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June 2, 2022 Polite Company~ Who Needs Manners Anyway?
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Polite Company~ Who Needs Manners Anyway?
June 2, 2022
We All Do!
A word popped into my head this morning as I was driving to the office. 
“Polite company.”  Hmmm, now that is a thought that can take many twists and turns.
The social interaction that goes with the meal is more important than the plates .But we love it when the environment and the conversation dovetale into a memorable enjoyable gathering.
To have a company or business characterized by courtesy is one way to think of it, but that is not what we are talking ...
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June 2, 2022 Facebook’s ticker should be: DATA…or THEFT
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Facebook’s ticker should be: DATA…or THEFT
June 2, 2022
Today’s WSJ article made me think:
1.  We need to reserve a ticker symbol for Bridge, like BRDG. 

2. Meta should use the ticker DATA or THEFT, as that’s the business they’re in. They are in the business of using your personal data—whether via Facebook or in the metaverse, often without us being aware.  To see a web page on Facebook or Instagram often requires logging in. Don’t want to log in? Too bad, that’s the only way to see the content. ...
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June 2, 2022 Hello June! Good Morning Friends!
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Hello June! Good Morning Friends!
June 2, 2022
Coffee is my must-have accessory. Adding this sultry, dense rustic woven placemat handcrafted entirely of natural vines with golden-yellow and brown hues makes coffee taste better. Enjoy your family, your friends and your coffee!


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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May 31, 2022 Ambassadors 🍪
Ambassadors 🍪
May 31, 2022
I was reading enviously about college kids adopting an app called BeReal and noticed that BeReal is employing ambassadors on college campuses. I even looked up the app’s page about this ambassador program (https://bere.al/en/ambassadors). Sure enough, a week later the Times published another college app piece on Sidechat (yes, I was sadly still reading about tween apps a week later…). Again, the app is finding success via campus ambassadors.  

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May 30, 2022 Jerry Chazen, Who Helped Create Store-within-a-store Concept, Passes
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Jerry Chazen, Who Helped Create Store-within-a-store Concept, Passes
May 30, 2022
When I explain Bridge's Product Syncing service, I sometimes compare the service to the store-within-a-store concept at the mall.  I didn't know that Jerry Chazen, who helped found Liz Claiborne, pioneered that concept in the 1980s. Thank you, Jerry.

Mr. Chazen passed in February 2022. Read the obituary for Mr. Chazen here:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-claiborne-co-founder-helped-create-a-fashion-star-11644505274

 
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May 30, 2022 Memorial Day Entertaining
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Memorial Day Entertaining
May 30, 2022
Let`s celebrate America together today, to remember and honor all the brave heroes who served. Kick off a modern patriotic theme with a twist of nature-inspired placemats and napkin rings by Calaisio. The natural vines and its neutral tones are the perfect base for mixing and matching. Happy Memorial Day!


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May 24, 2022 Cozy Breakfast Nook Ideas
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Cozy Breakfast Nook Ideas
May 24, 2022
Good morning. May your day be as wonderful as the first sip. Morning coffee tastes even better when you serve it on such a cozy table setting by Calaisio. These placemats handwoven from 100% natural vines offers organic simplicity on your breakfast nook.


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May 23, 2022 Good News: 273 RöSLE Products Are Ready for Syncing
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Good News: 273 RöSLE Products Are Ready for Syncing
May 23, 2022
We are pleased to announce that RöSLE USA is ready to sync products with retailers via Bridge.
 
RöSLE is sharing 273 products in 4 collections via Bridge. Please view their synced products here:
https://rosle.bridgecatalog.com/collections.cfm/Rosle.
 
Retailers who sync with RöSLE products save time and money:
  • By syncing, the retailer can save $273 and 2 days in labor.
  • Sync with RöSLE on Bridge is free.
  • Syncing takes less than 
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May 22, 2022 Businesses Should Want a Membership—Not a Subscription. Why?
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Businesses Should Want a Membership—Not a Subscription. Why?
May 22, 2022
When talking about memberships and subscriptions, these two business models are sometimes interchanged but actually are different. They often differ in their pricing, customers, and offerings.  A subscription is often not a membership, but a membership often encompasses a subscription.  A membership is often an elevated and more powerful subscription that collectivizes and leverages the subscribers.

What They Have In Common
With both models, you often pay a fee and receive a ...
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May 22, 2022 Tableware Today: 4 Brands Promote Bridge
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Tableware Today: 4 Brands Promote Bridge
May 22, 2022
We're happy to see four brands promote Bridge in Tableware Today's June/July 2022 issue.

In each advertisement, the brand displays Bridge’s ‘B’ logo in the lower left or right of the page.  The brands that promote Bridge include:
  • Bordhallo Pinheiro
  • Carmel Ceramica
  • Pampa Bay
  • Vista Alegre

The brands show the Bridge logo so that retailers reading the publication will know that they can easily sell the products shown. Since e-commerce makes up 30% of U.S. ...
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May 17, 2022 Connection 👫
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Connection 👫
May 17, 2022
In the past, we’ve used spin classes and gyms as inspiration for Bridge. We see them as metaphors for helping retail business owners.  The founders of SoulCycle, Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, must have been eavesdropping on us: they are expanding their spinning approach to another sphere. The Times reports they have started Peoplehood, a business that seeks to help people via self-help (group-help?) sessions. It’s SoulCycle for the soul&...
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May 17, 2022 Entertaining Casserole Dishes
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Entertaining Casserole Dishes
May 17, 2022
This standard Pyrex oven-to-table glass baking dish makes an exciting piece of serveware with Calaisio`s custom fit serving basket. Handcrafted in a tight weave of natural heat resistant vines, its rustic texture and tone add a vintage-style serving to your dining table. That`s entertainment! Available in 2Qt and 4Qt.


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May 13, 2022 Salmon Saturdays!
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Salmon Saturdays!
May 13, 2022
Bless the food before us, the family beside us, and the love between us. Families have their traditions and those traditions are sacred. When I was a child my family would always have salmon on Saturdays. We called it Salmon Saturdays. Comment below on some of the family traditions you would have with yours! View Post
May 13, 2022 SUMMER is here...
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SUMMER is here...
May 13, 2022
...and it's time to refresh your outdoor entertaining pieces!

Outdoor dining- especially popular in the summer months when temperatures and weather are most favorable. It is a style of dining that is casual and often party-like in its atmosphere. Refresh your outdoor space with these summer staples! 
  • The pineapple--the symbol of hospitality--makes a welcome appearance! With its sculptural form and richly detailed surface, the silver GARDEN Pineapple Small Chip & Dip is both
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May 11, 2022 NYT: More Registrants Want Cash...And We're Not Talking Gift Cards
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NYT: More Registrants Want Cash...And We're Not Talking Gift Cards
May 11, 2022
This week's Times shares that brides are increasingly asking for cash gifts. This trend pulls back the curtain on the underbelly of wedding gifts.  Over the last 20 years, a trend emerged where a bride would ask for a traditional gift (i.e. a crystal champagne flute set, a fine china plate, etc.) but then redeem the credit for a television or vacuum. The stores that were especially adept at this were the big-box stores with a wide variety of offerings like Macy's and Target. They would use ...
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May 11, 2022 Bus-ta Move 🚌
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Bus-ta Move 🚌
May 11, 2022
In Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0, which the Bridge team is currently reading, the author Jim Collins confesses that he missed a key ingredient 25 years ago when he wrote the first edition. He states that he now realizes the most important part of achieving a great company is: getting the right people 'on the bus.’  I agree. Fourteen and a half years ago (long before I opened this book), I was lucky enough to pick up the right ‘passenger:' Moshe replied to my job posting (...
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May 4, 2022  Dining and Entertaining Fruit Bowl on Mother`s Day
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 Dining and Entertaining Fruit Bowl on Mother`s Day
May 4, 2022
Bring in the garden theme in this beautifully woven organic bowl for a stunning tablescape.
This welcoming table piece is handcrafted from natural vines, matched with a fitted 4 Qt glass bowl.
Also available in 1.5 Qt. Celebrate the leading ladies in your life with this stylish selection.


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May 3, 2022 The Prestige
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The Prestige
May 3, 2022
While eating a slice of coal-fired pizza at Arturo’s in Soho yesterday, and getting an occasional whiff of Houston Street garbage, I had to admit: I was at a loss for insight to share with my coworkers this week.  Each week, I send out a motivational message to my team that precedes a summary of what they accomplished. We call this report the Brick report. This would be my seventy-second Brick introduction: What else could I say--and would they miss it if there was not an introduction...
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May 3, 2022 Mother`s Day Brunch Recipes
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Mother`s Day Brunch Recipes
May 3, 2022
Moms deserve to feel pampered this coming Mother's Day, and taking over the cooking for her will certainly do it.  Mother`s Day brunch is easy to prepare like this burrito casserole best served in a 2Qt Pyrex glass baking dish matched in style with Calaisio`s  heat resistant serving tray.  This creative serving dish will add an extra-special touch to your meal. Also available in 3QT & 4Qt.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
 
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May 1, 2022 New Feature: Share a Product via Messaging
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New Feature: Share a Product via Messaging
May 1, 2022
Your Bridge has a new feature: you can more easily message friends about products. On each item's page, there is now a "Message via Bridge" link. When you click this link, a modal will appear, letting you select your friend and share the item. If you wish, you can include a customized message.  When you share the message, a message alert will appear when the member views their Bridge account. They will also receive an email alert that you sent them a message. 

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