At its peak in the 1960s, New Jersey was home to hundreds of shops employing at least 7,000 people making intricate lace and delicate embroidery for the fashion and manufacturing industry.

The Handkerchief Shop, Colleen Corcoran’s custom wedding embroidery business, has a new appointment-only studio in Medford, New Jersey.

The number of embroidery factories in Hudson County dropped from 400 in 1996 to about a dozen today, Laccetti said. The sign itself was painted by an industry association that closed in 2001.

American Express and two other companies say they're pulling gift cards off store shelves in New Jersey because of a law requiring merchants to collect zip codes from card buyers. Retailers have ...