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July 4, 2013
July 4, 2013
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013
January 5, 2012
January 5, 2012
Meg Braff in House Beautiful magazine praises William-Wayne & Co.
5 Designer Secrets for Decorating on a Budget
You'd never know designer Meg Braff was working with a tight budget when she decorated this Palm Beach house for a snappy, 'with it' mom of three. The decorator shares the affordable design ideas she used to stretch her budget.
BY JEN DEROSE
Pull it All Together with Affordable Accessories
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November 20, 2011
November 20, 2011
We added Herend's new introductions for Fall 2012 to Bridge. Pictures coming soon.
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October 16, 2011
October 16, 2011
We enjoyed this article by Deborah Needleman which appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Our store is known for crafting many of the trends mentioned in this aricle, including tips 1 and 9. The porcelain monkeys she praises are by Mottahedeh ($145).
10 Odd, Yet Essential, Elements of Style
Decorating today may be more relaxed, but that means it's up to you to give your home spirit and charm
The era of the perfect home has passed. This is
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September 25, 2011
September 25, 2011
Bridge now allows members to add a new product's picture to its catalog with one click.
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June 13, 2010
June 13, 2010
Many business owners consider choosing a website design company primarily based upon the colors and pictures in the website company's portfolio. That is somewhat understandable considering the subconscious emotional connection that images and colors make.
Problem with this approach: Most of those pictures were provided by someone else, most likely a photographer and/or culled from a stock photo website. Furthermore, pictures don't get one ranked in Google, ...
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February 10, 2010
February 10, 2010
There was an article in the New York Times this week about price setting by brands/manufacturers, and retailers seeking ways to get around this. Overall, brands being allowed to set prices is now often accepted. This is in the Bridge's favor since the Bridge sets prices, and rewards retailers for this by by giving them all the product pictures and prices. It's a win-win.
With that said, the Bridge works best when brands police discounting. Why? We don't want ...
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December 17, 2009
December 17, 2009
I hope you're well.
There was some confusion recently, and I wanted to clarify it.
The Bridge is a service by the Solarek Studio (not a brand or distributor) that syncs data from another site to yours.
Solarek invented and maintains the syncing.
The brands/distributors do not receive financial compensation for the Bridge. (They benefit from having all of their product available online on your site.)
You could manually download all of a brands'/distributors' 10,000+ product ...
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August 16, 2009
August 16, 2009
Many of my clients show pictures of their items in an effort to sell it. Humans do have sight, but they also have other senses. How can we depict what we're selling in terms of the 5 senses, such as what sound the product brings to mind (a luxury silver set may be accompanied by picture of a piano at a luxury restaurant with dinners in the background), taste (pictures of food), and touch (pictures of things that elicit the feel of the item). I don't think a website ...
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August 2, 2009
August 2, 2009
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Please click on the images above. They show the comparison of our clients website before and after we redesigned their retail home goods website. View Post
February 15, 2008
February 15, 2008
David Pogue in his New York Times column this week reviews the new Microsoft Office Live Small Business suite. He first notes:
Half the small businesses in America, and 70 percent of one-person businesses, don’t even have Web sites. Obviously, the percentage that exploits Internet marketing tools like e-mail newsletters, search engine ads and online stores is even lower.
The immediately brings to mind all the mom and pop and small tableware companies. For...
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February 9, 2008
February 9, 2008
The research below suggests that there is a better chance of selling tableware and home goods if you show indulgent pictures rather than altruistic ones.
January 21, 2008
New York Times
DRILLING DOWN
See Cookies? Go Watch a Movie
By ALEX MINDLIN
It is well known that people often crave certain things after they see them. For example, a nearby dessert cart can prompt a diner to start hungering for a slice of pie.
But a new study in The Journal of Consumer Research suggests...
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December 28, 2007
December 28, 2007
When Domino Magazine announced its top table and flatware picks for 2007, I was excited to check out the websites for the selected brands. Since these brands are the 'top' picks, I thought the websites would be easy to use and smart. Sadly, most of these websites are not. These are my grades for each brand's website:
Kate Spade tabletop website: D
John Derian Company website: F
Michael C. Fina website: B
Nautica website: C-
Nicole Farhi ...
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September 11, 2007
September 11, 2007
This past August Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. captured the crown jewel of the publishing word by purchasing
The Wall Street Journal from the Bancroft family for $5 billion. What does this event have to do with us in the tabletop industry? I propose that there is a lot the industry can learn from Murdoch's coup. The main lesson is that investing in technology-and in particular online operations-is ...
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