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July 28, 2022 Always Be Reading 📚
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Always Be Reading 📚
July 28, 2022
In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, a motivational speaker played by Alec Baldwin addresses a group of salesmen. He writes three letters vertically on the chalkboard, “A B C.” He explains that the acronym means "Always Be Closing."  

The way that Baldwin's character thinks about sales, I may think about reading. I think of: "ABR,” Always Be Reading. Whether it's breakfast, lunch, or dinner, I try to get in a page or two of the Times, Wall St. ...
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July 25, 2022 Closed TODAY ONLY for INVENTORY!
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Closed TODAY ONLY for INVENTORY!
July 25, 2022
We are CLOSED today for inventory, but will re-open our regular hours tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26th.

New arrivals we think you're going to LOVE will be in the store beginning tomorrow with more new items arriving, literally, DAILY!!!

Stay COOL and we hope to see you soon! View Post
June 22, 2022 Messermeister backpack in action with my chef friend
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Messermeister backpack in action with my chef friend
June 22, 2022
Happy to see my buddy, who just opened his first restaurant in Dallas. using a Messermeister backpack.  Messermeister is a Product Syncing brand on Bridge. Messermeister uses the service to instantly share its product line online with its indie retailers.   View Post
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 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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April 21, 2022 Join Us On Bridge / Get $200
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Join Us On Bridge / Get $200
April 21, 2022
Dear Friends and Family of Skyros Designs, 
 
142 of our retailers are using a sales program called Bridge. A store uses Bridge to more easily sell our products. I think Bridge would be a good fit for your business, too. I’m writing to invite you to join us on Bridge. 

Bonus: Join us on Bridge by next Friday, May 6th, and Skyros Designs will give you a $200 shopping credit with us. 

Retailers that use Bridge report selling 18% more. In fact, our best ...
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April 20, 2022 Join Casafina Living On Bridge / Get $200
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Join Casafina Living On Bridge / Get $200
April 20, 2022
We are pleased to participate in a promotion with Casafina Living. Please find the letter that Matt Hullfish, National Sales Director, shared with his retailers below.

Thank you,

Jason

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Dear Friends and Family of Casafina, 
 
272 of our retailers are using a sales program called Bridge. A store uses Bridge to more easily sell our products. I think Bridge would be a good fit for your business, too. I’m writing to invite you to join us on Bridge. 
...
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March 28, 2022 Gifts of Faith from Beatriz Ball
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Gifts of Faith from Beatriz Ball
March 28, 2022
Six of the many unique religious gift ideas from Beatriz Ball. Make great heirloom presents for baby showers, baptisms, first communion, confirmation, graduation, birthdays, and holidays.All boxed for effortless gifting!

•Save precious mementos of your little one's first years in the exquisite BABY Peek-A-Boo Cross Oval Keepsake Box shown above. The lidded metal box features an embossed cross on the top and contains a "peek-a-boo" surprise--another cross--sculpted on the base ...
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March 7, 2022 9 Ways Your Bridge Is Different Than Other Online Stores
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9 Ways Your Bridge Is Different Than Other Online Stores
March 7, 2022
There are approximately 40 online e-commerce providers. These software providers help other businesses sell online by offering them the ability to run an online store. These providers include Bridge as well as Shopify, Magento, Big Commerce, BigCartel, Square, and Weebly.  Does Bridge offer a different (better?) experience than these other platforms? We believe the answer is yes. We also think our 960 retail clients agree: 99.7% of our retailers retain our service each month.

How can we ...
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February 24, 2022 Hackers targeting indie shops
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Hackers targeting indie shops
February 24, 2022
Yesterday I spoke with an independent jewelry store that was targeted by cybercriminals. The criminals created a ransomware attack and held the store’s computer data hostage. The store had to scramble to find backup data and reopen.  The store called the FBI and didn’t pay.  The hackers then sent phishing emails to all the store’s customers—attacking the store’s customers and trying to infect them.  

Today’s WSJ shares that retail and ...
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February 23, 2022 New Feature: More Quickly Add Product Pictures
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New Feature: More Quickly Add Product Pictures
February 23, 2022
Your Bridge has a new feature: you can now more quickly add product pictures.  You can now drag an image from another web page to your account to add the image. This saves you many steps compared to the traditional path. 

To view your new feature, visit a product's Detail page. Below the image, please click on the button "Add Product Image." You will see a drop-down. You can choose the steps that best fit your needs. 

1. Find the image you will load for the product...
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February 22, 2022 "No Ragrets"
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"No Ragrets"
February 22, 2022
In the movie 'We’re the Millers,' a character played by Jason Sudeikis interviews a teen boy wooing Sudeikis’ teenage daughter. Sudeikis interviews the boy about his interests and compatibility with his daughter. (Watch the scene here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjkLKKgOMRY .) The boy’s neck tattoo reads “No Ragrets.” When Sudeikis inquires about this tattoo, the boy confidently claims that he has no regrets, to which Sudeikis asks, "Not even&...
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February 11, 2022 The Flower Shop
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The Flower Shop
February 11, 2022
Now Open: The Flower Shop! 🌷🌹🌷
Meet some of our newest arrivals, always in bloom no matter what the season! 💕✨🏁 View Post
January 10, 2022 Windows to the Soul
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Windows to the Soul
January 10, 2022
While I was down in Dallas evangelizing about Bridge, the Dallas Market Center’s software provider and sister company (called MarketTime) invited me to their offices for a meeting. The goal of the meeting was to explore teaming up to help brands and retailers speed products to market, as well as get a leg up on the competition. 

The Dallas Mart consists of two primary buildings, each with atriums and many floors each. I like the Dallas show because of the abundance of ...
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January 6, 2022 Go Wild With P.J. Salvage Pajamas From Cheeks!
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Go Wild With P.J. Salvage Pajamas From Cheeks!
January 6, 2022
If Santa missed the pj's on your list... Wide open spaces are calling! Wrap yourself in a 100% cotton flannel, roomy fit PJ set with this beautiful toile-inspired savanna safari print. Cuff is embroidered with 'Go Wild' and the set comes wrapped in a matching flannel headband. Stop at either Cheeks to see our selection of warm PJ's!
 
Click here to see store info on our Cheeks website.
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December 30, 2021 Bloomberg: Shopify vs. Amazon
Bloomberg: Shopify vs. Amazon
December 30, 2021
Last February e-commerce company Shopify Inc. replaced the “Ottawa, Canada” dateline that began its press releases and earnings reports with a strange new one: “Internet, Everywhere.” The geographical shift came at the insistence of Shopify’s founder and chief executive officer, Tobi Lütke, who tends to view such matters through the prism of cold, hard logic. In May 2020, only a few months into the pandemic, he’d made the early, seemingly rash decision to...
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December 24, 2021 NEW HOURS
NEW HOURS
December 24, 2021
December 24  10-12
December 25-January 3 CLOSED
January 4 -Reopen

Tuesday-Friday 10-5
Saturday 10-4
Sunday/Monday Closed View Post
December 23, 2021 Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays From Glassworks And Cheeks!
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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays From Glassworks And Cheeks!
December 23, 2021
Glassworks and Cheeks will be open Christmas Eve for last minute gift shopping and holiday decorating. Pictured are the Juliska Stockings, new for 2021. These heirloom pieces are waiting to take part in your treasured Holiday traditions.
Stop in either location to finish your shopping!
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December 15, 2021 Do We Need to Drop Dropbox?
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Do We Need to Drop Dropbox?
December 15, 2021
Relying on file-sharing services like Dropbox to sell products often costs stores an extra $750 per brand and hurts sales

I work with 900 retailers who tell me they are drowning in a sea of Dropbox folders containing Excel files and product images. What can we do about this? First, let’s review what’s happening: When a brand wants to share products with a store, it emails the store a link from Dropbox or a similar file-sharing service. A store may receive five to ten Dropbox links...
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November 24, 2021 WSJ: Bridge Bar
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WSJ: Bridge Bar
November 24, 2021
Cheers! We'll meet you at this Kansas City bridge bar to celebrate the Bridge community's success ;)

Read the full article about Kansas City's proposed bridge bar:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kansas-bridge-that-once-carried-cattle-cars-to-become-an-open-air-food-court-11637672401 View Post

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