By special request, Suzanne Brown Grant, made her delicious Lime Cake and shared it everyone at Gaines Jewelers.
RECIPE!!! For Susie's Lime Cake recipe, here it is:
1 yellow cake mix
1 3oz box jello, lime
4 eggs
3/4 c water
3/4 c oil
Pinch of salt
Combine all & mix on high 4 minutes. Pour into greased/floured tube pan. Bake at 350 for 45 min.
Make a glaze of 2 cups powdered sugar & 1/2 cup ReaLime; make holes all over warm cake & slowly drizzle glaze all over. Cool in pan....
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Today’s WSJ shares that UPS will raise some holiday shipping prices, some by $3 to $4 per package. While this may affect many big retailers, it may affect Amazon less because it has preferred rates with the large shipping companies and has its own budding shipping fleet.
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From Christmas presents to wedding presents, you can't go wrong with Waterford.
These are the items that I have used time and time again.
Waterford Water Pitcher- Great for refilling water glasses and also looks great on the bar with orange juice for mimosas!
Waterford Cake Plate. It is perfect for small cakes (I have to admit that I am not a baker, they are mostly from Publix) I have used it many times as a lift for a tablescape and also on my vanity to hold perfumes and lotions....
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Today’s Wall Street Journal surveys niche social networks like Strava for fitness, BakeSpace for cooking, and Rate Your Music for music.
To this list I’d add: Bridge. Bridge is a niche social-media network serving the retail community. We connect thousands of businesses including brands, retailers, sales reps, publications, and trade groups.
The article shares people last year spent 57 billion hours on social networking and messaging apps via Android devices.
Zola's slowdown is good news for indie stores--but Zola will likely be back. While it is over-leveraged with venture capital and over-valued, the wedding registry business will rebound next year.
Indie stores are not the only ones to get a reprieve: market buildings were playing defense against Faire, the wholesale ...
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March 21, 2020
March 21, 2020
COVID-19 RESPONSE
We have modified our operations temporarily as follows:
Available for PRIVATE or CONCIERGE SHOPPING Monday - Friday, 10 - 5
Curbside Pickup, Local Porch Delivery, UPS Shipping Available
Online Shopping 24/7 and we are adding your favorite items daily!
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We appreciate your business!
Curious why you don’t sell more online? Answer: selling online is brutally competitive. Just ask Brandless, a company with more than $100m in funding that just closed and laid off all 70 employees. Selling online often produces the opposite of what you’d expect: thin margins.
One bright spot in e-commerce: gift registries. Gift registry orders have higher margins, lower customer acquisition costs, and a built-in promoter for your site: the bride. Don’t think this...
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I’m writing to sadly share that my dad Don Solarek passed away last week. He was quiet, thoughtful, and would gladly walk in New York City from the Battery to Harlem.
Don always had time to chat with me, share a story, give a lesson, and encourage me. He helped me with my paper route at 6 am when it was 3º in Rochester. He came to every high school cross country race and wrestling match—which were often held around 3:30 pm. Likely not ...
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Bridge has made it easier for you to share your news and events.
You can now more easily add pictures to news posts, and then edit and rearrange the pictures.
In the example shown, I'm sharing news about our Vietri seminar in Atlanta. I added a picture to the post, as well as marked it as an event, set a location, and added an RSVP button.
Here is how to share news or an event:
Visit your Bridge home page. Look for the 'What's on your mind?' field. Enter in your news or
What is the next cutting-edge 'platform'? It may be the U.S. highway system. :)
Best Buy is partnering with CVS, and this is indicative of a growing list of businesses that used to be siloed but are now teaming up. The analog world is becoming a platform of businesses sharing resources.
Bridge is an e-commerce platform used by retail businesses to share products, news, and resources. Every day our members benefit from collaborating.
Retailers can be separated in to two groups: those whose are making smart choices like Walmart and Best Buy, and those who are not like Macy’s and Nordstrom. Macy’s stock is down 44% this year.
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October 1, 2019
October 1, 2019
Start your day off right with Rosenthal’s Tattoo coffee-to-go cups. Available in unique motifs – one for home, another for your commute, one at the office to get your day really started right, and more!
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September 26, 2019
September 26, 2019
Wedgwood made its relief design famous on cups. Where did the sculptor get his inspiration? Possibly from Italy’s 15th sculptor Bertoldo. See for yourself at the Frick exhibit.
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September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019
Stack those pancakes high and top it with Kettle Ridge syrup! Why is this sweet stuff so delicious? Because it’s local and made with love! This little farm is finding ways to educate and entertain their guests to the farm and we are ALL about that. If you haven’t head of Kettle Ridge, it might be time to pull up a chair to the breakfast table for a big treat. We were curious about how the modern day farmer gets their start and what goes into creating the sweet life on a sustainable farm.
Amazon and Chinese companies have teamed up to bypass Main Street and ship goods directly to doorsteps. This is hurting American manufacturing as well as local city governments. To accomplish this, they're misleading Americans by putting out press releases that cherry-pick statistics.
Follow these 3 steps to see the issue at hand:
1. In an Amazon press release last week, Amazon claimed:
"Independent third-party sellers – primarily small and medium-sized businesses – ...
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I went into a small shop in New York City yesterday and admired all their nice tableware. It offered mugs, cups, plates, drinking glasses, and vases—all items that are great for gift registries.
The store was empty. I thought it may be a good time ask the store manager if the store offered an online registry. He replied "yes." I was surprised because there was no signage in the store that said it offered a gift registry. I shared with him what Bridge is and explained that we...
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August 20, 2019
August 20, 2019
Good morning☀️ Start your day off right with Tattoo coffee-to-go cups, available in four unique motifs☕️
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What company in the tabletop industry has invested in a tech company? I don't know of one. I believe our industry should be doing what UPS does and investing in tech--and I'll explain why.
As today's WSJ shares, UPS has a venture capital arm and it has this because smart businesses know that most businesses are becoming more like: software businesses. Therefore, businesses have to ‘buy’ that know-how by investing in a tech company. UPS knows that it doesn't have the internal tech know-how to...
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