Martha Nierenberg, co-founder of Dansk, passed away at 96. She had fled the Nazis, worked at M.I.T., and fought to regain her family’s artwork. Nierenberg and her husband (who passed in 2009) brought the Dansk products (designed by Jens Quistgaard) to the U.S. market and created the Dansk brand.
Dansk in Danish means: Danish.
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) did a retrospective on Dansk which can be found here:
VIETRI AND BRIDGE PARTNER TO HELP INDEPENDENT STORES
Retailers Can Receive $150 For Joining Bridge Network
July 15, 2020
NEW YORK, NY – VIETRI, known as the premium importer of luxury tabletop goods from Italy, has launched a new program to help its independent specialty retailers online and in-store. VIETRI has agreed to offer its authorized retailers a credit of $150 towards future purchases by opening a free account with the e-commerce community ...
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You can now share wedding shower dates on registry pages. In the example, we see the shower date is May 16, 2020.
Retailers have requested this feature in order to help them manage gifts. This also helps a registrant's friends and family.
In order to add a shower date, please edit a registry. You'll see a new area "Wedding / Bridal Shower Date." The registrant can list if they are having a shower, and if so, if they wish to share this date with the public. (The shower...
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April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020
Thinking of the post-pandemic time and how I will receive my friends and family, let’s get the sparkles out !!!
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April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020
Food tastes better when you eat it with your family. Stay home and bake.
CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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April 10, 2020
April 10, 2020
Embrace the nostalgia of simpler times, bond with family, cook more & socialize virtually. Happy Easter!
CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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April 6, 2020
April 6, 2020
Easter is just around the corner and we won't be able to celebrate with our extended family or friends but set the table as if they were coming.
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March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
Happy to see Daniel Silva, U.S. sales director for Smart Brand partner Vista Alegre, featured in this month’s Tableware Today.
I learned in the article that:
Vista Alegre has a program called ID Pool to collaborate with young designers.
Vista Alegre has 35 stores around the world, and another 40 shops within a shop.
Vista Alegre has 200 sister companies, as its owned by Portuguese monopoly Visabeira. That’s a big family! :)
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Gift cards are becoming a popular way for customers to support indie stores. Your Bridge Store software includes gift cards. Friends, family, and shoppers can buy gift cards in any amount from your Bridge Store.
Steps to promote your gift card service:
1. Please visit your Bridge Store.
2. On your home page, on the left-hand side, please click on "Give a Gift Card."
3. Once on your gift card page, if you are logged in, you can add a custom picture of your store's...
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Why keep past registries? Because friends and family forget to buy gifts from your store :)
In the example shown, we see an anniversary reminder prompted a registrant’s friend to purchase another gift from the store. By keeping past registries, your Bridge software can send emails to friends and family members encouraging them to purchase gifts.
We recommend you maintain past registries for 3 years or more after the wedding date.
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I’m writing to sadly share that my dad Don Solarek passed away last week. He was quiet, thoughtful, and would gladly walk in New York City from the Battery to Harlem.
Don always had time to chat with me, share a story, give a lesson, and encourage me. He helped me with my paper route at 6 am when it was 3º in Rochester. He came to every high school cross country race and wrestling match—which were often held around 3:30 pm. Likely not ...
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February 4, 2020
February 4, 2020
Beautiful family memories should be displayed in a gorgeous frame ?
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Target now sources 80% of its online orders from stores, not warehouses, shares the Wall St. Journal.
Stores have less foot traffic (foot traffic to U.S. stores fell about 6.2% on Black Friday ) and more online shopping (online sales reached $7.4 billion on Black Friday, up from $6.2 billion last year), forcing stores to convert 'floor' employees into roles dealing with e-commerce and shipping. "At the Brooklyn store around 80 workers handle internet orders, collecting products from shelves or...
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Many of us will be with our family and friends this Thursday. I'll take a moment then to give thanks to all the indie retailers that enrich our communities. I'll thank the indie designers that fill our stores and homes with beautiful products.
When I'm in my friend's kitchen, someone may say they need a new spatula from Amazon, or after dinner ask Alexa to turn on Amazon TV. When they do, I'll consider those actions in light of the holiday. I'll share why this is important to consider.
Weβre berry, berry excited as the Christmas season approaches! Come see us...we are open 10 til 6, Monday through Saturday! Remember... Shop Small!
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Does Bridge help store owners live longer? For example, do we help Brooks Terry live longer? Store owner Susan Hoechner? The answer is yes, and I'll explain.
Bridge helps Susan and Brooks save months of time via the Smart Products service. This can be viewed as time saved--or more importantly: as an extension of their lives. As a reference, Scott Galloway, an NYU professor and media savant, recently made this insight regarding life-extending services:
"Walmart Delivery Unlimited: At $98/year,...
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Barneys will likely keep thousands of dollars belonging to brides, shares todayβs Times. The defunct retailer will keeps the bridesβ registry credits if they donβt redeem them by this Thursday.
This is also bad for the brands that were sold via Barneys' registries. For example, let's imagine Barneys sells Waterford. If a bride registered for a Waterford product, and that item was gifted by a family member, Waterford would expect that item to be bought by ...
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