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October 20, 2023 Halloween Chic
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Halloween Chic
October 20, 2023
Our iconic Courtly Check pattern doesn't stop at tea kettles and canisters.🤍🖤 Watch candy disappear faster than you can say, “hocus pocus,” when it’s displayed in black and white checks featuring touches of gold lustre.🎃 View Post
October 11, 2023 Loyalty Programs
How restaurants, hotels, and tableware brands are using loyalty programs--and what indie stores can learn from this.
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Loyalty Programs
How restaurants, hotels, and tableware brands are using loyalty programs--and what indie stores can learn from this.
October 11, 2023
Perk-y
I recently read about a new loyalty program and wondered what we could learn from it. The founder of Eater and Resy, Ben Leventhal, has started Blackbird, a loyalty program service designed for indie restaurants, reports The New York Times (Read the article). Using the Blackbird app, a diner receives a perk for eating at a restaurant. The retailer sets tiers for which the user qualifies for the perk. For example, a restaurant, Nat’s on Bank in New York City, gives tier 1 customers ...
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October 4, 2023 Majestic Symbols
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Majestic Symbols
October 4, 2023
While this mother & baby are a North American subspecies of the brown bear, they are more commonly known as grizzly bears. As to the origin of their name, the bears can thank none other than Lewis & Clark whose journals mention a "grisley bear" no doubt referring to these majestic symbols of the wild whose grizzled appearance is caused by the long guard hairs on their backs and shoulders frequently having white tips. The fur of these bears is often dark brown but can vary from ...
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September 26, 2023 Bertil Vallien FOR Kosta Boda
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Bertil Vallien FOR Kosta Boda
September 26, 2023
BERTIL VALLIEN is a gift to glass. The impressive portfolio of this prolific artist is haunting, memorable, and mesmerizing.

His 60-year career, spent advancing the craft of sand-casting, is a study of one man's existential questioning actualized on hypnotic works of art.
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BERTIL VALLIEN IS A 60-YEAR KOSTA BODA ICON, DESIGNING FOR THE BRAND SINCE 1963.

He is one of Sweden's most celebrated glass artists with numerous awards and museums exhibitions around...
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September 22, 2023 Score Big with Sierra Modern
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Score Big with Sierra Modern
September 22, 2023
Beatriz Ball’s SIERRA MODERN Collection, presented in metallic finishes of gold are the true MVP's (Most Valuable Pieces)!

Luxe, modern, richly textured, and great for serving snacks or desserts at your next football watch party! 

The durable items will not chip, peel or stain, and the ultimate “extra point,” They’re even dishwasher safe. Go team! 🏈 View Post
June 13, 2023 Introducing the Specialty Shop Retailing blog
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Introducing the Specialty Shop Retailing blog
June 13, 2023
I have been writing a blog for my fellow independent retailers for many years now (there are over 750 entries so far). Jason has suggested that I add these Specialty Shop Retailing posts to my shop's Bridge feed every Monday, so I'm going to try to do that. In the meantime, I invite you to take a look at some of the past entries - and to watch for "Savvy Store Solutions," my bimonthly column in Gifts and Decorative Accessories magazine. I want us all to be successful!
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May 31, 2023 Training Video: For Sales Reps ~ How Shop Local Promotes Sales Reps
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Training Video: For Sales Reps ~ How Shop Local Promotes Sales Reps
May 31, 2023
In this webinar for sales reps, I show how Shop Local's e-commerce platform promotes sales reps.

Watch:
https://vimeo.com/831046510/40df3560d4


View a PDF of the slides: 
https://bridge.myshoplocal.com/docs/BRC/Shop-Local-for-Sales-Reps---How-Shop-Local-Promotes-Sales-Reps---May-2023.pdf

Why watch?
  • See how your name and contact information appear in a retailer's Online Store. 
  • See how your we allow retailers to place wholesale orders via our platform and include
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May 30, 2023 Training Video: For Sales Reps ~ Why Your Stores Are Struggling Online & How to Help
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Training Video: For Sales Reps ~ Why Your Stores Are Struggling Online & How to Help
May 30, 2023
In this new webinar for sales reps, I share why your retailers are struggling online and underselling your lines. I share how you can help them and boost your commissions by 18%.

Watch:
https://vimeo.com/824398821/e29adb9787

View a PDF of the slides: 
https://bridge.myshoplocal.com/docs/BRC/Shop-Local-for-Sales-Reps-2023-v2.pdf

Why watch?
  • Retailers that use Shop Local sell 18% more.  That translates into 18% more in commissions for you.
  • Help your retailers save money
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May 30, 2023 Training Video: For Retailers ~ Beginner Training
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Training Video: For Retailers ~ Beginner Training
May 30, 2023
In this new webinar, I show you how to setup your Shop Local Online Store. 

Watch:
https://vimeo.com/831046253/663b67a03d

View a PDF of the slides: 
https://bridge.myshoplocal.com/docs/BRC/Shop-Local-for-Retailers---Beginner---May-2023.pdf

Webinar includes:
  • What is Shop Local.
  • Why 1,200 stores use Shop Local.
  • Who is building Shop Local.
  • Logging in to your account.
  • I'll walk you through your Success Checklist steps 1 - 4:
    • Bookmarking your account.
    • Adding
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May 29, 2023 Tableware Today Interview – Susan Gravely
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Tableware Today Interview – Susan Gravely
May 29, 2023
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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Sales Rep Training on June 7th: How to Help Your Stores Online Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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Sales Rep Training on June 7th: How to Help Your Stores Online Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Let's get ready for the summer shows and meetings with retailers.   You're invited to the Sales Rep 201 Training. 
 
Please pick your 201 training date:
  • Complete: Wednesday, May 24th at 10:00 am EST 
  • Wednesday, June 7th at 9:00 am EST

Our Sales Rep 101 Training shared WHY the Shop Local platform is needed.  Our 201 training shares HOW, and offers this:
  • Shows how your name, telephone, and email appear to your retailer in their Shop Local Store.
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December 6, 2022 New Training: 3 Ways to Promote Free Shipping for the Holidays
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New Training: 3 Ways to Promote Free Shipping for the Holidays
December 6, 2022
Great news: I have created another special training video for retailers for the holiday season. In this video, I share three easy steps to help you promote free shipping to help increase your holiday sales.

My training covers:
  1. Add free shipping to your account settings.
  2. Add a banner promoting free shipping, sales and/or events.
  3. Add a slide promoting free shipping, sales and/or events.
Offering free shipping will help you increase your sales opportunities because customers will look...
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November 22, 2022 New Training: 5 Steps to Update Your Home Page for the Holidays
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New Training: 5 Steps to Update Your Home Page for the Holidays
November 22, 2022
Great news: I have created a special training video for retailers for the holiday season. In this video, I share five easy steps to help you improve your home page--and holiday sales.

My training covers:
  1. Adding quick links to popular holiday pages.
  2. Add holiday promotions.
  3. Adding holiday slides
  4. Adding holiday hours.
  5. Adding holiday news posts.

Please click here to watch the video:
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/773815055/b0b3cd646d

You are invited to view my...
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September 22, 2022 Watch Italian Artist, Gianluca Fabbro, create one of his masterpieces.
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Watch Italian Artist, Gianluca Fabbro, create one of his masterpieces.
September 22, 2022
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bp0cjned4xa0zpo/AACdt-Q74Z-KAe03Urpre0INa/Gianluca%20-%20Nutcrackers/Nutcracker-Short_Ad-FINAL_.mp4?dl=0 View Post
September 14, 2022 California is suing Amazon
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California is suing Amazon
September 14, 2022
For the last 10 years, Bridge has been building software to support indie, brick-and-mortar stores.  We watched in 2018 as 230 city leaders competed to give the world’s richest man money to bring his tech company to their city. After awarding an HQ to NYC, Amazon tried to bully NYC. When Amazon wouldn’t get its way, it broke off the deal.  We see in today’s news more evidence of the same bullying behavior. We’re happy to see that the tide has turned and ...
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September 5, 2022 Kristin Sullivan Joins Plum Southern
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Kristin Sullivan Joins Plum Southern
September 5, 2022
Kristin comes to Plum Southern with 25 years in the destination wedding world. She has her own wedding retail line that will now call Plum Southern home. 

Watch for upcoming bridal events including retreats, subscription boxes and so much more!

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August 26, 2022 Click Hear 🎧
Click Hear 🎧
August 26, 2022
Whenever I visit my 76-year-old mom in Myrtle Beach, SC, she picks me up and the oldies station is playing in her car. I’ve tried changing that dial, and one has a better chance of outmaneuvering tennis star Daniil Medvedev. I imagine the oldies music brings her back to her youth. I read a study that people’s favorite song is often when they were 17 years old.  That’s right: the 'best songs’ may not be the best songs but rather simply be what you heard in ...
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August 1, 2022 George Lois’ advertising advice
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George Lois’ advertising advice
August 1, 2022
George Lois, the adverting icon, wrote Damn Good Advice for those in the advertising field.  In one section, he encourages us to highlight a truth.  This may even include an assumption about a perceived weakness.  Following George Lois' advice, I came up with these two pieces of ad copy for Bridge:
  • We’re smaller than Shopify. And that’s why you get more with us. 
  • Shopify watches its stock price. We watch our customers' needs. 
  • Shopify was created to
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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 6, 2022 'Dem Apps 🍎
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'Dem Apps 🍎
July 6, 2022
In the movie Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon, who plays a handsome MIT janitor moonlighting as a math savant (can one say, “Hollywood career vehicle”?), woos a young lady (played by the actress Minnie Driver) by outmaneuvering a few competing, obnoxious cads. When Damon’s character gets the girl's telephone number, he proudly shows it to the other guys and boasts, with his South Boston access, “How 'bout ‘dem apples?”  I imagine Tim Cook imitating this...
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