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August 23, 2021 Bridge Means Business
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Bridge Means Business
August 23, 2021
We pity the fool that wastes time at a computer!  Save time, save money. Join your business friends on Bridge. View Post
August 21, 2021 It's Your Business to Be Happy
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It's Your Business to Be Happy
August 21, 2021
"Are you happy?” That’s a question you may ask yourself. Your parents and friends also likely inquire (I hope!).  While it may seem flaky to say, happiness is important. This topic was the subject of Dr. Edward Diener, who passed away in April of this year. Dr. Diener, who studied happiness and earned the moniker “Dr. Happiness,” reported that happiness often correlates with social relationships, being with others, and not being alone. 

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August 5, 2021 Do You Want to Meet Like-Minded Retailers?
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Do You Want to Meet Like-Minded Retailers?
August 5, 2021
You own a successful retail shop. Would you like to meet other successful store owners? HTI is a good spot to start. 

HTI is an association that helps build better relationships between 125 independent kitchenware retailers. HTI helps stores:
  • Connect with other store leaders.
  • Share insights and solutions about retail.
  • Learn about over 200 housewares vendor members.
  • Succeed financially.
  • Receive discounts.  HTI negotiates and obtains vendor discounts and provides 
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July 4, 2021 Facebook: Dangerous For Your Kids--and Your Business
Facebook: Dangerous For Your Kids--and Your Business
July 4, 2021
I’m seeing a disturbing trend online. Stores are not sharing news and events on their websites. Instead, they are relying on Facebook (and Instagram, which it also owns) to perform this task. That’s like a customer coming into the physical store and the store manager saying: "Want our news and events? We don’t have it here. Go to the coffee shop next door—which will be filled with our competitors pitching to you." 

I believe this is bad for most ...
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July 2, 2021 July 4th Weekend Store Hours
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July 4th Weekend Store Hours
July 2, 2021
Please note.....The store will be closed on Saturday, July 3rd, and Monday, July 5th to allow our staff time to celebrate with friends and family. We look forward to seeing you in the store on Tuesday, July 6th to help you with your gift-giving needs. While we are away you can shop our website: http://www.gainesjewelers.com. 

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June 27, 2021 Success Story: Canterbury Court in Texas
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Success Story: Canterbury Court in Texas
June 27, 2021
Pat Hensley, a sales rep for Ryan Associates, helped her store and her brands this morning.

Pat signed up Canterbury Court, a gift and antique shop in Texas. By just spending a few minutes, the retailer has a live Bridge Store with 1,800+ products. Customers and brides-to-be can shop these products. Google will rank the store higher due to these products. The store saved months of web development time and thousands of dollars in labor.

For free, the store received:
  • An online store
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June 24, 2021 Dallas: Day 2
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Dallas: Day 2
June 24, 2021
Greetings from the Dallas show. Happy to meet with our partners at Savannah Bee and Pampa Bay.  
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Visit our friends at Pampa Bay:
https://pampabay.bridgecatalog.com/

Savannah Bee's Bridge account will be ready this summer ;) View Post
June 23, 2021 Visiting Laura May at The Ivy House in Dallas
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Visiting Laura May at The Ivy House in Dallas
June 23, 2021
Enjoyed visiting Laura May at her lovely boutique The Ivy House in Dallas.  She is a spitfire filled with inspiration and enthusiasm.

She offers a shop chockablock with luxury goods from Ginori, Juliksa, Deshoulieres, Saint Louis Crystal, and hundred of other premium brands. 

It’s so pretty in the shop that I suggested she could rent it out in the evenings for wedding engagements, cocktail parties, etc. 

Thank you, Laura, for encouraging me and the Bridge team! 😀
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June 17, 2021 WSJ: Shops Join Forces vs. Amazon
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WSJ: Shops Join Forces vs. Amazon
June 17, 2021
I enjoyed today’s WSJ article about stores teaming up to take on Amazon. Since Bridge has collectivized 800 indie shops to push back against Amazon, we can relate to efforts to help stores team up and boost their communities.  

The article mentions Shopify and its popularity among indie shops. Shopify, along with BigComerce, Big Cartel, Wix, and Magento, are platforms that have helped indies to grow online independent of Amazon.

While we appreciate any platform that helps indies...
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June 14, 2021 Complexity is a Tax on Indie Businesses
Complexity is a Tax on Indie Businesses
June 14, 2021
Business leader Scott Galloway said this past week on his podcast Pivot that "complexity is a tax on the poor." I'd expand on that and posit that: complexity is a tax on indie businesses.

What if indie businesses could reduce the complexity and costs of running an online business? I believe we can. Bridge is reducing the costs of running an online business for more than a thousand businesses. 

How do we reduce the 'tax'? Bridge often helps a retailer set up an online store ...
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May 18, 2021 Mailing $400 to a Sales Rep
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Mailing $400 to a Sales Rep
May 18, 2021
Bridge Appreciates Sales Reps

I am sending the Ivystone sales rep Laura Zanone two $200 checks.  Bridge gives sales reps a finder's fee when they sign up a retailer for a Bridge Store.  The rep promotes Bridge Store because it helps the store sell more--which is good for the store and the rep.

Laura helped her stores save thousands of dollars and weeks of time. In total, she saved her stores over $6,000 and 10 weeks in labor. 
  • Laura helped Fletcher Yaerta, a jewelry
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May 16, 2021 Thank you, Carmel Ceramica
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Thank you, Carmel Ceramica
May 16, 2021
We were pleased to see the Bridge 'B' logo featured in Carmel Ceramica's advertisement in June's Tableware Today issue.

Carmel Ceramica uses Bridge's Smart Products service to instantly display 180 products on its retailers' Bridge Stores. 

Bridge is the easiest way for business owners that read Tableware Today to share and sell a brand's products.

Carmel Ceramic's advertisement reminded me a comparison that we did created. We compared Bridge to other social media platforms such ...
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May 13, 2021 Video: Learn How Brands Can Save Each of Their Stores $750 and 50 Hours (9 minutes)
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Video: Learn How Brands Can Save Each of Their Stores $750 and 50 Hours (9 minutes)
May 13, 2021
Watch the video at Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/548638211

In this video I share why retailers don’t add a brand’s products to their websites and therefore fail the brand and themselves in the e-commerce race.

Bridge’s Smart Products marketing service ‘bridges’ the gaps in online distribution. Bridge's service helps brands show 100% of the brand’s products on an infinite number of retailers’ Bridge Stores. The retailer can use Bridge Store as a stand-...
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May 7, 2021 Success Story: Navarra’s Added 10,000 Products To Online Store in 2 Days. For Free.
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Success Story: Navarra’s Added 10,000 Products To Online Store in 2 Days. For Free.
May 7, 2021
Navarra’s, a fine jewelry and gift store in Lake Charles, LA, signed up for a Bridge Store on May 5th, 2021. It instantly received an online store and a gift registry for free. Within 2 days, its online store also displayed 10,000+ products. The store was able to offer many products quickly using Bridge’s Smart Products service. The service crowdsources product maintenance and allows each respective brand to effectively manage its items through the platform to free up time for Bridge...
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April 28, 2021 Success Story: A Store Saved $17,250 and 29 Weeks of Labor
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Success Story: A Store Saved $17,250 and 29 Weeks of Labor
April 28, 2021
Pizazz, a bridal and gift shop in Columbus, MS, signed up for a Bridge Store yesterday.  It instantly received from Bridge an online store and an online gift registry for free.  Within one day, it also offered 23,000+ products online.  The store was able to quickly offer so many products using Bridge's Smart Products service.  The service crowdsources product maintenance and allows each respective brand to manage its items behind the scenes. 

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April 27, 2021 Success Story: Bridge Saved A Store $7,500 and 13 Weeks of Labor
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Success Story: Bridge Saved A Store $7,500 and 13 Weeks of Labor
April 27, 2021
The Carriage House in Indianola, MS, signed up for a Bridge Store today. In just a few hours, it had an online store, a gift registry, and 10,000+ products to offer.

Without Bridge, a store often pays about $750 for every 1,000 products it adds to its website--and this takes about 50 hours.

By using Bridge, the store has already saved about $7,500 and 500 hours (about 13 weeks).

The Carriage House offers on its Bridge Store the full product offerings from fine brands like Annieglass, ...
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April 27, 2021 In 29 States, Our Stores have a Page 1 Google Ranking
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In 29 States, Our Stores have a Page 1 Google Ranking
April 27, 2021
Bridge is helping indie stores take back market share: 
  • When searching for gift registries, Google displays on page 1 more retailers using Bridge software than any other retailer or software provider. 
  • Stores using Bridge are beating big-box stores such as Bed Bath & Beyond, Walmart, and Target in Google.
  • We are helping stores out rank online players like Amazon and Zola.
  • Bridge retailers are also ranking higher than stores using other e-commerce software such as Shopify,
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April 13, 2021 Bridge in 2012
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Bridge in 2012
April 13, 2021
I came across this 2012 HFN article about Bridge. In 2012, we had 40 stores using our e-commerce software. Today, we have more than 740.  Thank you for helping us grow 18x in the last nine years :)

We’re pleased to see William-Wayne & Co. featured in the article. This NYC retail heirloom has been a client since 2001–before we even started Bridge or the Smart Products marketing service. They’re still a client today. Thank you William-Wayne & Co. for trusting with...
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March 31, 2021 Cleaner is Better
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Cleaner is Better
March 31, 2021
Wouldn't you agree that people around the world are cleaner as they undertake to get beyond the global pandemic of Corona virus.  It seems that it is time to stop advising people to do what we all have memorized about washing hands, social distancing and wearing masks. “Following simple handwashing practices is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of many types of infection and illness." Dr.Michele, MD, of the FDA says. “We can’t advise this ...
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March 30, 2021 Frenemies: Brands and Retailers
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Frenemies: Brands and Retailers
March 30, 2021
Brands and retailers used to be friends. Now they're: 'frenemies.'   Brands continue to use the power of e-commerce websites and social media to work around retailers, as evidenced in this news that Nike is no longer selling to Macy's.

Read the full article:
https://www.retaildive.com/news/report-nike-drops-dsw-urban-outfitters-macys-in-quest-for-more-dtc-sale/597415/
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