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April 11, 2023 A TRUE TIMELESS CLASSIC | PACIFICA
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A TRUE TIMELESS CLASSIC | PACIFICA
April 11, 2023
Showcase a matte finish that works as well for everyday meals as it does for weekend casual gatherings.

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March 28, 2023 Prettiest Girl in the Meadow 🐇
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Prettiest Girl in the Meadow 🐇
March 28, 2023
Clearly this gorgeous bunny has been eating her veggies because her gray coat is sparkling! Aware that her herbivore diet has made her the prettiest girl in the meadow, she has added to her allure by donning a beautiful floral garland. Usually, her observant eyes would be scanning for predators but, in this case, she is simply taking in all of the admiring glances. View Post
March 22, 2023 Spring Is in the Air 🌸
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Spring Is in the Air 🌸
March 22, 2023
The Mod line was created as a fresh departure from traditional Annieglass pieces. This modern, Dutch inspired design showcases round edges that appear to be dipped in precious metals, with wonderfully varying subtleties in the precious metal. It’s simple, modern style will last a lifetime. View Post
March 1, 2023 Winter | SCULPTED FOR LONGEVITY
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Winter | SCULPTED FOR LONGEVITY
March 1, 2023
Through countless transformations and memorable evenings, Festa stays with you as you reminisce your many gatherings and the cheer shared with everyone. You remember the stories and laughter as you get together and celebrate these wonderful nights.​
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Showcase the raw and natural beauty of the earth through its splendor. View Post
February 7, 2023 BIG BRAND MISTAKES
BIG BRAND MISTAKES
February 7, 2023
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, 50% of businesses fail within five years of opening; fewer still make it to their 10th anniversary. So a company with legs surely must doing many things right, right? Not necessarily. Even if you’re providing a great product or service, the most important requisite to success lies in the customer experience. If customers feel ignored by your support team after having a bad experience with a product or service, they’ll shift for a ...
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January 26, 2023 Zola: A Rotten Gift to Indie Stores?
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Zola: A Rotten Gift to Indie Stores?
January 26, 2023
Our retailers recently told us that customers are calling and asking about non-existent brides, and brides are asking about non-existent registry gift lists (e.g. wedding registry lists, baby lists).

We investigated the issues and below is what we found. 

What is Happening:
We found that many of these purchases are coming from registrants that open a ‘universal registry’ on websites such as Zola or MyRegistry. These universal registry services allow the registrant to add ...
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January 24, 2023 MyRegistry and Zola Are Confusing Merchants--and Sometimes Taking Their Orders
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MyRegistry and Zola Are Confusing Merchants--and Sometimes Taking Their Orders
January 24, 2023
Our retailers recently told us that they were confused by strange registry orders. The stores are receiving gift registry orders on their sites but the retailer does not have a registry for the gift recipient at its store. Customers are calling and asking about non-existent brides, and brides are asking about non-existent registry gift lists (e.g. wedding registry lists, baby lists).

We investigated the issues and below is what we found. 

What is Happening:
We found that many of...
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January 12, 2023 Reasons for Rating Wine
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Reasons for Rating Wine
January 12, 2023
Critics and bloggers score or rate wines along with their tasting notes. It is common in Europe to use a 20 point rating scale and in America, it is common to use a 100 point scale. Regardless of the method, a wine rating is just that. A rating that you’ve given a particular wine. The reasons for rating wine are quite simple. The note-taker or taster is scoring the wine based on their personal impressions. With professionals, there are some criteria they may be looking for when doing this ...
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January 10, 2023 Amazon may be using empathy for small businesses to help large businesses
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Amazon may be using empathy for small businesses to help large businesses
January 10, 2023
I discovered a page on Amazon’s site proclaiming that Amazon supports small businesses. That is news to me and many small businesses which have been attacked by Amazon, its deep pockets, and its army of millions of delivery people and thousands of warehouses.  Amazon’s page says it helps small businesses, which it defines as having under 100 employees and less than $49 million in sales.  (It says it uses Gartner’s definition.) 

I checked: only 9% of small ...
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January 4, 2023 New Feature: Easily Access Wholesale Information
How to view key wholesale information for your brands to save time and avoid errors when processing orders.
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New Feature: Easily Access Wholesale Information
How to view key wholesale information for your brands to save time and avoid errors when processing orders.
January 4, 2023
Your Bridge has a new feature: We've made it easier to access wholesale information for the products on your Bridge Store. Viewing an order's Details page displays wholesale information for products purchased by your customers.
 
Previously, when your store viewed a retail order's Details page the information displayed was limited to just details about the product’s brand.
 
With this update, the Order Details page includes:
  • Wholesale price of the product. 
  • Stock
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December 28, 2022 Referrals: Johnny Softwareseed 👨‍🌾 🍎
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Referrals: Johnny Softwareseed 👨‍🌾 🍎
December 28, 2022
In the book The Cold Start Problem, Andrew Chen says that the 'network effect’ is really three effects: 
  • The acquisition effect 
  • The engagement effect
  • The monetization effect 

In the beginning, a business seeking to build a network has to concentrate on acquiring users, even if they are non-paying. Companies often give away the service, especially software companies, and we can see that with Facebook, Slack, TikTok, and many others.  Bridge didn’t do ...
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December 21, 2022 Wall St. Journal: Amazon Agrees to Play Fair in Europe
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Wall St. Journal: Amazon Agrees to Play Fair in Europe
December 21, 2022
Read the full article: 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-agrees-to-settle-eu-antitrust-cases-avoiding-fines-11671538014 View Post
December 8, 2022 What's on The Menu? Giving Back
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What's on The Menu? Giving Back
December 8, 2022
While drinking Athletic, a non-alcoholic (fake!) beer, I noticed that its box proclaims that it gives back 2% to local trails. I love walking trails, and I thought: the next time I venture to have a sober night, I’ll pick up another box of Athletic. (Thanks, Athletic, for giving out $2.5m in trail grants.) Warby Parker gives a pair of eyeglasses for each pair bought (they've given 10m pairs!), while Bombas does this for socks. Bookshop.org gives a percent back to small ...
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November 9, 2022 Don't Laugh: Fun Is a Good Marketing Vehicle 🤹‍♂️
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Don't Laugh: Fun Is a Good Marketing Vehicle 🤹‍♂️
November 9, 2022
Bridge has something that every store needs, but doesn’t really want: product data. We get stores to trust us that they need our product data for 64,000 products from 109 brands. They really don’t want the data—they want the sales from it. The data itself is worthless, but the sales from it are invaluable. Do you know who also has this issue? Funeral directors.  Last week's Wall Street Journal shares that mortuaries are leveraging bonsai trees, setting up bouncy castles, ...
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October 25, 2022 Gogh Big or Gogh Home 🖼
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Gogh Big or Gogh Home 🖼
October 25, 2022
We work hard each day, and likely don’t mind if others notice.  We want others to see the ingenuity of our software. But what if that wasn’t the case? If you want an example of someone that got passed by, just ask Van Gogh.  Yeah, thaaaaat world-famous, earless, impressionist artist whose work today graces the walls of countless museums.  The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is currently running an exhibition showcasing how the world missed appreciating Van Gogh’s...
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August 26, 2022 Decorating with Trays
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Decorating with Trays
August 26, 2022
Add character and a touch of natural beauty to your entryway table, dressing table, coffee table or kitchen table with this handcrafted tray.   With a variety of uses, this decorative piece showcases a diamond pattern weave featuring a rustic hue with woven details. The perfect accent to any room.


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability




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August 24, 2022 Wyatt Waters Book Signing
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Wyatt Waters Book Signing
August 24, 2022
Wyatt Waters will be at The Cupboard signing his newly released book, The Watercolor Road, Painting and Writing through the American South. 

The Watercolor Road book showcases an impressive collection of 133 paintings, 21 essays, and an array of adages that depict both the South and Wyatt’s relentless trek to be a better painter as a mindset rather than a destination.“I have wanted to do this for as long as I can remember, to paint the South, the place we call home” ...
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August 10, 2022 We Deliver and Install
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We Deliver and Install
August 10, 2022
I don’t own a car, yet I have a strange desire to read Dan Neil's car column each weekend in The Wall St. Journal.  Why would someone who doesn’t own a car, won’t be buying one soon, and hasn’t owned one in 25 years read a car column? It's a mix of enjoying the design and technology of automobiles, wanting to know what Dwayne Johnson may be buying next, loving Dan’s witty writing style, and, confession, simply being 13-years old at heart. Cars are ...
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July 28, 2022 WSJ: The Challenges of Buying a Town’s Beloved Small Business
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WSJ: The Challenges of Buying a Town’s Beloved Small Business
July 28, 2022
The Wall St. Journal shares a story that many indie stores may be able to relate to: the challenge of selling your business. The Journal shares issues that arise when ownership changes.  Small, brick-and-mortar stores are more likely to face a big decline in sales than, say, a large IT company. 

Excerpt:
"The revenue drop following the sale of a business can range from an expected 20% to 30% in the case of an IT-services provider to 50% in the case of a hair salon, says Sam ...
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July 26, 2022 Helping Stores Work More Efficiently
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Helping Stores Work More Efficiently
July 26, 2022
This graphic shows the situation in which many retailers find themselves. Many retailers are stuck trying to connect their digital wholesale buying and their stores’ websites.
  • On the left, we see wholesale software operators, including MarketTime, Juniper, Faire, Bridge, etc.
  • In the middle is the retailer.
  • On the right we see retail (D2C) software providers, including Bridge, Shopify, Big Commerce, etc. 
The software entities on the left should connect ...
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