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August 26, 2022 Click Hear 🎧
Click Hear 🎧
August 26, 2022
Whenever I visit my 76-year-old mom in Myrtle Beach, SC, she picks me up and the oldies station is playing in her car. I’ve tried changing that dial, and one has a better chance of outmaneuvering tennis star Daniil Medvedev. I imagine the oldies music brings her back to her youth. I read a study that people’s favorite song is often when they were 17 years old.  That’s right: the 'best songs’ may not be the best songs but rather simply be what you heard in ...
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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 A Summer Treat That`s Hard To Beat
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A Summer Treat That`s Hard To Beat
August 24, 2022
Beat the heat with a bowl of fresh, icy-cold watermelon pops served in a high-quality handwoven basket with a glass bowl insert. Make your summer treats stand out with eye-catching rustic serving.  Available in 2Qt and 4Qt.


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability

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August 19, 2022 Essential Serving Pieces You Need for Entertaining
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Essential Serving Pieces You Need for Entertaining
August 19, 2022
Serving appetizers, entrees and more in this woven beauty accentuated with white oval platter by Corelle is the perfect art of serving. The dishware is light-weight and microwave safe. Happy weekend everyone!


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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August 15, 2022 We Suck 🪠
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We Suck 🪠
August 15, 2022
Last week, Amazon bought iRobot, the company that makes Roomba, the robot vacuum cleaner, for $1.7b.  Why? Yes, their 'Rosie from the Jetsons' has AI and is in your home (which is where Amazon wants to be), but the reason Amazon wants it is because customers want it. Which leads us to ask: Why do customers want Roomba? Because it does something that humans find annoying and hate doing: cleaning. Roomba has spotted the value that robots bring to the world and it's not simply being ...
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August 15, 2022 Classic Summer Tablescape
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Classic Summer Tablescape
August 15, 2022
These intricately woven placemats made of natural vines are the perfect base for mixing and matching. Accentuate with our handcrafted napkin rings, beautiful tablecloths and fresh flowers to set the scene.  Keep it rustic chic and simple.

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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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August 14, 2022 New Feature: More Easily Manage Registry Bonuses
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New Feature: More Easily Manage Registry Bonuses
August 14, 2022
Your Bridge has a new feature. You can now more easily manage your gift registry bonuses.

Background:
Your Bridge Store's Gift Registry software has a marketing program built in. This program gives registrants (e.g. brides) a monetary bonus if they complete five steps. Previously, when registrants reported that they added a link on their social media page, a store would have to ask the registrant on which platform they added the link. The same process occurred when the registrant reported ...
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August 14, 2022 Congrats: 50th Anniversary for the Botanic Garden Pattern
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Congrats: 50th Anniversary for the Botanic Garden Pattern
August 14, 2022
Botanic Garden, a pattern from the brand Portmeirion, is celebrating its 50th anniversary shares Tableware Today magazine.  The pattern, which is based on an 1817 herbal book’s illustrations, was unconventional at the time because it came in unmatching sets.  Store buyers feared it wouldn’t sell.  Fifty years later, the pattern has sold more than $1b and accounts for about half of Portmeirion’s sales. The company’s daughter created the pattern after ...
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August 11, 2022 New VIETRI Gallo At Glassworks!
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New VIETRI Gallo At Glassworks!
August 11, 2022
The rooster is a symbol of prosperity and positivity in Italy, and the watercolor brushstrokes and vibrant hues of the Gallo Pattern will invite that good fortune and Italian optimism into your home. Look for Vietri's ad with Glassworks in the new House Beautiful Magazine.
After a tragic bombing in Ukraine, one of the last surviving artifacts was a ceramic rooster in the kitchen window of a home in the village of Borodyanka. Today, the rooster has become a symbol of hope worldwide. In 2022, ...
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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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August 9, 2022 Helpful Dishwashing Tips
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Helpful Dishwashing Tips
August 9, 2022
Our Bernardaud and L'Objet Whiteware pieces are dishwasher, microwave, and oven safe. Helpful hints for whiteware pieces include avoiding temperature shocking. Avoid placing a plate from the fridge directly into a hot oven to help prevent breakage.

We also offer a wide array of dishwasher safe fine china too! Royal Limoges, Deshoulieres, Wedgwood, and Mottahedeh just to name a few. Some helpful tips to help prolong your pieces with precious metals when using the dishwasher are that you ...
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August 9, 2022 New Products are Arriving
New Products are Arriving
August 9, 2022
NEW PRODUCTS ARE HERE!
We are in the process of updating our catalog on Bridge, adding new products and deleting retired pieces. We are still one of the only companies that continues to have all products made entirely in Italy, using Italian materials and being made by Italians. This is important to keep the classic methods of ceramic and woven kitchen towel industries in Italy going.  We've been working with Italy and independent retailers for 22 years and we don't have any plans ...
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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 Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
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Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
August 4, 2022
The chocolate chip cookie was invented by American chefs Ruth Graves Wakefield and Sue Brides in 1938. They invented the recipe during the period when she owned the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Massachusetts. Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! View Post
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 3, 2022 Celebrate This Tasty and Delicious Fruit
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Celebrate This Tasty and Delicious Fruit
August 3, 2022
Did you know that watermelon is 92% water? No wonder it’s so refreshing! Dig into this tasty, juicy fruit served in this handcrafted organic woven bowl with 2Qt glass insert. There`s nothing like beating the heat with summertime`s most refreshing fruit in this earthy rustic look! Also available in 4QT.


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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August 1, 2022 Round Serving / Ottoman Tray
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Round Serving / Ottoman Tray
August 1, 2022
This round woven serving and ottoman trays will instantly add a gorgeous touch to any room. This tray can also be used as a kitchen decor, accessorized with a candle, or used as a unique coffee tray table.


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natural elegance, extraorinary durability
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July 29, 2022 The Classy Kitchen. 🤍
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The Classy Kitchen. 🤍
July 29, 2022
Elevate your kitchen by setting the table with our Sterling Check Collection. ✨🏁 View Post
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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