THere is one thing that I have learned dealing with over 300 people a month in my primary business...if someone is a real creep to you, they usually are to everyone they deal with. I would contact your local newspaper or a small paper in the area and see if they can do a special interest story on your product, or invest in a nice advertisement. It would be iffy if you could mention that your candles were formerly stocked in the carpet store where they were, that would be up to the paper doing the article. Your primary goal is to get back your former customers along with of course new ones. Do flyers, try a website. Don't let the creep destroy you. What goes around, comes around, I guarantee that.