Soft to the touch, highly absorbent, and elegantly designed, Papersoft Napkins are every host’s dream.
In dozens of new designs and colors, these luxurious napkins take the fuss out of entertaining, are always a big hit of a gift, and are something to keep stocked at home always!
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Your decor will feel more organically warm with this woven waste basket. This material, which is composed of naturally occurring exotic vines, is a great substitute for less environmentally friendly materials because it is durable and sustainable while maintaining a classic yet stunning style. This medium-capacity basket is perfect for small spaces where you can store your vanities or add some flair to the garbage storage arrangement, including next to the bed, beneath the desk at work, or by ...
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How a Drawing Helps Share the10x Improvement We Deliver to Indie Shops
July 4, 2024
At breakfast in the East Village this morning, Austin Kleon’s email image struck me. His hand-drawn summer sale sign by a pool was much more heartfelt than the text-based offer. His drawing shows how our minds may become immune to text offers but react and perk up to new and authentic imagery.
I wondered what I could draw for my business. I often communicate using text and sometimes rely on stock images. Since we help indie stores grow their registry businesses, I decided to ...
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How a legendary indie store in Georgia was finally able to succeed online in less than a week—and didn’t lift a finger.
June 13, 2024
We are pleased to announce that The Gift Shop in Thomasville, GA, has joined Shop Local to grow its online business. The Gift Shop is a Thomasville tradition offering fine gifts, elegant home decor, and exceptional small-town, individualized service.
The Gift Shop saved $10,354 and 15 weeks in labor on website product maintenance by using the Shop Local platform. Through the Syncing service, the store will expand its online collection of fine gifts and home accessories. The Gift Shop ...
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What your business can learn from the celebrated economist Daniel Kahneman
April 3, 2024
Daniel Kahneman, the celebrated economist, passed away last month. The Nobel Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner gave us insights into the economics of the mind, such as people fearing loss more than gain, making short sighted decisions, and overly relying on feelings.
We can often use Mr. Kahneman's insights in our business's daily operations.
21 ways Gift Reggie is making it difficult for gift givers, registrants, and merchants
April 3, 2024
Our registry service handles 80,000 gift and wedding registries. We often come across other registry software and can see how it's affecting the merchant that is using it.
While eating breakfast and browsing the web via my phone, I recently came across RFD, a merchant in Albany, NY, that uses Gift Reggie (an app that is added to a Shopify Store).
I observed 21 problems while reviewing the merchant's registry service. I initially wrote the issues down on a paper tablecloth...
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You're invited to use this template in your store. You can customize it with your store's registry QR code and website URL. If you need help making this, please ask our coaches.
Benefits:
Get more brides to register.
Sell more: each registry generates on average $1,000 in online orders.
We've created the template. All you need to do is print it ;)
Steps to make your template:
We've attached the template to this post. Please download it.
This chic rustic wastebasket will brighten up the bathroom or bedroom! Made from exotic natural vines, it has organic copper brown tones and is a wonderful replacement for plastic garbage bins. We advise using it solely to hold dry trash given that it is made from a natural material and without a liner. Another thought? If you want to give your room a touch of greenery, try a grown plant.
You know how much we LOVE to mix things up! Our Historia pattern features lots of texture and designs on each piece. And to keep it fun, we've mixed three colors: Greystone, Paper White, and Barely Blue.
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The ideal rustic style to give a classic look to your office, living room, bedroom, or anywhere else you need a trash can is this simple yet elegant handwoven rustic trash can or wastebasket. Simple, timeless style made from organic forest vines.
Many of our graphics start as sketches. In this example, I drew a sketch of what we need to show brands and sales reps. We need to communicate visually that their showroom products need to be displayed on their retailer’s website.
I started with a sketch on a Times newspaper page, and then reproduced that in Apple’s Pages program. Pages is a bare-bones program that can help one make visual diagrams. (Photoshop is my preferred program for visual projects.)
EMON MAASHO, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF ORREFORS, NORTH AMERICA, is representative of the exciting trajectory in this 125-year operation. The über-exec joined the New Wave Group in 2013, a time when Orrefors and Kosta Boda (OKB) were underperforming assets in the portfolio. "Our crystal brands are national treasures and a part of Swedish history," Maasho affirms. And he wanted a front row seat in their revitalization. Maasho was placed in charge of the new hotel and restaurant division ...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH WOULD CERTAINLY APPROVE. Herend's Queen Elizabeth Collection, which includes a ten-piece tea set, bonbon, and corgi Fishnet figurine, is targeted not just to Anglophiles and fans of the Queen, but to anyone who wishes to own a beautiful, unique piece of Herend, says Kimberley Kimball, president, Martin's Herend Imports. "When the Queen passed last year, the Herend manufactory sought out our input about their idea of creating some commemorative pieces celebrating her 70-year ...
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How a company's sales and growth can be affected by the message it conveys to customers.
July 18, 2023
Allbirds stock is down 95% since its November 2021 initial public offering. People may say the company launched the wrong products (did you buy one of their puffer jackets?) or tried to grow too quickly. I believe there is a larger reason: you can’t scale a company by leading with an environmental message—which is Allbirds’s pitch. Consumers rank saving the planet as one of their least pressing concerns when making a purchase. The leading factors consumers look for when ...
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Susan Gravely – alongside her sister, Frances, and mother, Lee – founded VIETRI 40 years ago after a serendipitous vacation where they discovered the charms of Italian ceramics. Gravely’s new book, Italy on a Plate, equal parts travelogue/cookbook/memoir, is a culinary delight celebrating four decades of bringing the best of Italy’s tableware to an adoring fan base.
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You and I go back almost to the start of VIETRI in 1983. [Editor&rsquo...
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How to view more order details in your Order Status Update emails.
May 11, 2023
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: we've launched a new format of your emails notifying you and customers of orders. The emails now include product pictures, brand logos, registrant pictures, various font enhancements, and more.
Previously, the email format was basic text (no pictures or logos).
In the example shown, we see an Order Status Update email to a customer from The Cook's Station, a kitchenware store in South Carolina. In the email, we see the store's logo along...
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Looking for a special way to celebrate Mother's Day? Why not let the little ones help! We set the table with a paper runner and our break-resistant Butterfly Meadow Melamine dinnerware for a kiddo-friendly way to show mom all the love on her big day! 💕
Are you ready for Easter entertaining?? Our Historia collection, shown here in Paper White and Greystone, makes a beautiful addition to any kitchen and table!
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Recyclable, Reusable, Reversible! Our Peasant Mats are made from crinkled kraft paper with a special wax coating, which makes it easy to just wipe off with a damp cloth and reuse. With 15 colors available, these mats are perfect for any occasion - indoors or out!!
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These new handled trays are grasscloth, which is made from hand-woven strands of natural fibers on an unpasted rice paper backing. The grasscloth's rich texture and tawny tones are complemented by hand-finished tortoise handles. Available in large and small sizes and 3 colors: Palma (green), Mallorca (tan), and Midnight (dark blue). See all 3 colors at the Shadyside store.