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August 9, 2022 Happy Book Lovers Day!
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Happy Book Lovers Day!
August 9, 2022
Book Lovers Day is celebrated on August 9 every year. This is an unofficial holiday observed to celebrate reading and literature. People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. View Post
August 8, 2022 Get a Handle on Summer Entertaining
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Get a Handle on Summer Entertaining
August 8, 2022
It’s time to return to indoor/outdoor living.

The undulating lines and generous hand-polished surface of the large VENTO Rebecca Rectangular Tray with Handles is ideal for serving—indoors and out.Practical built-in handles increase its versatility, and its tarnish-free surface makes it a metal tray that never needs polishing.Available in two handy sizes, rectangular Rebecca trays are equally at home on the bar, entry table, or the vanity.Sustainably handmade of a top quality, food...
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August 5, 2022 Peddlers Are ‘Sew’ Good for Us
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Peddlers Are ‘Sew’ Good for Us
August 5, 2022
I met Georgi, who runs this mobile sewing shop, while walking down the Bowery yesterday.  I shared with her the story of Ronni Solbert, a neighbor who illustrated a childrens book about peddlers like her, and praised her for being an indie business—with a creative delivery approach. Georgi said her cart had previously been a coffee cart and was repurposed during the pandemic when people wanted to get their clothes hemmed in airy locals. 

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August 4, 2022 Vietri Limoni At Glassworks!
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Vietri Limoni At Glassworks!
August 4, 2022
Inspired by the bountiful, robust lemon groves that flourish in the sunshine along the Amalfi Coast, the Limoni collection is cheerful, vibrant, and iconically Italian. Handsponged by maestro artisan Gianluca Fabbro, Vietri Limoni pieces bring a lightness and zest to whatever you serve. 🍋 Made of dishwasher and microwave safe Terra Cotta. Stop by the Shadyside store to see samples.

Click here to shop for Vietri Limoni on this website.

 
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August 3, 2022 The Everything War
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The Everything War
August 3, 2022
An East Village Artist’s Death Prompts a Reflection on the State of Indie Retailers Today

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While thumbing through the Times, I noticed a smiling young woman’s picture in the obituaries. In the black and white photograph, she's standing on a fire escape with a historic building and a bridge in the distance.  I was initially attracted to Ronni Solbert’s 1959 picture, yet I was even more drawn in by what I noticed next to her photo: a children&...
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August 2, 2022 50 shades of GREEN …..
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50 shades of GREEN …..
August 2, 2022
7 designs to play with and tell a story about Nature - La Bocca green, Cheverny, Olivier  spring, Arcades green, Maldives, La Bocca leaf, Jardin Francais  View Post
July 30, 2022 Happy International Day of Friendship
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Happy International Day of Friendship
July 30, 2022
Whether you're hosting a weekly book club, sharing a brunch with your friends, or whatever it may be today. We hope you do it with loved ones around you because it's International Day of Friendship!
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July 28, 2022 Biggest Wedding Season of the Year!
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Biggest Wedding Season of the Year!
July 28, 2022
Want to give a wedding gift that will be cherished forever? Choose from our elegant statement and white leather frames. These make the perfect gift for an engagement, bridal shower, or wedding.
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July 25, 2022 Closed TODAY ONLY for INVENTORY!
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Closed TODAY ONLY for INVENTORY!
July 25, 2022
We are CLOSED today for inventory, but will re-open our regular hours tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26th.

New arrivals we think you're going to LOVE will be in the store beginning tomorrow with more new items arriving, literally, DAILY!!!

Stay COOL and we hope to see you soon! View Post
July 21, 2022 The Annual Shadyside Sidewalk Sale Starts Wednesday!
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The Annual Shadyside Sidewalk Sale Starts Wednesday!
July 21, 2022
Stop at Glassworks and Cheeks during the Annual Shadyside Sidewalk Sale, taking place Wednesday, July 27th - Sunday, July 31st from 10 am to 5 pm each day. Come to Walnut Street and it's side streets for the best deals of the season. Glassworks and Cheeks offer the best deals of the year!
The Sale features a variety of your favorite small business shops and boutiques from the Shadyside community. Many local businesses will participate, and most retailers offer their best prices of the year, up ...
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July 20, 2022 Amazon and Facebook Have Made the Web 10,000 Times Dirtier
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Amazon and Facebook Have Made the Web 10,000 Times Dirtier
July 20, 2022
Amazon issued a press release stating that it is fighting with 10,000 Facebook groups that sell fake Amazon reviews. It’s ironic, since Amazon has been a chief promoter of the avenue allowing this behavior: Section 230. Section 230 allows tech platforms to host and indirectly promote just about any type of bad behavior, including illegal behavior (fake review services and yes, human trafficking, murder-for-hire, etc.) and then say it’s just a community space and belatedly remove the ...
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July 12, 2022 Super Subscriptions 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️🦹🏽‍♂️
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Super Subscriptions 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️🦹🏽‍♂️
July 12, 2022
This past week, Amazon announced it was adding Grubhub delivery to its Prime subscription (Read the news about Amazon and Grubhub here). The goal of Amazon Prime (and other subscription services) is to make the subscription so pervasive that it's sticky. Don’t like Prime movies? Ok, but you love free Grubhub delivery. If you don’t need feature X and want to cancel, you realize you still need feature Y and keep paying for the subscription. 

This past week, The Wall St. Journal...
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July 10, 2022 Naked truth: Amazon doesn't appear to care if it sells fakes
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Naked truth: Amazon doesn't appear to care if it sells fakes
July 10, 2022
Retail Dive reports on Amazon's lazy claims that it cares about stopping counterfeits. Counterfeiters on Amazon may steal a brand's product design, name, and product pictures. When a brand reports this to Amazon, Amazon often does: nothing.

This is an issue for American brands.  For example:
  • A brands creates a product. The brand pays for research and development.
  • Brand may pay to have it made in America.
  • Brand takes professional pictures of the finished product.
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July 6, 2022 WSJ: European Union challenges Amazon’s abuses
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WSJ: European Union challenges Amazon’s abuses
July 6, 2022
The EU has passed a law that will affect Amazon and other big tech companies. The law will likely make it harder for Amazon to promote its own private label products on its website at the expense of others. 

While this is welcome news to many, this is a small victory as Amazon’s ambitions are grand as well as its ability to outpace laws. For the first 25 years of the Internet, Amazon, founded in 1994, rode on the rails of the government being too slow to enforce online tax ...
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July 6, 2022 'Dem Apps 🍎
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'Dem Apps 🍎
July 6, 2022
In the movie Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon, who plays a handsome MIT janitor moonlighting as a math savant (can one say, “Hollywood career vehicle”?), woos a young lady (played by the actress Minnie Driver) by outmaneuvering a few competing, obnoxious cads. When Damon’s character gets the girl's telephone number, he proudly shows it to the other guys and boasts, with his South Boston access, “How 'bout ‘dem apples?”  I imagine Tim Cook imitating this...
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July 1, 2022 Happy Independence Day!
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Happy Independence Day!
July 1, 2022
When you think of the Fourth of July, a few things probably come to mind: fireworks, hot dogs, and American flag fashion statements being among them. Who could blame you? July 4th is one of the most festive holidays of the year. The weather is warm, calendars are full of fun events, and everyone seems to be in a sunny state of mind—and for good reason. We have a lot to celebrate. View Post
June 29, 2022 He never promised her a "Rose Garden" so for her wedding .....
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He never promised her a "Rose Garden" so for her wedding .....
June 29, 2022
She decided to celebrate with roses....hundreds of them!
A wedding is the perfect time to go all out and when a bride loves roses as much as Amber does it just made sense to treat her guest to a rose garden wedding.
What was unexpected was the temperature of nearly 100 degrees. Bliss Fleurs knew just how to keep those roses looking their best - with plenty of hydration!
We just had to share photos of this beautiful wedding with you..
https://blissfleurs.com
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June 27, 2022 WSJ: If your porch has a lot of Amazon packages, maybe take down the American flag
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WSJ: If your porch has a lot of Amazon packages, maybe take down the American flag
June 27, 2022
If someone has an American flag flying on their porch and Amazon boxes often at their doorstep, maybe they should take the flag down and put up a Chinese flag. Amazon appears to be profiting by cutting out much our domestic retail community and instead helping Chinese businesses.  And don’t expect Amazon to pay much in local taxes either. 

This past weekend’s WSJ shares how third-party sellers, many of them from China, have flooded Amazon with spurious listings, leaving ...
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June 20, 2022 Rescued Kennel Puppies Love Bridge 🐶
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Rescued Kennel Puppies Love Bridge 🐶
June 20, 2022
My friend works at the Swiss running shoemaker ON. She recently texted me and suggested I try their running shoes.  Three weeks later, I was handling two boxes of their Swiss engineered shoes.   On one ON shoe, there is a little Swiss flag and the words “Swiss Engineering” printed. When I get a pair of Nike’s, they don’t say "Beaverton-engineering" or "US-engineering." Nor do Adidas shoes proclaim “German engineering.”  ...
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June 15, 2022 Building the Horizon 🌄
Building the Horizon 🌄
June 15, 2022
The Brick report helps our company track our past and current progress. Our team can easily look back at the last 78 weeks and know what we did. (Most companies would be hard pressed to do this easily.) The Brick brings us together and keeps us on the same (web)page.  Its success leads to me ask: “Could we have an approach that helps us look at our future?" I’ve sometimes thought about crafting a weekly 'Horizon Report' that would share what’s next for us.  

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