When HFN magazine shared new introductions from the Atlanta show, Bridge was happy to see that five out of the 11 brands featured (45%) are Bridge partner brands. Why is this important? Retailers using Bridge will immediately display these new introductions in their Bridge Stores without any work or money spent. This technology allows the retailers to more quickly market and sell these products.
Brands featured in the article that are Bridge partner brands include:
Allison Zisko, the Editor-in-Chief at HFN magazine, can use your help. She is working on a story about fourth quarter promotions. She would like to know:
Will Q4 promotions continue as usual in light of current economic factors? Are promotions still necessary, particularly when margins are so tight? What are vendors and retailers thinking about this?
Background:
Consumer demand for product remains high.
Inventory is limited. Product introductions are hindered by the
In this month’s HFN magazine, Editor Allison Zisko gives Bridge a shout out in her ‘Letter from the Editor’ column. She encourages the home goods industry to adopt digital marketplaces (trade shows) now, and notes that Bridge started offering an online platform for the tabletop industry years ago.
She notes that many big, well-funded trade shows (read IMC, which may spend $100m, and Messe) have suddenly seen the writing on the wall and are building competitors to Faire...
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Atlanta Seminar Offers Selling Strategies for Independent Stores Casafina and Vietri will host Bridge’s Jason Solarek in their respective showrooms
Allison Zisko // Editor in Chief
January 15, 2020
Jason Solarek, Bridge CEO, and Matt Hullfish, Casafina’s national sales manager, at a seminar last year.
ATLANTA—Tabletop brands Casafina and Vietri are collaborating with e-commerce platform provider Bridge on two training sessions at the International Gift & Home ...
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January 12, 2020
January 12, 2020
Happy to see lots of Smart Products in this month's HFN magazine. New products from:
Lenox
Casafina
Badash
Mariposa
Beatriz Ball
Waterford
iittala
Pampa Bay
These Smart Products are instantly added to your Bridge Catalog.
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December 3, 2019
December 3, 2019
39% percent of all e-commerce sales were made on a smartphone on Black Friday, according to research from Adobe reported on by Andrea Lillo in HFN magazine.
And this growth came at the expense of in-store traffic: "In-store traffic on Black Friday fell 2.1 percent compared to last year, Newsday reported this morning, citing RetailNext, a San Jose, Calif.-based retail analytics company. "
Ms Lillo goes on to share that big e-commerce companies, such as Amazon, are beating up indie stores on this ...
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This month’s HFN magazine shares a letter that I wrote to the editor. In the letter, I encourage the industry to team up and push back against Amazon and big online entities in order to ensure our long-term survival. I welcome your feedback on it.
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Fifty-four percent of people looking for a product go directly to Amazon.com, shared a front page story in this week’s Wall St. Journal. This 54 percent is not good for nearly anyone in our ...
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October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018
Have we lost our way? A recent HFN magazine article by Allison Zisko shares how tariffs may raise the price of low cost goods from China. Question: what happened to our industry asking for things to be made in America? We haven’t just slid a little—the article states that 56% of furniture comes from China. Is anyone making anything anywhere in America anymore? And, why is this question relevant? I work daily to get consumers to shop local. Lives depend on it. Family owned businesses depend on it...
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June 17, 2018
June 17, 2018
Nice to see Beatriz Ball featured in this month’s HFN magazine for environmental stewardship.
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June 2, 2018
June 2, 2018
$40 Referral Program:
Do you know a shop owner that needs help competing against Amazon?
Good news: Bridge will pay you to help.
Bridge will give you $40 for referring a new retailer who signs up for a free Bridge account in the month of June.
How can you get your $40? Simple: 1. Email us the name of the store. Please include a contact name. 2. That's it. We'll take it from there.
The only requirement is the store sign up for a free Bridge plan and sync for free with two of its suppliers via the Smart ...
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Indie Retailers Get Sales Boost from Product Syncing Service
Sales increases ranged from roughly 4.5 percent for brands such as Arte Italica and Spode to more than 13.5 percent for Beatriz Ball and Vietri
January 2, 2018, Allison Zisko
NEW YORK—Main Street retailers are benefitting from a tabletop product-syncing service offered by Bridge, an e-commerce platform that includes file sharing and a social network.
Wonder how important social media is to your store? Amazon just launched a program to boost its presence via social media. Our advice: get as much social media traction as you can to combat Amazon.
Cool ad by Laurie Gates in this week's HFN magazine
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January 31, 2017
January 31, 2017
Allison Zisko shares some insights from this past holiday season in this week's HFN magazine. Notably, Bridge serves at least two of these tips. Bridge 1. is mobile friendly and 2. designed to show promoted items online easily. Bridge even reminds retailers to add items to its website if items that are promoted on their Facebook pages but are missing from their online store.
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Today's HFN magazine shares Bridge's progress with helping independent retailers. Bridge would like to thanks its members for helping everyone make it to this milestone.
Article:
Bridge and its Tabletop Partners Reach a Milestone
Bridge founder expects to reach $1.2 million by year's end
Posted on November 6, 2015 by Allison Zisko
In HFN magazine, we're happy to see Vista Alegre promoting Bridge. You can see the Bridge logo in both its advertisements for Vista Alegre and Casa Alegre. When vendors promote their Bridge, they're saying they're easy to work with: "Sell our stuff with one step."
Our logo appears next to Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter's logos. While those are news tools, Bridge is a true sales tool. Bridge houses 10,000s of items and enables customers to purchase these items.
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This month's HFN magazine is dedicated to e-commerce. Allison Zisko, the magazine's tableware reporter, shares how businesses are using Bridge.
Excerpt:
In some instances, third parties can offer services that retailers find hard to manage, such as keeping on top of the newest prices, SKUs or colors in a line. Bridge is an e-commerce platform that offers retailers–mostly smaller independents–a full online catalog of select tabletop brands that are constantly updated and ...
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May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015
In HFN magazine, we're happy to see Vista Alegre promoting Bridge. You can see the Bridge logo in both its advertisements for Vista Alegre and Casa Alegre. When vendors promote their Bridge, they're saying they're easy to work with: "Sell our stuff with one step."
Our logo appears next to Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter's logos. While those are news tools, Bridge is a true sales tool. Bridge houses 10,000s of items and enables customers to purchase these items.
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