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June 17, 2021 Juliska Al Fresco Tableware From Glassworks For Father's Day Cookouts!
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Juliska Al Fresco Tableware From Glassworks For Father's Day Cookouts!
June 17, 2021
For when your guests can’t be tamed to the table… set up a gather & graze buffet with the help of Juliska's Al Fresco melamine and acrylic dinnerware and serveware. Father's Day is this Sunday so stop at Glassworks to find gift ideas, as well as outdoor entertaining pieces.

Click here to shop for Juliska Al Fresco on this website.
(Scroll down page 1/3 of the way to Al Fresco section.)

We are following state guidelines by sanitizing, ...
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June 17, 2021 2x Faster
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2x Faster
June 17, 2021
I’m excited to share a new, free service for our stores. Bridge is offering a wholesale ordering service where you can place wholesale orders via your Bridge account. More than 100 brands are participating.

Martin Garding, owner of Lawren's in Huntsville, shared this about Bridge's new wholesale service:

Bridge Wholesale is by far the easiest way to order from our suppliers. It cuts down on mistakes that could occur ordering through other channels. I like that the images and item ...
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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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June 12, 2021 What is Laura Saying About Bridge Wholesale?
What is Laura Saying About Bridge Wholesale?
June 12, 2021
Brands and retailers have been using the new Bridge Wholesale service for six months. The service helps businesses reduce errors and save time. Retailers shared these comments below about the service:
 
Martin Garding (owner of Lawren's in Huntsville):
 
Bridge Wholesale is by far the easiest way to order. It cuts down on mistakes. Time is money. Bridge Wholesale saves you time.
 
 
Laura May (owner of The Ivy House in Dallas):
 
I absolutely love ...
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June 11, 2021 Your One-of-a-Kind Watermelon Fruit Bowl
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Your One-of-a-Kind Watermelon Fruit Bowl
June 11, 2021
Celebrate Dad with this fun fruit tray that the kids can help assemble. Serve it as an appetizer before the real grill is out. Available in 2 Qt and 4 Qt. Includes glass insert.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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June 9, 2021 How About Farm Fresh Eggs on The Kitchen Counter?
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How About Farm Fresh Eggs on The Kitchen Counter?
June 9, 2021
Enjoy gazing at those farm-fresh eggs out on your kitchen counter in this delightfully natural organic basket made from vines, just like great-great-grandma would have. Available in 2 sizes.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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May 24, 2021 Handmade With Love
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Handmade With Love
May 24, 2021
Homemade rich flavored cookies served warm and fresh right out of the oven in this natural basket handcrafted with care by Calaisio. Set of 2.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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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 14, 2021 Bridge Drains Sales From Amazon, Walmart, and other Deep-Pocket Players
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Bridge Drains Sales From Amazon, Walmart, and other Deep-Pocket Players
May 14, 2021
Bridge is helping indie stores compete against the big-box stores and big-money players.

Bridge will help more than 700 indie stores service 7,000 registries this year. Collectively, we’re moving millions of dollars in sales from big players to small stores and their communities.  

Proof of this is when we see a bride registered at five stores and 40% of them are Bridge Store clients. The bride lists these registry choices:
  1. Bed Bath & Beyond
  2. Amazon Wedding
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May 12, 2021 New Feature: More Easily Designate Items as Special Order
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New Feature: More Easily Designate Items as Special Order
May 12, 2021
We have made it easier to designate collections and products as special order.  A business can now click a box "Special Order" on the Collections page and all the items in that collection will receive that designation.

In the example shown, BIA Cordon Bleu, a distributor of fine French tableware, is viewing a collection page. It can control the collection and its products' special Order status via the check box. 

When a collection is designated as special Order, your ...
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May 7, 2021 Why Not Treat Mom To An Authentic Afternoon Tea On Mother's Day?
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Why Not Treat Mom To An Authentic Afternoon Tea On Mother's Day?
May 7, 2021
A thoughtful way to spend some quality time with your mom sipping tea and enjoying quality time. 

CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability


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May 1, 2021 Happy First Day Of May! Pancake Good Morning!
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Happy First Day Of May! Pancake Good Morning!
May 1, 2021
You want to be chatting with Mom at the table with this beauty and Mom will ask for every morning from then on.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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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 23, 2021 Thanks ‘a latte,’ Covid
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Thanks ‘a latte,’ Covid
April 23, 2021
Many of our kitchen stores sell coffee-related goods. Today’s WSJ shares that Nestle’s coffee machine and pod sales were up 17%. 

Read the full article here: 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/at-home-coffee-boom-during-pandemic-powers-sales-at-nestle-11619090637
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April 23, 2021 Mom Deserves the Very Best When It Comes to Bathroom Decor
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Mom Deserves the Very Best When It Comes to Bathroom Decor
April 23, 2021
It's never too late to surprise your mom to a bathroom vanity like this mirrored tray by Calaisio for this upcoming Mother's Day!


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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April 20, 2021 Video: 5 Materials Sales Reps Use to Help Their Stores (3 minutes)
Video: 5 Materials Sales Reps Use to Help Their Stores (3 minutes)
April 20, 2021
FOR SALES REPS

In this video, I share how reps help their stores sell more online. I start with the Website Grader, and then share four other supporting materials. Please find PDFs of those print materials here: https://marketplace.guclub.org/library.cfm?id=2303

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April 18, 2021 Storytelling 📖
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Storytelling 📖
April 18, 2021
This past week I finally started doing a better job of sharing our vision. A company’s vision and how it shares this story is a key pillar in its growth. A company can grow without being a good vision sharer (storyteller), but it makes the growth slower and harder. When one gets up on stage (metaphorically) and shares their vision, with passion, it’s magnetic and can help split the sea.  What medium did we add to our story-sharing tools this week? Video.  I made and shared ...
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April 14, 2021 A Spring Garden Salad
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A Spring Garden Salad
April 14, 2021
Play up the forest theme with a welcoming garden table setting from handcrafted bowl made from natural fern vines. Available in 2 Qt and 4 Qt. Includes glass insert

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April 10, 2021 Expanding Bridge's Customer Base to Help More Brands
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Expanding Bridge's Customer Base to Help More Brands
April 10, 2021
Best of Thymes, an indie store in Iowa, just closed (https://bestofthymes.bridgecatalog.com/news.cfm?id=20645). Hopefully, they’ll continue to operate online and keep using Bridge. Best of Thymes is part of an industry-wide series of closures that is affecting large and small retailers. Due to this, brands are increasing their efforts to go D2C. Brands justify this by saying that there are fewer stores to show their wares. While this is true, surely they are motivated by: 2x the margins. ...
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April 10, 2021 Don`t You Love Nature Trays?
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Don`t You Love Nature Trays?
April 10, 2021
Brighten up your room with picture perfect durable accent trays made from natural organic vines.

CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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