We have put together a checklist of five easy steps. These steps help you and your guests get the most out of your registry with us. The best part: when you complete these steps, we'll give you a gift card! :)
1. Please add your picture to your online registry. Your wedding ...
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March 6, 2016
March 6, 2016
How often is Le Creuset mentioned on the Time's home page? Probably not too often - and yet this mention isn't likely the one the storied kitchenware brand wanted: it's about misleading customers. The biggest abusers of customers: online entities like Wayfair, Overstock, and Amazon.
In contrast, indy mom and pop stores don't have the lax morals, chutzpah, nor technical ability to pull the cons these big online players do.
This story is actually good reason to shop with your local store.
We are real happy to chalk a few photos of a Bridal Shower --- displayed this past weekend by Live With It Staff in beautiful Lackawanna County PA --- showing a lot of Kate Spade Designs for the Kitchen, Pantry and Tabletop.
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March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016
If web sales are only 5% of Targets sales, why is Target hustling to adapt for the web? Answer: much more than 5% of sales are researched first online and then bought in store. Some stats claim that 50% of large, in-store sales are first researched online. After all, can you imagine buying a stereo, car, or appliance without first researching it online? 5% may actually be more like 50% and that's why retail players are battling and investing online.
Side note: I'd forgotten that Amazon ran ...
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February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016
Reminder: starting tomorrow your site, as a default will be set up to give brides $20 for completing a five-step incentive program.
Do you know what the five steps are? Do you know how to update the amount given to a bride? Do you know how you'll manage recording when a bride meets the milestone--and how you'll add notes recording this? How is Bridge Catalog going to help you promote this new program? Please find answers below:
Spring is near! Freshen up you home with tulips, branches and daffodils in one of our beautiful containers!
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February 26, 2016
February 26, 2016
Spring and Seafood a Perfect Pair! Even better when serving the delicacies on the Beatriz Ball CERAMIC Grey Rim Oyster Bowl and Bahia Rectangle Casserole
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February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016
This graphic is for you to use in your promotions on Bridge, Facebook, and round the web.
Steps: 1. First, put this on your Bridge website. You'll need to do this before you can share it to Facebook, etc. You'll want to choose the graphic whose dollar amount matches what you're offering brides. e.g. $20. a. Click on the "Share" button below the graphic, and from the pop-up menu, click on "Re-Chalk." b. From the floating white window, click on 'Edit this Chalk'. This will allow you to edit this ...
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February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016
A special thanks for Renato Bialetti for helping make life easier and helping kitchen stores.
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February 17, 2016
February 17, 2016
Dear Retailers,
My name is Diane Seidle I have been hired by Jason Solarek of Bridge Catalog to help you make the most of Bridge's services. I am former product distributor, sales rep, retail sales person and former Madison Avenue marketing guru. I write the column in Tableware Today called Selling the Table, about digital marketing. But enough about me. What is it that you need?
It is my mission to see your sales improve in 2016 by utilizing the Bridge services available to you. First, I am going...
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February 15, 2016
February 15, 2016
Now that Valentine's Day is over, we can all FOCUS ON THE SPRING ... and maybe that long-awaited FACE-LIFT for the KITCHEN and TABLE !!! ... Also, If you are getting Married, It is TIME TO REGISTER :) !!!
Shown here is a little of the NEW KATE SPADE "All In Good Taste" Collection --- physically shown at our Northeastern PA Gift Stores ... AND here, Online --- where you can actually start-up your own GIFT REGISTRY !!! https://livewithit.bridgecatalog.com/registry.cfm?register
Please LOVE SOMEONE this Weekend ... or Something ... or "Love the one you're with (Stephen Stills)" ... or at least Love the "Uuuge (Bernie Sanders)" New Wave Tableware Collection --- LOVINGLY SHOWN at Live With It Gift Stores !!!
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February 7, 2016
February 7, 2016
Italian for enchantment, Incanto designs were inspired by Italian art, the landscape, as well as Venetian history. The soft ripples of the water of the Adriatic Sea are mimicked in the ruffle design. The stripe is reminiscent of the strong stately columns of Palladian villas along the Brenta River, the lace was inspired by the famed lace of Veniceβs Burano Island, and the baroque style is inspired by the architectural curves of 17th century Europe. The pearl design was inspired by the fashions ...
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1. The article's headline is obviously hyperbole meant to catch your attention. I guess the future of journalism is exaggerated headlines!
2. I replied to Michael that the author is likely wrong about stores streamlining their spaces.
Studies have shown that customers SAY they want streamlined stores, but rather prefer and buy more in cluttered stores. as an result, Walmart stores with more clutter sell more. ...
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February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016
This VIBRANTLY COLORED and POLKA-DOTTED collection offers all of the indispensable and reasonably priced tools needed for a MODERN KITCHEN that POPS with LIFE & ENERGY !!!
Shown here are a few of the many NEW FOR 2016 selections from KATE SPADE for you at Live With It --- both IN-STORE (in Peckville and in Pittston PA) and ONLINE !!!
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January 29, 2016
January 29, 2016
Thanks for stopping in !!! ... Please pull up a chair, RELAX and SIT WITH US for awhile ... Click around, Browse and have some Fun !!! ... and when you have the time, VISIT US AGAIN at our real, Brick & Motar Gift Stores in Northeastern Pennsylvania --- to see Tables and Dinnerware like this and much, much more.
EXTENDED BUSINESS HOURS for the Winter at both Live With It Gift Stores --- in Pittston and in Peckville Pennsylvania: --- MONDAY through SATURDAY: 10AM - 6PM --- SUNDAYS: Available for...
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January 27, 2016
January 27, 2016
Does Wal-Mart hurt local retailers? If so, what happens when Wal-Mart closes? Today's WSJ speculates on what will happen when it closes 150+ stores.
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January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016
What if Facebook and DropBox had a baby.... Youβd get Bridge, the easiest way to move products and their pictures amongst business friends.
Better than Facebook: you can easily share product pictures, dimensions, and prices...How many sales are lost looking at an item on Facebook that doesn't have a price or "Buy button"?
Better then Dropbox: you donβt need to upload or download pictures. The product data immediately appears on your website. Who wants to get tons of storage on DropBox only to have...
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January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016
Here are a few business apps to download and try out. They're for business owners / managers.