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July 10, 2022 Naked truth: Amazon doesn't appear to care if it sells fakes
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Naked truth: Amazon doesn't appear to care if it sells fakes
July 10, 2022
Retail Dive reports on Amazon's lazy claims that it cares about stopping counterfeits. Counterfeiters on Amazon may steal a brand's product design, name, and product pictures. When a brand reports this to Amazon, Amazon often does: nothing.

This is an issue for American brands.  For example:
  • A brands creates a product. The brand pays for research and development.
  • Brand may pay to have it made in America.
  • Brand takes professional pictures of the finished product.
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July 7, 2022 New Limited Edition Baobab Vezo Candles At Glassworks!
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New Limited Edition Baobab Vezo Candles At Glassworks!
July 7, 2022
Seaside getaway!
Thanks to the scents of sea salt and wild flowers, feel the sea spray as if you were there with Baobab's Betany and Anosy scented candles.
Top: the ocean scented Betany candle is named for a little fishing village in the south west of the island of Madagascar. The patterned candle holder of this sea salt scented candle has been hand-crocheted in raffia, with blue and turquoise fish motifs. This perfumed, amber candle will transport the freshness of sea spray to your home.
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July 6, 2022 WSJ: European Union challenges Amazon’s abuses
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WSJ: European Union challenges Amazon’s abuses
July 6, 2022
The EU has passed a law that will affect Amazon and other big tech companies. The law will likely make it harder for Amazon to promote its own private label products on its website at the expense of others. 

While this is welcome news to many, this is a small victory as Amazon’s ambitions are grand as well as its ability to outpace laws. For the first 25 years of the Internet, Amazon, founded in 1994, rode on the rails of the government being too slow to enforce online tax ...
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July 6, 2022 'Dem Apps 🍎
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'Dem Apps 🍎
July 6, 2022
In the movie Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon, who plays a handsome MIT janitor moonlighting as a math savant (can one say, “Hollywood career vehicle”?), woos a young lady (played by the actress Minnie Driver) by outmaneuvering a few competing, obnoxious cads. When Damon’s character gets the girl's telephone number, he proudly shows it to the other guys and boasts, with his South Boston access, “How 'bout ‘dem apples?”  I imagine Tim Cook imitating this...
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July 1, 2022 Happy Independence Day!
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Happy Independence Day!
July 1, 2022
When you think of the Fourth of July, a few things probably come to mind: fireworks, hot dogs, and American flag fashion statements being among them. Who could blame you? July 4th is one of the most festive holidays of the year. The weather is warm, calendars are full of fun events, and everyone seems to be in a sunny state of mind—and for good reason. We have a lot to celebrate. View Post
June 30, 2022 Happy 4th Of July With MacKenzie-Childs & More At Glassworks!
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Happy 4th Of July With MacKenzie-Childs & More At Glassworks!
June 30, 2022
Glassworks can help you get ready for those picnics, parties, and gatherings. We have serving pieces, alfresco melamine dinnerware, and red, white, & blue decor. Pictured: MacKenzie-Childs Royal Check items. Stop at the Shadyside store to see the full gambit of options. Have a Happy 4th of July!

Click here to shop for MacKenzie-Childs on this website.

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June 22, 2022 Form, Function, and Fabulousness!
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Form, Function, and Fabulousness!
June 22, 2022
The VIDA Acrylic Ice Bucket is a clear winner for summer entertaining! Rendered in crystal clear acrylic, it is a stunning addition on a bar cart, and adds a striking, modern dimension to your home. This generous ice bucket is great for chilling wine out on the back patio and ideally suited for indoor and outdoor entertainment!  View Post
June 21, 2022 Help Your Stores and Receive $500
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Help Your Stores and Receive $500
June 21, 2022
FOR SALES REPS

Promotion:
  • I'll send you $500 for each retailer that you sign up for Bridge Store.
  • Stores that use Bridge sell 18% more. When you sign up a store for Bridge, you increase your commissions year-round.

What the store receives:
  • An online store.
  • Award-winning, best-in-class gift registry software.
  • Product data from Product Syncing Brands. (Please note: the store must be an authorized dealer to sync products.)
  • The ability to add an unlimited
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June 20, 2022 Rescued Kennel Puppies Love Bridge 🐶
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Rescued Kennel Puppies Love Bridge 🐶
June 20, 2022
My friend works at the Swiss running shoemaker ON. She recently texted me and suggested I try their running shoes.  Three weeks later, I was handling two boxes of their Swiss engineered shoes.   On one ON shoe, there is a little Swiss flag and the words “Swiss Engineering” printed. When I get a pair of Nike’s, they don’t say "Beaverton-engineering" or "US-engineering." Nor do Adidas shoes proclaim “German engineering.”  ...
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June 19, 2022 Swimsuits help reveal the costs behind retail goods
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Swimsuits help reveal the costs behind retail goods
June 19, 2022
Do you love a great deal on a t-shirt or TV? Sure, we all do. Yet, sometimes when we shop, the lower the price we pay, the less we pay: people.  People that make the goods (factory workers) and people that sell the goods (aka indie store owners) are the victims in the discount-pricing rush. 

Today’s Times shares that making a bathing suit in Sir Lanka costs about $4 per unit while in Portugal it may cost $16. In NYC, the minimum wage is $15/hour—making production in NYC ...
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June 15, 2022 Building the Horizon 🌄
Building the Horizon 🌄
June 15, 2022
The Brick report helps our company track our past and current progress. Our team can easily look back at the last 78 weeks and know what we did. (Most companies would be hard pressed to do this easily.) The Brick brings us together and keeps us on the same (web)page.  Its success leads to me ask: “Could we have an approach that helps us look at our future?" I’ve sometimes thought about crafting a weekly 'Horizon Report' that would share what’s next for us.  

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June 15, 2022 Perfect Natural Napkin Ring Decor
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Perfect Natural Napkin Ring Decor
June 15, 2022
Bring natural and rustic element to each table setting featuring organic napkin ring holders . Beautifully handwoven from natural vines and easy to pair with pastel and dark tones, adding multi-textural accent to your tablescape. Set of 4.


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability View Post
June 13, 2022 Optimizing 🦾
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Optimizing 🦾
June 13, 2022
We’ve chatted about the importance of checklists. Checklists can be checklists literally as well as figuratively (i.e. software).  Checklists help us order our thoughts and actions.   Yet, the last step on each checklist should be: removing as many checklist steps as possible. This ironic strategy is necessary because steps inherently are friction, and friction is our enemy. We want to help our clients avoid the drag of clicks and thinking.

Embracing lists that we seek to ...
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June 2, 2022 Juliska Isabella Acrylic Drinkware At Glassworks!
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Juliska Isabella Acrylic Drinkware At Glassworks!
June 2, 2022
Summer is almost here! Serve up some summertime sips with an assortment of Juliska acrylic drinkware. Featuring the same motifs as their beloved mouth-blown glasses in durable and dishwasher safe designs. Pictured are an assortment in the Isabella pattern. Stop at the Shadyside store to check them out!

Click here to shop for Juliska Acrylic on our Glassworks website.



 
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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 Hello Sweet Summertime ☀️
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Hello Sweet Summertime ☀️
June 2, 2022
Hello June!! Summer is here and we can’t help but swoon this stunning soirée set with Skyros!! It’s time to celebrate every sunshine filled moment of summer!! ☀️ #skyrosdesigns #skyrosbride #summertime View Post
June 2, 2022 The Bartender’s Best Friend
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The Bartender’s Best Friend
June 2, 2022
Beatriz Ball's SIERRA MODERN Small Rectangular Triple Dip (Gold) is fabulously functional. With three generous wells, the gold-tone piece is perfect on the bar for cocktail garnishes like cut lemons, limes and olives. Its richly textured surface is made unique and fresh with a proprietary metallic gold finish that adds a hint of glam to any serving situation.

This triple dip offers stylish design, with elegant practicality. Food-and dishwasher-safe, decorative, and also perfect for serving ...
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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 27, 2022 Good News: 129 LSA International Products Are Ready for Syncing
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Good News: 129 LSA International Products Are Ready for Syncing
May 27, 2022
We are pleased to announce that LSA International is ready to sync products with retailers via Bridge.
 
LSA International is sharing 129 products in 15 collections via Bridge. Please view their synced products here:
https://lsainternational.bridgecatalog.com/collections.cfm/LSA_International

 
Retailers who sync with LSA International products save time and money:
  • By syncing, the retailer can save $129 and 1 day in labor.
  • Syncing with LSA International on Bridge
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May 26, 2022 Gorham Apartments in NYC
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Gorham Apartments in NYC
May 26, 2022
While walking down Broadway last weekend, I discovered this plaque regarding Gorham, a producer of fine metalware and flatware. The plaque shares that Gorham was located in this first-ever mixed-use building built in 1883. Notably, Gorham is still producing beautiful products today and is a member of Bridge's Product Syncing service. Ironically, the brand's modern-day showroom was just seven blocks away until very recently. (This building is at 19th St. and Broadway and the Lifetime Brands ...
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