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Sectional Dishes - Essentials for Home Entertaining
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Featured News
Sectional Dishes - Essentials for Home Entertaining
November 8, 2024
Display your favorite treats on our wonderfully crafted woven sectional tray! This dish is ideal for entertaining or as a thoughtful gift, adding a touch of refinement to any event. Our serving dish is a classic woven sectional server with wonderfully shaped glass inserts that are ideal for kitchen-to-table service or any theme and decor. Available in two and three sections.


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Webinar: Wholesale Ordering Service 📦 Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024
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Featured News
Webinar: Wholesale Ordering Service 📦 Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024
You’re Invited 💌

Wholesale Ordering Service Webinar
Join us for a webinar to learn about using Shop Local's Wholesale Ordering service.
  • For brands, learn how to receive wholesale orders via Shop Local.
  • For retailers, learn how to place wholesale orders via Shop Local.
  • This webinar is free.
  • Webinar spots are limited.

When?
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 @ 11:00 AM EST

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November 8, 2024 Whimsical Elegance
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Whimsical Elegance
November 8, 2024
Butterflies fly free, an enchanted table set for an afternoon tea. Mottahedeh’s lace pattern shown in green apple, pink, green and cornflower blue on display at the New Growth Design showroom during the High Point fall Furniture market. View Post
October 25, 2024 New Feature: Gift Givers Receive a Text Message After Their Purchase 📲
A gift giver can receive an update about their purchase via text.
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New Feature: Gift Givers Receive a Text Message After Their Purchase 📲
A gift giver can receive an update about their purchase via text.
October 25, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A gift giver can now receive system-generated text message related to their order. 

How this feature works:
  • When a gift giver purchases a registry gift, they have the option to enter their phone number at checkout.
  • Under the phone number field, they'll now see a checkbox with the message: "Text me regarding my gift. We will send you a text message to your mobile phone number confirming your order. Message and data rates may apply."
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Webinar: Wholesale Ordering Service 📦 Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
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Webinar: Wholesale Ordering Service 📦 Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
You’re Invited 💌

Wholesale Ordering Service Webinar
Join us for a webinar to learn about using Shop Local's Wholesale Ordering service.
  • For brands, learn how to receive wholesale orders via Shop Local.
  • For retailers, learn how to place wholesale orders via Shop Local.

When?
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 @ 11:00 AM EST

Why Attend?
  • Our Wholesale Ordering service combines the best features from wholesale marketplaces and buying on a brand’s site into a new service.
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October 7, 2024 4 New Shop Local Registry Features: Overview 📋
Four new, important Shop Local wedding registry features to help your store get more registry sales.
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4 New Shop Local Registry Features: Overview 📋
Four new, important Shop Local wedding registry features to help your store get more registry sales.
October 7, 2024
We're excited to share 4 new registry features with you:
  1. A Registrant Can Password Protect their Registry
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September 30, 2024 New Feature: Add a Custom Message at Checkout
How to enhance your customer experience by adding a custom message at checkout.
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New Feature: Add a Custom Message at Checkout
How to enhance your customer experience by adding a custom message at checkout.
September 30, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now add a custom message to show to a customer before they checkout. This custom message appears in the modal after the customer adds an item to their shopping bag and on the order form.

By adding a custom message, you can better convey important information, such as shipping or pickup details, return policies, registry gift policies, or promotional offers, directly to your customers. Adding a personal touch to your message also enhances the ...
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September 24, 2024 2 Brands Promote Shop Local in Tableware Today
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2 Brands Promote Shop Local in Tableware Today
September 24, 2024
We're happy to see Bordallo Pinheiro and Vista Alegre promote the Shop Local platform in Tableware Today's October/November 2024 issue.
  • A brand displays our ShopLocal.org logo so that retailers reading the magazine know they can easily sell the products shown.
  • When a brand offers our Syncing service, a retailer can instantly display the brand's entire product catalog online.
  • The retailer's customers can buy the products and add them to gift registries. 
  • The retailer doesn't
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September 23, 2024 Shop Local Leaderboard Trophy? 🏆
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Shop Local Leaderboard Trophy? 🏆
September 23, 2024
Citi Bike, a bike-sharing service in New York City, has a competition for those who help redistribute the network’s bikes.  It displays the top helpers, called Bike Angels, on an online leaderboard. Citi Bike gives points, which can be redeemed for monetary credit, for participating. I found this system and their leaderboard inspiring because we, too, offer a leaderboard.  

Our leaderboard (named Leaderboard) that tracks the best-performing wedding registry brands, retailers, ...
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September 16, 2024 The Psychology of Shopping: Your Purchase Confirmation Page is Just as Important as Your Home Page
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The Psychology of Shopping: Your Purchase Confirmation Page is Just as Important as Your Home Page
September 16, 2024
There is a lot of psychology that goes into a positive shopping experience—including online shopping. I was reading in The Wall St. Journal about how to improve a vacation experience. The author encourages us to save the most enjoyable vacation part till the end of the trip because our mind is biased towards the most recent event. (In psychology, this is called the "recency effect.") 

When I read this, it made me wonder: what is the last experience a gift giver has on our...
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September 6, 2024 Time to Talk About...Time?
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Time to Talk About...Time?
September 6, 2024
Time. It's a concept that permeates every aspect of our lives, either consciously or not. From the small moments of our daily routines to the grandest, long-term plans, time shapes every facet of our lives.

“Yesterday is gone…”
It's weighed heavily on me recently, consuming my brain space in a desire to understand it in its entirety. To share, here is a short (but not at all complete) example of the train of thought from a night this week surrounding the idea of "time...
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September 5, 2024 New Graphic Image Leather Bound Books At Glassworks And Feathers!
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New Graphic Image Leather Bound Books At Glassworks And Feathers!
September 5, 2024
Graphic Image makes high-quality leather editions you will want to put out on display, sharing both their creativity and content with others. These books are both decorative and informative, and will live on coffee tables, in kitchens, on bars, and in children’s libraries, one day handed down for future generations to enjoy. Pictured are just some of the books in our latest shipment. 
See these and other books on fashion, sports, entertainment, and more at both Glassworks and ...
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September 4, 2024 A Delightful Basket of Freshly Baked Bread Graces the Table
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A Delightful Basket of Freshly Baked Bread Graces the Table
September 4, 2024
The elegant simplicity of this bread basket made by hand from natural vines elevates the dining experience and serves as an expression of the happiness that comes from sharing delicious food.


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September 3, 2024 Here’s to the Simple Pleasures That Elevate Our Daily Rituals
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Here’s to the Simple Pleasures That Elevate Our Daily Rituals
September 3, 2024
Savoring the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee, complemented by the charming display of our woven coasters made from natural vines. A perfect moment to indulge and start the day with the perfect cup of coffee.


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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August 30, 2024 Updated Feature: Change Your Registry Plan via Your Account
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Updated Feature: Change Your Registry Plan via Your Account
August 30, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has an updated feature: You can now change your wedding registry plan. This feature helps you more easily manage your business's registry subscription.

Previously, your business had to message a Shop Local coach to request a plan change. With this update, you can upgrade or downgrade your registry plan at any time. The new "Change Plan" modal also shows discounts and monthly savings for each plan, helping you see savings and make the best choice.

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August 30, 2024 Juliska Table Tips
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Juliska Table Tips
August 30, 2024
1. Buffet entertaining is the easiest way to host. We designed this piece to make it effortless and stylish.

2. Display your napkins and flatware in a caddy. View Post
August 30, 2024 Necessity is the Mother of Reinvention
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Necessity is the Mother of Reinvention
August 30, 2024
Ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote in the Dialogue Republic, “A need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem.” This statement led to the phrase “Necessity is the mother of Invention." These words could very well describe Shop Local and how we came to exist. Over time, some have suggested the phrase could be tweaked to read “necessity is the mother of reinvention." This phrase also parallels Shop Local's ethos of supporting...
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August 26, 2024 Crusty Rustic Bread Made Fresh for You
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Crusty Rustic Bread Made Fresh for You
August 26, 2024
Gourmet bread that has just been prepared is like a hearty breakfast. This organic vine-woven gourmet bread basket has harmonious beauty that highlights its browns and organic clay earth hues that are hearty, delectable, and healthy, stimulating the taste senses and enhancing the appetite. Enjoy your favorite breads and pastries in this bread basket that showcases the complex, deep, and rich hues of your bread presentation. Available in a variety of designs, forms, and sizes.


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August 22, 2024 A Breakfast Basket Featuring Chocolate Croissants
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A Breakfast Basket Featuring Chocolate Croissants
August 22, 2024
It`s breakfast time. Let`s start with the French touch with these strips of chocolate pastries served in a coordinated style! Your family and guest will love the exquisite blend of function and rustic combination of this woven gourmet basket to both daily dining and celebratory meals.


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August 16, 2024 Updated Feature: A Member Can Easily Track a Wholesale Order Without Leaving Its Own Account
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Updated Feature: A Member Can Easily Track a Wholesale Order Without Leaving Its Own Account
August 16, 2024
FOR BRANDS AND RETAILERS
Your Shop Local Store has an updated feature: You can now easily view the whereabouts of a wholesale order. A member can view if the order has shipped, the carrier (e.g. UPS, FedEx, etc.), and the expected delivery date.

If you're a retailer, you can view the status of multiple shipments from different brands on one page. Without this feature, you'd need to visit, say, five different brand websites or carrier websites, log in, and search for this information.
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Press: Shop Local & Bridge in the News
Tableware Today Column: Saying I Do To Registries
Tableware Today Column: Saying I Do To Registries
October 2024

Tableware Today: New Leaderboard Column from Shop Local
Tableware Today: New Leaderboard Column from Shop Local
August 2024

Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Florida Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Florida Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
April 2024

Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Tennessee Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Tennessee Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
April 2024

Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Louisiana Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Louisiana Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
April 2024

Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Delaware Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Delaware Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
April 2024

Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Pennsylvania Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Pennsylvania Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
March 2024

Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get Sales Leads in Mississippi
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get Sales Leads in Mississippi
March 2024

Shop Local Merchants Are 60% of Google Page 1 Results in South Carolina
Shop Local Merchants Are 60% of Google Page 1 Results in South Carolina
March 2024

Shop Local Merchants Are 50% of Google Page 1 Results in Georgia
Shop Local Merchants Are 50% of Google Page 1 Results in Georgia
March 2024

Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get More Sales Leads than Big-Box Stores Using Google
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get More Sales Leads than Big-Box Stores Using Google
February 2024

Shop Local Retailers Rank on Page 1 of Google in 60% of States
Shop Local Retailers Rank on Page 1 of Google in 60% of States
February 2024

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