Wrap Yourself in Warmth with Yves Delorme's Fall-Winter 2024 sales promotion. From October 18th – November 3rd, receive a 20% discount off one item or a 25% discount off two or more items. Products Included in the offer: Comforters, Pillows, Duvet Covers, Shams, and Pillowcases.
Also starting Friday, October 18th and running until Monday, November 11th, Le Jacquard Francais is having a 20% discount on all table linen items including: tablecloths, runners, placemats, and napkins.
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Our extra-large woven basket is more than just a storage solution. It’s a statement piece! Organize your vanities and supplies in style and let your creativity shine.
Robots help the physical world by automating it, thereby reducing labor costs and speeding up the process at hand. At Shop Local, we do this for indie merchants online. Our Syncing service is like a robot that stocks the merchant’s online shelf. We automate the process, reduce labor costs, and do it more quickly than a human. We may very well consider the Syncing service a robot.
This fall, let your space tell a story of artistry, nature, and craftsmanship. The Dahlia Collection is more than just decor – it’s a celebration of what’s beautiful, both in nature and in the hand that shapes it.
Shop the Dahlia Collection and bring nature's artistry into your home.
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Gift givers will now see a registrant's picture when adding a gift to their shopping bag.
October 16, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: The picture of your registrant now appears in more places throughout the purchase process.
We recently added the registrant's image to the 'Add Gifts' modal on a registry list. This addition keeps the registrant top of mind for gift givers, which enhances their gift-giving experience and increases their chances of completing a purchase.
A registrant's image also appears in the following places:
I have exciting news: Members will be able to save up to 35% off their monthly, flat-rate subscription fee with us. That's essentially buy 2 months and receive the 3rd free.
We’ll give a member a discount for paying upfront for one, two, or three years. This is our best offer.
Please consider this a ‘save the date’ for the sale. Please find details below.
You can use your savings to grow your store in 2025, take a vacation (Paris or Patagonia?), and ...
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This article, which will appear in the December/January 2025 issue of Tableware Today, explains the importance of wedding registries to indie stores.
Our e-commerce platform helps 1,500 indie stores sell $22 million a year. Perhaps surprising is that more than 90% of these orders are wedding registry gifts. Our stores offer tens of thousands of goods for sale online, with the lion’s share being wedding gifts. Why are wedding registry sales 90% of online sales while non-gift orders ...
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Money is tight for many indie retail shops. Owners often ask themselves: What brands and products should I invest in to get the best return for my business? We have an answer to this question. Welcome to the Leaderboard. In each issue through this new column, TOP OF THE CHARTS, I’ll be sharing with you the best performing wedding registry brands and products according to my company’s data. There’s something for brands and sales reps as well: we’ll be showing you the best ...
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It speaks volumes that the first line acquired by Maison3Amis after the purchase of DeVine Corp., a three-decade distributor of luxe European tableware, was Josephinenhütte, the five-year-old German-based maker of lightweight, thin-walled stemware and accessories. The Maison3Amis team (hereafter known as M3A) is helmed by two one-time Baccarat execs, Jim Shreve and Sally Burnside, who appreciate a nonpareil drinking glass, and Mark Brashear, who quickly recognized the allure of the brand. &...
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This issue marks my 40th year chronicling the tableware industry, the last 28 as the founder and editor of Tableware Today. Spend four decades in an industry and you see change: sometimes sweeping (lifestyle shifts/consolidations/e-commerce); sometimes specific (Covid/less entertaining at home/rising costs). On the other hand, four decades is just a blip in the life of many tableware producers. Our industry, really, is a contradiction in so many ways: a heritage category that must remain fresh, ...
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How we helped a store in Alabama revamp its online gift registry and save thousands in labor costs.
October 8, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Table Matters has joined Shop Local to grow its online business. Nestled in the heart of the Mountain Brook Village, Table Matters offers gifts, home goods, tableware, bridal registry, and more.
By using their Shop Local Store, Table Matters saved $30,983 and 45 weeks in labor on website product maintenance. Through the Syncing service, the store will expand its online collection of fine gifts and home accessories. Table Matters will also ...
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The radiant hues and classic shapes of this Renaissance-inspired collection make it a timeless statement-maker.
Now in cocktail and dinner napkin holders and a guest towel holder, each piece in the collection is handcarved by maestro artisans before a beautiful gold leaf is carefully applied.
“The picture doesn’t really do it justice; the gold finish has an antique look that makes it look more expensive than it is. I’m so pleased with the quality that I’...
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Four new, important Shop Local wedding registry features to help your store get more registry sales.
October 7, 2024
We're excited to share 4 new registry features with you:
A Registrant Can Password Protect their Registry
A registrant can designate their registry as password protected. If they choose this, they'll determine who can access their registry. They'll send the gift giver the public password.
Benefits: Add privacy, control access, and increase security.