39% percent of all e-commerce sales were made on a smartphone on Black Friday, according to research from Adobe reported on by Andrea Lillo in HFN magazine.
And this growth came at the expense of in-store traffic: "In-store traffic on Black Friday fell 2.1 percent compared to last year, Newsday reported this morning, citing RetailNext, a San Jose, Calif.-based retail analytics company. "
Ms Lillo goes on to share that big e-commerce companies, such as Amazon, are beating up indie stores on this ...
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Barneys will likely keep thousands of dollars belonging to brides, shares today’s Times. The defunct retailer will keeps the brides’ registry credits if they don’t redeem them by this Thursday.
This is also bad for the brands that were sold via Barneys' registries. For example, let's imagine Barneys sells Waterford. If a bride registered for a Waterford product, and that item was gifted by a family member, Waterford would expect that item to be bought by ...
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October 6, 2019
October 6, 2019
While stores are closing, Bridge sales are growing.
Bridge is processing $4k more per day in orders for our retailers compared to the same period last year. This boost is particularly relevant considering more than 7k brick-and-mortar stores will close this year.
When viewed annually, this $4k increase will results in more than $1.2 million dollars in additional sales for our retailers, brands, and reps using the Bridge network. As a reference, in our early years, we did about $1m in sales in ...
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April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019
When you tally up all the stores that have opened and closed this year, there’s a net loss of 3,300 stores, shares today’s WSJ.
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March 24, 2019
March 24, 2019
Happy to see Diane Seidle’s lastest strategy article in Tableware Today below. Speaking of hashtags, Bridge created its own ‘$tag’ to similarly offer quick access to product info. Type a dollar symbol “$” before a SKU and the specific item will magically appear below your Chalk.
Tableware Today:
WHAT'S YOUR HASHTAG STRATEGY?
Just in case you’ve been living off the grid for a year or more, a hashtag is simply a word or phrase behind a pound sign. When you use a hashtag that word or phrase becomes ...
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March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
Happy to see Diane Seidle’s lastest strategy article in Tableware Today below. Speaking of hashtags, Bridge created its own ‘$tag’ to similarly offer quick access to product info. Type a dollar symbol “$” before a SKU and the specific item will magically appear below your Chalk.
Tableware Today:
WHAT'S YOUR HASHTAG STRATEGY?
Just in case you’ve been living off the grid for a year or more, a hashtag is simply a word or phrase behind a pound sign. When you use a hashtag that word or phrase becomes ...
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March 10, 2019
March 10, 2019
Opening today at 1 and closing at 5 this Sunday afternoon ?
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March 9, 2019
March 9, 2019
We are in blue and white overload with all these beautiful pieces! Opening at 9:30 today and Closing at 5 this afternoon
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March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019
Opening this morning at 9am and Closing at 6pm this afternoon
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March 7, 2019
March 7, 2019
We wanted to let you know we have to be away this afternoon so we will be Closing at 1 today but will return tomorrow. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for understanding and hope you will shop with us tomorrow 9 to 6?
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March 6, 2019
March 6, 2019
There are some notable statistics and developments in this article including: + More than 10% of Target’s sales came via digital channels. + Stores are promoting in-store pick up. + Stores are shrinking their sizes. Kohl’s is subleasing space to Planet Fitness. + Stores continue to create new private labels—a strategy that is very popular with Amazon. + Stores are benefitting from other stores failing. For example, Toys R Us closing helped Target and Kohl’s.
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March 2, 2019
March 2, 2019
This article about small banks could’ve very well been written about small retail stores. The future is tech. Bank of America has spent $20b on tech since 2012. Big retailers have likely spent that or more. And small businesses often don’t have the resources to make customers happy online. Much less survive a hacking attempt. I spent the last 2 weeks dealing with hackers from Asia. It took 3 tech people 2 weeks. Expensive. Time consuming. If small stores had to deal with this on their own, most ...
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February 6, 2019
February 6, 2019
A lot of love here at Royal Gifts for that special Valentine’s! Opening at 9:30 and closing today at 6?
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January 26, 2019
January 26, 2019
Getting ready for a fabulous Saturday with the help of Amber and Blake’s Bridal Shower today! We will be delivering so it is never too late to still call your order in or visit our website royalgifts.bridgecatalog.com Opening at 9:30 and closing at 5:30
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December 29, 2018
December 29, 2018
A REMINDER Jimmy Smith Jewelers will be CLOSING today Saturday December 29th 2018 at 2:00 PM and will be closed until Wednesday January 2nd 2019. You have made 2018 the best year ever and we so appreciate you! Happy New Year!!!
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December 27, 2018
December 27, 2018
It is back to normal business today! Opening at 9:30 and closing at 6 this evening. Happy Holidays ?