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Event: Wedding Registry Webinar
How to Get 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 - Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Event: Wedding Registry Webinar
How to Get 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 - Thursday, March 28, 2024
You’re Invited...

Wedding Registry Webinar: Say “Yes” to $5K  in 5 Days
How to Grow Your Sales by  $5,000+ in 5 Days With 5 Wedding Registries

Join me for a webinar sharing my blueprint to get 5 wedding registries worth $5k in 5 days. 

When?
Webinar dates and times:
  • Thursday, February 29 (Leap Year Day), 2024 @ 10 am or 4 pm EST 
  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 10 am or 4 pm EST 
Please choose one date and time

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January 31, 2024 Atkinson Floral Saves $1.8k Using Shop Local
How a local shop quickly opened an online store with a gift registry and saved 3 weeks and $1800+ in costs.
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Atkinson Floral Saves $1.8k Using Shop Local
How a local shop quickly opened an online store with a gift registry and saved 3 weeks and $1800+ in costs.
January 31, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Atkinson Floral has joined the Shop Local community of retailers. Atkinson Floral is a florist and gift shop in Atkinson, NE. The store owner, Curie Mincer, has owned and operated the business since 2016. Over the course of time, she has expanded the florist shop gift area and added a gourmet coffee shop. Her passion for her business and her community led her to expand her services to include a gift registry program, which is lacking in their small town. Curie&...
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January 29, 2024 Towle Way
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Towle Way
January 29, 2024
Designer Don Estabrooks just may have the most compelling flatware portfolio ever. The longtime Towle Silversmiths designer joined the company in the mid-’60s and has created hundreds of flatware patterns in an almost six-decade (and counting) tenure.

Perhaps his greatest achievement is Wave, which debuted in 2004 to rousing fanfare and has been at the top of the charts ever since. Chris Wile, another longstanding staffer (33 years), is president of Lifetime Brands/Metals (which owns ...
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January 29, 2024 AN ANNUS POSSIBILIS
AN ANNUS POSSIBILIS
January 29, 2024
As the new year is underway, there’s reason to be bullish (or, at least, not bearish) about what 2024 may have in store. Holiday retail sales increased 3.1% despite lingering inflation, thanks to robust job growth and strong wage gains, which came as a big relief for retailers. Price-conscious consumers are still spending, suggesting the economy is strong. “What we’re seeing this holiday season is very consistent with how we’re thinking about the economy, which is that it...
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January 18, 2024 Up To 40% Off Yves Delorme Sale At Feathers!
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Up To 40% Off Yves Delorme Sale At Feathers!
January 18, 2024
Step into the New Year with new linens by Yves Delorme! From January 19 to February 4, Feathers is offering 40% off select discontinued designs in Bed & Bath and Accessories & Bathrobes and 20% off classic bed linens (Athena, Flandre, Roma, Triomphe). Stop in at 5408 Walnut St. to see the selection.

Click here to shop for Yves Delorme on this website.
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January 18, 2024 Scandia And Sferra 20% Off Winter Sale At Feathers!
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Scandia And Sferra 20% Off Winter Sale At Feathers!
January 18, 2024
Stay warm this Winter with 2 great sales at Feathers. Scandia Home items are 20% off through January 14th. Concurrently, Sferra products are 20% off through January 15th. All Scandia Home and Sferra products; bed & bath, robes & accessories, comforters & pillows, table linens, and more, are included except for custom/bespoke items. Stop in at 5408 Walnut St. in Shadyside to see the selection or place an order.
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January 9, 2024 Help Your Stores & Get $70
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Help Your Stores & Get $70
January 9, 2024
FOR BRANDS AND AGENCIES

We've made a showroom flyer for you.   This flyer can be put in an upright display as well as printed and given to retailers. 

You are invited to print the attached PDF.

Bonus:
  • We'll send you $50 for displaying the flyer in an upright display. 
  • We'll send you $20 for printing these materials in order to hand them out in the showroom.
  • Your total compensation: $70.
  • For redemption of this offer, please email [email protected]
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Event: How to Setup a Successful Gift Registry Business for a Brick-and-Mortar Retail Shop Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
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Event: How to Setup a Successful Gift Registry Business for a Brick-and-Mortar Retail Shop Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
You’re Invited...

Thursday, January 25, 2024
at 10 am EST

Join Shop Local’s CEO Jason Solarek for a webinar on growing an online gift registry business for brick-and-mortar stores.

Why attend?
  • A Shop Local retailer sells $78,000 on average in registry gifts. Get your share of these orders. 
  • Gift registries are something that brands and Amazon don't do well. Gift registries are therefore in the sweet spot for merchants to offer online.
  • Now is the time:
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December 18, 2023 Calaisio Holiday Dining & Entertaining: Grazing Board Food Platter Party
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Calaisio Holiday Dining & Entertaining: Grazing Board Food Platter Party
December 18, 2023
Your visitors will be wanting for more after they see this woven party nibbling tray. Perfect to stuff with your preferred delicacies or party dishes to savor all during the celebration. Presenting your confections, fruits and treats on this woven platter with a glass bottom accentuates the exquisite weave. Create a captivating treat table or just give your party table decorations a unique touch. Cheers to a Merry Christmas! Measures: 20.75" x 8.25" x 0.75" H; Additional sizes are...
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December 17, 2023 The new threat: Chinese apps backed with Chinese factories
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The new threat: Chinese apps backed with Chinese factories
December 17, 2023
The Atlantic shares how Chinese factories have found a new way around U.S. retailers and into our homes: Chinese apps. SHEIN and other Chinese apps are bypassing Amazon to be a new leader in Chinese goods.  In addition to Amazon, Target, Walmart, and indie shops now have a new group of digital competitors embedded in customers’ pockets. 

Except from The Atlantic article: 

MATERIAL WORLD
IS THIS HOW AMAZON ENDS?
An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped ...
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Event: How to Setup a Successful Gift Registry Business for a Brick-and-Mortar Retail Shop Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024
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Event: How to Setup a Successful Gift Registry Business for a Brick-and-Mortar Retail Shop Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024
You’re Invited...

Thursday, January 4, 2024
2 time slots from which to pick:

Thurs., January 4, 2024 at 10 am EST
OR
Thurs., January 4, 2024 at 4 pm EST

Join Shop Local’s CEO Jason Solarek for a webinar on growing an online gift registry business for brick-and-mortar stores.

Why attend?
  • The average wedding registry generates more than $1,600  in online sales.  Get your share of these orders. 
  • A Shop Local retailer sells $39,000 on average in
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December 8, 2023 THANKS FOR 50 YEARS by MARSHA DAUTCH
THANKS FOR 50 YEARS by MARSHA DAUTCH
December 8, 2023
I recently saw a car with the license plate: WHYWRK. I had a sad feeling for the driver, who perhaps wasn’t as lucky as I to have the best job in the world – getting paid to shop for the most beautiful goods in the world – which I am now retiring from. After 40+ years as a buyer of tabletop and gifts in Buffalo, I have the opportunity to put the dishes away, polish the flatware, and store the stemware. As a small specialty store, we’ve been through our share of ups and ...
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December 8, 2023 Kate Spade New York @ 20
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Kate Spade New York @ 20
December 8, 2023
Kate Spade New York tableware and accessories has for two decades held a singular spot on retail shelves and on customers’ tables thanks to a timeless charm and chic stylings. Even after 20 years, the fun, fresh, playfully sophisticated, and refreshingly original collections from Lenox occupy a unique niche in the tableware pantheon. 

Kate Spade’s contribution to fashion cannot be understated. She became synonymous with fashionistas everywhere when she started her fashion ...
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December 7, 2023 Tableware Today Interview - Colin Riggs + Ned Voelker
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Tableware Today Interview - Colin Riggs + Ned Voelker
December 7, 2023
It’s a 40th anniversary for the company founded by Colin Riggs (left) and Ned Voelker’s parents, Abigail and Ed Voelker. Over the last four decades, the entire family has created a curated collection of handmade tableware and giftware for the nation’s independent store retailers.
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Congratulations on a milestone 40th year in business. Are you surprised Abigails has endured?
Ned Voelker: We are surprised. It’s a tribute to Ed and Abbie ...
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November 28, 2023 Pay Annually And Save 20% ~ LIMITED TIME OFFER
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Pay Annually And Save 20% ~ LIMITED TIME OFFER
November 28, 2023
Great news: You can save 20% off your annual service.
  • This is like receiving almost 2 and a half months of service for free.
  • This 20% discount is double our normal 10% and has never been offered before.
  • This offer is only good till December 13, 2023.

I imagine you wish to take more vacations in 2024 (Paris or Patagonia?), see family and friends more often, or eat at that (expensive) new restaurant. When you pay for Shop Local's service for the year, you'll have more money to do ...
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November 27, 2023 Tableware Today: Three Brands Promote Shop Local
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Tableware Today: Three Brands Promote Shop Local
November 27, 2023
We're happy to see Vista Alegre, Bordallo Pinheiro, and Carmel Ceramica promote the Shop Local platform in Tableware Today's December/January 2024 issue.

In the advertisements, the brands displays our ShopLocal.org logo.  
  • A brand shows the logo so that retailers know they can easily sell the products shown.
  • When a brand offers our Brand Syncing service, a retailer can instantly display the brand's entire product catalog online.
  • The retailer's customers can buy the products and
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November 24, 2023 Black Friday & Small Business Saturday Sales Featuring 20% Off Yves Delorme!
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Black Friday & Small Business Saturday Sales Featuring 20% Off Yves Delorme!
November 24, 2023
Visit Glassworks and Cheeks and Feathers on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday! Glassworks and Cheeks are offering 10% discounts both days. Feathers is delighted to offer 20% off Yves Delorme from November 24th – December 17th. All Yves Delorme products; bed & bath, robes & accessories, comforters & pillows, table linens, and more, are included except for Couture and custom/bespoke items. Stop in to take advantage!

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November 7, 2023 Christofle Joins Our Brand Syncing Service
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Christofle Joins Our Brand Syncing Service
November 7, 2023
We're pleased to share that Christofle is joining the Brand Syncing service.

We expect Christofle products to be ready for Syncing by December 14th, 2023.  We'll keep members posted about the actual date as we progress with the brand's boarding to our platform. 

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About Christofle
Christofle believes The Art of Living is indeed an Art. Taking pleasure in decorating a house, setting a table, sharing the good and the beautiful, and cultivating the...
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November 2, 2023 Joseph Ribkoff Trunk Show & Empreinte Bra Fitting Event On 11/14/23 at Cheeks!
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Joseph Ribkoff Trunk Show & Empreinte Bra Fitting Event On 11/14/23 at Cheeks!
November 2, 2023
Don't miss the joint Joseph Ribkoff Trunk Show and Empreinte Bra Fitting Event at the Squirrel Hill Cheeks on Tuesday, Novemeber 14th from 10am-6pm. The JR rep will be on hand to show and take orders for the current collection and upcoming Spring/Summer fashions. One day only, all Joseph RIbkoff will be 20% off! An Empreinte expert bra fitter will also be there with various styles. The Squirrel Hill Cheeks is located at 5873 Forbes Avenue, between Murray and Shady Avenues. Join us!
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October 26, 2023 Yves Delorme Fall/Winter Sale At Feathers!
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Yves Delorme Fall/Winter Sale At Feathers!
October 26, 2023
Be cozy this Winter with an Yves Delorme promotion/sale at Feathers, from now through November 5th. All Pillows and selected Comforters and Blankets are 20% off one item or 25% off two or more items. Stop in at 5408 Walnut St. in Shadyside to see the selection or place an order.

Click here for Feathers items (Feathers section still being built. Yves Delorme items to be added).
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