"Nearly 200 department stores have shuttered in the past year, and another 800 — roughly half the country’s remaining mall-based locations — are expected to fold within five years."
Best of Thymes, an indie store in Iowa, just closed (https://bestofthymes.bridgecatalog.com/news.cfm?id=20645). Hopefully, they’ll continue to operate online and keep using Bridge. Best of Thymes is part of an industry-wide series of closures that is affecting large and small retailers. Due to this, brands are increasing their efforts to go D2C. Brands justify this by saying that there are fewer stores to show their wares. While this is true, surely they are motivated by: 2x the margins. ...
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Pieces of Eight will be closed today, Monday, February 15, due to freezing weather and road closures. We will also be closed tomorrow, FAT TUESDAY, for Mardi Gras.
Please visit us on Wednesday, weather permitting. Or shop online any time!
Stay safe, warm and well!
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Reports suggest that 50% of purchases start on Amazon.com, and Amazon wants to keep it this way. Yet, businesses and merchants increasingly want to sell their products via their own DTC (direct to consumer) site, retailers' websites, Facebook, Instagram, and more. Due to this, Shopify, which powers many DTC and retailer websites, is a growing thorn in Amazon's dominance of retail. Shopify reportedly helps power more than 30% of online U.S. retail sales.
From all of us here at BB&G we want to sincerely thank all of our customers for an amazing year!! To all of you who called during the time we were "closed to browsing" to purchase items to be shipped to you, we appreciate you thinking of us! To those of you who have purchased from a Bridal Registry during these uncertain times, we know the brides and grooms appreciate you thinking of them during what is already a stressful time but even more so with the pandemic, we sincerely hope ...
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December 7, 2020
December 7, 2020
Store Hours for Christmas
10-2 on Dec. 24th
Closed Dec. 25,26, and the 28th.
New Year's Eve 10-2
Closed Jan. 1 and 2
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Yiren Lu shares her experience of setting up a Shopify store in the New York Times magazine. Ms. Lu reports the setup process was easy, but her online Shopify store failed because it lacked marketing, aka eyeballs and orders. In her next article, I hope Ms. Lu tries Bridge. Bridge Store helps members fill the marketing component that Shopify is missing. When a store joins Bridge, Bridge instantly points hundreds of links to the store from other Bridge members, which Google sees and ...
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Alec MacGillis shares in the Times how online shopping and Amazon in particular are wrecking havoc on retail.
Highlights:
Nationwide, 9,800 stores shuttered in 2019, among them 220 Sears stores.
Analysts predict that brick-and-mortar store closures could reach 25,000 by year’s end.
J.C. Penney, Neiman Marcus and J. Crew filed for bankruptcy, Macy’s furloughed nearly all of its 125,000 workers for months, and countless independent businesses have closed for good.
The Pine Needle Christmas Open House will be November 5,6,7 and 9th. The store will be closed November 2-4 so the elves can work their Christmas Magic. Save 20% off all in-store merchandise. Please safely shop with us and wear a mask.
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Pieces of Eight will be closed on Saturday, September 19, for the funeral services of Neville Willford Breaux.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please email us on the website if you need immediate assistance.
Thank you for your understanding.
The Breauxs at Pieces of Eight
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SALE!
Happy 4th of July!
Select styles of Joseph Ribkoff and other designers are 50% off!
Cheeks is located at 5873 Forbes Avenue and is open 11-5 M, 10-5 T-Sat (closed July 4th), and 12-4 Sun. Stop in to see all the options.
We are following state guidelines by sanitizing, social distancing, and wearing masks, so you must also. For a private shopping appointment, please email us or call 412-915-1803.
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Do businesses like Amazon that short-change our community affect our ability to respond to a crisis?
In this pandemic, Bridge thanks first responders and the many people that help our communities work together. When I think of communities during Covid-19, Amazon comes to mind. I do think there is value in looking back at the last 24 months leading up to today and asking: did Amazon slow down our community's ability to respond?
Amazon historically pays less in corporate taxes than other ...
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March 28, 2020
March 28, 2020
Kitchen Collage is closed through Saturday, April 11th. We hope to see everyone again soon. Be safe and stay healthy!
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March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020
While our storefront is closed temporarily due to the COVID-19 crisis, feel free to shop our website and Instagram. We are delivering and shipping products regularly and we look forward to seeing you soon!
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March 23, 2020
March 23, 2020
As you know, New Orleans has been one of the cities most severely impacted by Coronavirus. In following all CDC guidelines, and for the safety of our staff, our office in New Orleans will temporarily be closed, however we are all working remotely, so all your orders will be processed with the same speed and professionality as before and there will be no interruption in all the services we provide. ⠀
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We love the city of New Orleans, and we believe without a shadow of a doubt that our ...
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March 23, 2020
March 23, 2020
Due to Covid-19, supply chains have been disrupted. Many retailers have asked us for the status is on various suppliers. In response, Bridge is tracking operational status for Smart Brand members. We're outputting this data on a web page for retailers and sales reps to reference.
As you know, the health and safety of our employees at Annieglass is one of our core fundamentals. As the impact and seriousness of COVID-19 evolves, and to help contain the spread of the virus, Santa Cruz County has determined that we need to shelter in place.
As of Tuesday, March 17 we have closed our California studio and offices until April 7, 2020. The health and safety of our employees and their families is very important to us. Please understand that this means that any orders in ...
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As a small business, we look forward to serving you. We are grateful for your patronage.
Due to the current health crisis and out of an abundance of caution, Stafford Jewelers will be closed to foot traffic. We will continue to serve you by filling telephone and online orders weekdays from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. We will bring a beautifully wrapped gift to you at curbside.
We will work with brides to create online registries via telephone or email.
Call us at 864-585-0235, email us at ...
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March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020
To our dear friends of Parkleigh,
Yes, it is actually happening. Parkleigh is making the very difficult decision to temporarily close our doors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
We know this is the most responsible decision we can make for you, our beloved customers, and also for our beloved staff.
For the time being, we will remain just a phone call away, and we will have a minimal staff on hand to take a phone order, or if you are simply seeking a friendly chat. Our website will remain ...
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