Gift giving is hard. Finding a perfect gift that is thoughtful, personal and useful is challenging. This is why Salisbury created a line of classic and beautifully fragranced candles for every gift giving occasion. We’ve even put down the words so you don’t have to.
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How pre-populating information saves clients time and speeds them along a process.
June 30, 2023
Each April, I scramble to send my tax information to my accountant so I can file my taxes before April 15. Since my friends confide that they do the same, there are likely millions of people like us racing to prepare our taxes. What if there was a way to avoid this painful rush—and even the cost of it? The WSJ shares that Japan, New Zealand, and much of Europe get such relief. The countries prepare tax returns for their citizens using existing data, and the citizen just needs to review it,...
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Park Haus has been awarded Best of Lincoln Parish in the Gifts Category for 2023. We consider this such an honor to be selected by you, our customers and friends! Our sincerest hope is that we live up to this award by providing a pleasant shopping experience for all who enter. Whether you’re shopping for a gift for a bride or a friend, or maybe for yourself, we are here to help you find that “special something”…for living and for giving!
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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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I'm giving you a $200 finder's fee when you refer a store.
When you refer a store, the store will receive $268. It will receive $100 towards a wholesale order with your brand and a $168 credit towards their registry service with us. (My company is paying the $100 wholesale order credit.)
This offer is good through May 1, 2023.
Summary: you give a store $268 and you get $200. (Bridge ...
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How integrating a messaging service into our e-commerce platform can help us acquire new customers.
January 31, 2023
It takes a lot of people to build a bridge, but just two to tango. This applies to the analog world as well as the digital one. In the digital space, I'm using tango to refer to messaging between two people. I believe messaging is a service we can add to our offering to diversify how our company Shop Local grows.
Different Networks Require a Different Number of Users in a Group
Andrew Chen in The Cold Start Problem states that a key difference among network models is the required minimum ...
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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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Looking for a sweet gift that’s not a Valentine’s Day budget-breaker?
She is sure to love the SOHO small Heart, with a thousand uses for this decorative dish. Use to serve nuts and nibbles at your next party, or to hold earrings and other small jewelry on her bedside table. A gift that keeps on giving for just $40.
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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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I'm giving you a $200 finder's fee when you refer a store.
When you refer a store, the store will receive $268. It will receive $100 towards a wholesale order with your brand and a $168 credit towards their registry service with us. (My company is paying the $100 wholesale order credit.)
Summary: you give a store $268 and you get $200. (Bridge covers the $468.)
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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An exquisite example of the art of reverse painting, this colorful glass piece is enlivened by a swirling surface of blue, white and gold hues.
Beatriz Ball’s GLASS New Orleans Extra-Large Painted Centerpiece (Blue & Gold) features a swirling surface of blue, white and gold hues. The vibrant and colorful New Orleans Collection represents a departure for Beatriz Ball but upholds the company’s championing of handmade traditions and artistry. No two exactly alike!
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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Opulent and sophisticated, the New Orleans Collection of luxurious handmade glass adds a dimension of richness to Beatriz Ball’s product mix. A touch of gold never gets old!
A luxe look for Holiday entertaining, and gift-giving, Beatriz Ball’s New Orleans Glass Round Foil Leafing Bowl Set of 2 (Gold) includes deep glass bowls with hand applied gold foil in two useful sizes.
The vibrant and colorful New Orleans Collection represents something of a departure for Beatriz Ball but ...
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Beatriz Ball offers faux bamboo frames in gleaming silver and gold tones!
One look at these gleaming bamboo-inspired GIFTABLES frames featuring the silvery hand-polished finish of Beatriz Ball’s signature metal and the modern and exciting proprietary gold-tone finish of Sierra Modern, and you'll agree that they are naturals for inspired gift-giving.
Mother Nature inspired the organic shape and graceful contours of GIFTABLES Sierra Modern Bamboo 5 x 5 Round Frame (Gold). Designed to ...
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When we talk about prices, there are two prices that are important:
The price that we charge clients.
The price our clients charge their customers.
We normally talk about the former, aka how our prices compare with other competitors, like Shopify or wholesale services like Faire.
Of increasing importance to us is what our retailers charge their customers. Walmart recently announced that it was taking brands to account and pressuring them to keep ...
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Sending a BIG thank you to all of Mariposa's hard-working retailers and valued customers! We appreciate your continued support and wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving surrounded by family and friends.
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