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September 15, 2023 Add Texture To Your Home
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Add Texture To Your Home
September 15, 2023
Add some texture to your home with trendy textiles and bamboo trim. The grasscloth texture of our NEW Mallorca Bamboo 5x7 Frame and the hand-sculpted texture of our Bamboo 4x6 Frame compliment each other perfectly and are ready to be showcased in your home. Add even more texture with our Sip Sip Wave Crystal Clear Stemless Glasses - featuring hand-blown glass waves throughout the glass. View Post
September 1, 2023 Why Keep Old Registries?
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Why Keep Old Registries?
September 1, 2023
A retail client recently decided they'd like to delete some past wedding registries to "save money."  This raises the question, "Does deleting old registries save money?"  We assessed the question and found that deleting old registries likely doesn’t save a retailer money. The reason is that it costs more to replicate our automated marketing efforts with more costly manual efforts.  

Let's cover some basics:
  • You can store two registries for free in
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August 31, 2023 Specialty Serving Pieces
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Specialty Serving Pieces
August 31, 2023
We adore this distinctive specialty dish that is ideal for presenting nuts, garnishes, and sauces @calaisio.  It's a wonderful rustic serving tray woven from organic wild vines with removable porcelain dish for a quick and easy refill to help showcase your feast in style. This three-section serving dish with dividers makes entertaining much more enjoyable and easier. Available @rosseandassociates
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August 31, 2023 Fall Home Décor Tray
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Fall Home Décor Tray
August 31, 2023
This heat- and water-resistant rustic coper tone woven tray, which showcases its lovely rustic hues ideal for a summer to autumn tablescape transition, is one of the simplest and coziest natural materials to incorporate into your environment. As it ages organically, its initial cream color ultimately changes to nut brown, just like summer transforms into fall, presenting a stunning contrast to nature's wonders.


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August 25, 2023 Elegant Woven Salad Bowl for the Table
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Elegant Woven Salad Bowl for the Table
August 25, 2023
Serve up salads during casual family meals and dinner parties alike with this woven salad bowl. Crafted from organic wild exotic vines, this 2Qt bowl showcases a glass insert silhouette and a natural brown finish for a warm and modern look. Nothing compares to hosting family and friends in this natural, rustic setting.  Available in 4Qt as well.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability



 
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August 15, 2023 Dips and Sauces for Chips and Biscuit Bites
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Dips and Sauces for Chips and Biscuit Bites
August 15, 2023
Gracefully serve and host guests.  You may display your entertaining prowess with this woven dip serving tray made of organic exotic vines that showcases its natural earthy tones and heightens one's appetite. This chip and dip bowl is also a great place to put additional foods like tortilla chips, potato chips, French dip, salsa, vegetables, ranch dressing, and more.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability



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August 7, 2023 Cross Promotions: Seeing Green
How partnerships can be used as a marketing tool to elevate a company's brand and reputation by associating with quality partners.
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Cross Promotions: Seeing Green
How partnerships can be used as a marketing tool to elevate a company's brand and reputation by associating with quality partners.
August 7, 2023
I’m at Sweetgreen, a salad-focused restaurant, and I spotted this sticker on the preparation window.  Sweetgreen is promoting Sullivan Street Bakery. Why would it dare do that? I believe it’s because it benefits Sweetgreen: people use a brand’s name to quickly deduce information, such as quality and value. People know that Sullivan Street Bakery is good. And, even if they don’t know it, they know that a bakery provided it and that it’s not from some stale loaf....
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July 25, 2023 Orrefors @ 125
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Orrefors @ 125
July 25, 2023
EMON MAASHO, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF ORREFORS, NORTH AMERICA, is representative of the exciting trajectory in this 125-year operation. The über-exec joined the New Wave Group in 2013, a time when Orrefors and Kosta Boda (OKB) were underperforming assets in the portfolio. "Our crystal brands are national treasures and a part of Swedish history," Maasho affirms. And he wanted a front row seat in their revitalization. Maasho was placed in charge of the new hotel and restaurant division ...
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July 25, 2023 Queen Elizabeth: A New Reign
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Queen Elizabeth: A New Reign
July 25, 2023
QUEEN ELIZABETH WOULD CERTAINLY APPROVE. Herend's Queen Elizabeth Collection, which includes a ten-piece tea set, bonbon, and corgi Fishnet figurine, is targeted not just to Anglophiles and fans of the Queen, but to anyone who wishes to own a beautiful, unique piece of Herend, says Kimberley Kimball, president, Martin's Herend Imports. "When the Queen passed last year, the Herend manufactory sought out our input about their idea of creating some commemorative pieces celebrating her 70-year ...
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July 22, 2023 Pass the Apps 🍡
What Threads can teach us about leveraging our existing network when launching a new service.
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Pass the Apps 🍡
What Threads can teach us about leveraging our existing network when launching a new service.
July 22, 2023
Threads, a new Twitter-like service from Meta, the owner of Instagram, launched this month and almost immediately attracted 40m active daily users. The service’s growth has since stalled and now has just over 10m daily users, but that is still commendable. The Wall Street Journal shared that this impressive launch was largely possible because Meta used its built-in network of one billion Instagram users. This user base helped it overcome the “cold start” problem of acquiring ...
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June 24, 2023 Showcase Your Hosting Style
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Showcase Your Hosting Style
June 24, 2023
This glass serving dish is a gorgeous table element that will inspire you to host gatherings every week this summer. It will display how you host. Its glass bottom highlights the stunning handwoven geometric diamond patterns in earthy tones fashioned from natural organic vines. 26" L x 9.25” W.  Available in other sizes and forms.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability



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June 2, 2023 Acquisition
How we can acquire new prospects by leveraging our existing network of customers.
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Acquisition
How we can acquire new prospects by leveraging our existing network of customers.
June 2, 2023
In Andrew Chen’s book The Cold Start Problem, he breaks the network effect into three parts: engagement, acquisition, and economize. At Shop Local, we rely on the network effect and its three parts. I feel that we’re succeeding in terms of engagement but need improvement in acquisition. 

Engagement
We use the 64,000 products in our Syncing service to engage 1,200 our retail clients. We email them new intros, price updates, archived items for these synced products. Once they ...
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June 1, 2023 Crusty Rustic Bread Made Fresh For You
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Crusty Rustic Bread Made Fresh For You
June 1, 2023
Gourmet bread that has just been prepared is like a hearty breakfast. This organic vine-woven gourmet bread basket has harmonious beauty that highlights its browns and organic clay earth hues that are hearty, delectable, and healthy, stimulating the taste senses and enhancing the appetite. Enjoy your favorite breads and pastries in this bread basket that showcases the complex, deep, and rich hues of your food presentation. Available in a variety of designs, forms, and sizes.


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May 29, 2023 STAY ON TREND by JULIE SMITH VINCENTI
STAY ON TREND by JULIE SMITH VINCENTI
May 29, 2023
It was October 2021, and I had just finished my first in-person trends seminar since the pandemic impacted all industry shows. At the end of the image-packed program, an audience member raised her hand and challenged, “Do trends even matter anymore?”

It was a valid question. The pandemic had disrupted business, upended supply chains, transformed education, revealed vulnerabilities, altered priorities, and unexpectedly claimed many lives. The question was tinged with cynicism. Pent...
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May 29, 2023 Tableware Today Interview – Susan Gravely
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Tableware Today Interview – Susan Gravely
May 29, 2023
Susan Gravely – alongside her sister, Frances, and mother, Lee – founded VIETRI 40 years ago after a serendipitous vacation where they discovered the charms of Italian ceramics. Gravely’s new book, Italy on a Plate, equal parts travelogue/cookbook/memoir, is a culinary delight celebrating four decades of bringing the best of Italy’s tableware to an adoring fan base.
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You and I go back almost to the start of VIETRI in 1983. [Editor&rsquo...
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May 26, 2023 Data, Filters, and Search Walk Into a Soundbar
How big data, filters, and search engines can help us create a better experience for our members.
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Data, Filters, and Search Walk Into a Soundbar
How big data, filters, and search engines can help us create a better experience for our members.
May 26, 2023
Apple announced last month that it's launching a new classical music app. What’s novel about the Apple Music Classical app is how it lets music fans more easily search thousands of variations of the same song. For example, let’s say you want to find a Johann Sebastian Bach song. Over the past 300 years, many musicians have done ‘covers’ of his works, and there are variations by conductor, music, year, etc., thereby producing thousands of variations. Existing software ...
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May 25, 2023 Wine store collapse stains retailers
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Wine store collapse stains retailers
May 25, 2023
The New York Times shares a salacious story about Sherry-Lehman, a world-famous wine shop.  The story recounts how the retailer was hit by tariffs, online competitors, and COVID shutdowns. It had borrowed excessively, which many retailers do.  At first, it reads like a Bed Bath & Beyond obituary. But then the owners veered into the criminal realm.  They sold rare wine to new customers that belonged to existing customers, in other cases didn’t deliver what was sold, and ...
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May 18, 2023 20% Off Sferra Sale On May 23 - 29 and Nollapelli Meet & Greet On Saturday, May 20!
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20% Off Sferra Sale On May 23 - 29 and Nollapelli Meet & Greet On Saturday, May 20!
May 18, 2023
Feathers is  having a pre-Memorial Day Sale on Sferra items, except mattresses and any custom products. All Sferra bedding and linens, including table and bedroom are 20% off from May 23rd to the 29th.
Stop in to see the selection!
Stop by our Meet and Greet with a new local supplier for Feathers on Saturday, May 20th from 11am - 4pm. Nollapelli offers newly designed bedding products (including items for cooling), engineered with your sleep and beauty in mind. Stop in to meet ...
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May 9, 2023 Dips and Sauces for Chips and Biscuit Bites
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Dips and Sauces for Chips and Biscuit Bites
May 9, 2023
Gracefully serve and host guests.  You may display your entertaining prowess with this woven dip serving tray made of organic exotic vines that showcases its natural earthy tones and heightens one's appetite. This chip and dip bowl is also a great place to put additional foods like tortilla chips, potato chips, French dip, salsa, vegetables, ranch dressing, and more.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability



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April 26, 2023 What Would A Lavish Dinner Be Without Some Sweets?  
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What Would A Lavish Dinner Be Without Some Sweets?  
April 26, 2023
The most delicious way to showcase your sense of style is with this stylish 2-sectional appetizer and condiment tray with glass inserts. With any dinner and dessert ideas you have, Calaisio has a wide selection of woven serving trays and platters fashioned from exotic wild vines.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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