A symbol of good luck and joy, blue birds are a welcome guest at any table.
Our Italian artisans took their inspiration from handpainted tiles and textiles, and they added a fresh, uplifting spin by including a joyful bird on each piece. Now including a dinner plate, salad plate, mug, and additional serving pieces, this crisp, detailed collection invites joy and irresistibly Italian style into your home.
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Fresh from the garden, Tulips and Hyacinth to brighten up this table featuring our new Sacred Bird and Butterfly dinner service from the Historic Charleston Foundation collection. This is an adaptation is from a Chinese export pattern of about 1800 and was intended for those who admired the sophistication of placing traditional Chinese motifs of birds, butterflies and flowers on European shapes.
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I thought I heard birds singing, but it's just this table of Chelsea Bird from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection. Porcelain produced at Chelsea in London in the eighteenth century is regarded by many as the apex of English ceramic art. Among the most treasured pieces of Chelsea are those decorated in the workshop of James Giles with his birds of “distinctly disheveled appearance.” Our Chelsea Bird pattern has been adapted from Giles’ originals in the Colonial Williamsburg ...
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With every figurine, there is the challenge for Herend's painters to honor and herald what the sculptor has accomplished in form. Here, after careful study of the subject in white, section by section, layer by layer, the artist has applied a complex painting style befitting this crested beauty, one of the largest and most memorable forest birds in North America. Alas, even noble birds like the pileated woodpecker can't escape the everyday, such as feeding a pair of very hungry offspring.
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In the new TheMeaning collection a secret garden is born where, among labyrinths, clearings, fountains and trees, we come across graceful flowers and plants arise, surrounded by birds and delicate insects. A place of delight and contemplation, full of symbolism and elements, which are always open to new interpretations. Through a concept which complements itself in a harmonious way, this dreamlike tour through Vista Alegre porcelain and crystal pieces, enriching TheMeaning’s ...
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Often described as flying jewels due to their remarkable colors, some male hummingbirds have learned to orient their bodies and feathers towards the sun to enhance the visual impact of their iridescent plumage and to heighten their appeal during courtship. It appears that Herend's hummingbird has learned this lesson well and has briefly stopped his dazzling wings so that their beauty can be appreciated from all angles. However, this avian acrobat won't sit still for long and in a blink of an eye...
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How a company's sales and growth can be affected by the message it conveys to customers.
July 18, 2023
Allbirds stock is down 95% since its November 2021 initial public offering. People may say the company launched the wrong products (did you buy one of their puffer jackets?) or tried to grow too quickly. I believe there is a larger reason: you can’t scale a company by leading with an environmental message—which is Allbirds’s pitch. Consumers rank saving the planet as one of their least pressing concerns when making a purchase. The leading factors consumers look for when ...
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With every figurine, there is the challenge for Herend's painters to honor and herald what the sculptor has accomplished in form. Here, after careful study of the subject in white, section by section, layer by layer, the artist has applied a complex painting style befitting this crested beauty, one of the largest and most memorable forest birds in North America. Alas, even noble birds like the pileated woodpecker can't escape the everyday, such as feeding a pair of very hungry offspring.
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We are manifesting spring with today’s introduction!
The Botanica collection is brimming with little details, featuring an assortment of flowers, birds, and butterflies in soft pastel colors.
We adore this print so much that we have decided to introduce it as napkins, runners, tablecloths, placemats, coasters, trays, and bath accessories.
We are also introducing the Bouquet Napkin Ring which pairs beautifully with the Botanica collection!
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The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it feels like spring! A sampling of Mottahedeh's bird figurines, all unique, hand painted and made in Italy.
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Over the last 15 years, brands have been increasingly doing a run-around to bypass their retailers and sell direct. Some brands suggested they’d never have a physical store. Some brands said they’d never have their products sold in another retailer’s physical store. What allowed the brands this hubris? The internet and Facebook. With the internet, brands would have a ‘store’ anywhere the customer is, and with Facebook, they could target them.
Welcome winged wildlife to your spring sanctuary with some of our newest bird products. πβ¨
Which birds around your home are a symbol of good luck for you? π
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Last February e-commerce company Shopify Inc. replaced the “Ottawa, Canada” dateline that began its press releases and earnings reports with a strange new one: “Internet, Everywhere.” The geographical shift came at the insistence of Shopify’s founder and chief executive officer, Tobi Lütke, who tends to view such matters through the prism of cold, hard logic. In May 2020, only a few months into the pandemic, he’d made the early, seemingly rash decision to...
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Beatriz Ball introduces its first festive season collection, “Happy Christmas,” a collaboration with noted American illustrator, August Wren. The artist contributed bright and happy watercolor depictions of wintery greens, birds and other animals reproduced on cork-backed coasters. Sold in sets of four, the packaging includes festive and colorful ribbons and “to/from” tags all designed by August Wren.
The four round discs contained in Beatriz Ball's VIDA Happy ...
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Enlightening. Elegant. Eye catching. These French Gardenia Birds on a Branch diffusers are an elegant way to add fragrance to a room all day. The porcelain topper wicks and diffuses the fragrance-no reeds required, and it’s beautifully boxed. An excellent way to add fragrance to your home or office.
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The WSJ covers how Amazon is growing its business at the cost of others.
Article highlights:
Amazon's leading selling points are endless selection and the lowest prices.
Amazon is so competitive that it often undertakes potentially unethical routes to grab more market share.
Amazon often takes a 30% commission on orders for third-party sellers. Due to this fee, many businesses prefer to receive orders on their own website which may be powered by Shopify (...or
Yiren Lu shares her experience of setting up a Shopify store in the New York Times magazine. Ms. Lu reports the setup process was easy, but her online Shopify store failed because it lacked marketing, aka eyeballs and orders. In her next article, I hope Ms. Lu tries Bridge. Bridge Store helps members fill the marketing component that Shopify is missing. When a store joins Bridge, Bridge instantly points hundreds of links to the store from other Bridge members, which Google sees and ...
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Amazon may be misleading shoppers about who is selling item on Amazon, shares RetailDive. RetailDive covers a lawsuit settlement between Williams-Sonoma and Amazon. In the lawsuit, it appears that Amazon was suggesting that Williams-Sonoma was selling on Amazon when it's wasn't.. Excerpt:
"In its complaint, Williams-Sonoma said that "at the top of product pages for purported Williams-Sonoma products for sale on the platform and 'Fulfilled by Amazon,' the phrase 'by Williams-...
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