory, first check out the elegant beauty of the Stained Glass Flag from Glass Graphic Imaging. New technology allows GGI the ability to make this design by screen printing, using special techniques and processes, and assuring that, just like traditional stained glass, it will last virtually forever.

If the rustic, “down-home” look is more your approach, then take a look at the primitive style American flag signs at Blackwater Folk Art. Hand-painted on recycled tin, these flags have the rural charm of a country cottage. They’re available in two sizes, and the smaller one bears the phrase “God Bless America, Land That I Love” hand-lettered on bottom portion.
Generate a lot of attention-grabbing excitement with the wind-catching products from Super Quality Groups, Inc.. Under the very appropriate heading of “Patriotic Wind Magic”, you’ll find spinning flowers, wind socks, wind wheels in single, double and triple versions, spiral wind twisters, sun catcher balls – even the American Eagle in two wind-driven versions. Animation of any kind always captures the interest of shoppers.

Create a window display of these items with a fan or two blowing from “off stage”, and passersby will stop to see what all the activity is about. Everyone in your neighborhood will want one or more of these imaginative products for their lawns or gardens, and Super Quality Groups’ excellent prices will allow you to stock plenty of them in inventory. The old-fashioned weathervane is soon to become obsolete as these spinning wind-catchers point the way to profits!
Appropriately named All-American Balloon Supply has literally everything in the way of patriotic and Fourth of July themed balloons and related supplies, including dozens of choices in both latex and foil balloons in all shapes and sizes. Standouts include the 3-foot diameter clear latex balloon with glow-in-the-dark stars all around it, the clear bubble balloon with fireworks all around the outside and 3-dimensional, inflated stars with the American flag motif on the inside, and the large scale, 45″ horizontal Patriotic Shooting Star and 33″ tall Uncle Sam Hat shapes.

In addition to all the usual balloon and helium-related supplies, All-American also carries hats, balloon weights, star cut-outs, gift bags, patriotic print ribbon, and specialty star top-printed latex balloons for columns and arches; everything needed to produce a high-flying and spirited Fourth of July party!
And finally, ring up those impulse sales with a display of LED flashing magnetic Body Pins from D.C. Creations. With all sorts of patriotic themes to choose from, like a map of the U.S.A., Uncle Sam’s hat, an American flag, a heart, a ribbon, a dove, and more items decorated with stars and stripes, these clever, inexpensive pins actually attach by means of a small but powerful magnet placed inside the clothes or behind the lapel. Turn clockwise to make them come on; counterclockwise turns them off – no clothing is ever damaged.

With magnets placed behind the earlobes, the pins can even become fun earrings! Young women of all ages will enjoy wearing these patriotic pins during the holiday time. Be sure to display them close to the cash register.
These are just some of the patriotic products available from the many fine vendors at FG Market.com. For more ideas, visit the Patriotic listings under the Holiday and Special Occasion heading on the FG Market web pages.

It’s just like making a trip to Market without ever leaving your shop … and soon it will be “stars and stripes forever” at your store, just in time for Independence Day!