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June 7, 2024 This Naturally Woven Bread Basket Is Perfect for You.
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This Naturally Woven Bread Basket Is Perfect for You.
June 7, 2024
To create a striking presentation at your dinner table, use this magnificent bread basket to arrange all of your buns, rolls, breadsticks, or French baguette slices. This neutral-hued, hand-woven piece looks good in both boho and seaside environments. It is built from naturally occurring, organic forest vines. This bread basket is ideal for hospitably greeting guests as soon as your party begins. Selection of two sizes: 9.75" L x 4" W x 1.75" H and 2.5" L x 4" W x 1.75&...
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June 4, 2024 Accent Serving Trays That Are Ideal for Gatherings
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Accent Serving Trays That Are Ideal for Gatherings
June 4, 2024
This serving snack tray is sure to make your guests want more. Using this glass-bottomed woven serving dish to present your delicacies highlights the beautiful weave. Ideal for stuffing and enjoying during the party with your favorite party fare. The natural hues and artisanal texture come from organic vines. This serving tray with a glass bottom will let you dress up your party table décor with a touch of elegance and create a distinctive sweet treat table. Dimensions: 20.75" L x 8....
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May 30, 2024 The Ideal Hostess Gift Is This 4-Section Woven Caddy Basket
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The Ideal Hostess Gift Is This 4-Section Woven Caddy Basket
May 30, 2024
This 4-section woven caddy makes entertaining, hosting, and the art of table arrangement easy and flawless. It is designed to serve, organize, and creatively display your flatware and other objects. It is created by hand from sturdy organic vines, displaying its exquisite, organic earth tones that become darker as it age. A classic tabletop ornament that instantly dresses up your table and sets the tone.  Additionally, it's the ideal gift for a host who enjoys hosting guests.


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May 30, 2024 Grazing Table Ideas For A Unique Food Display
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Grazing Table Ideas For A Unique Food Display
May 30, 2024
Food is usually the focal point of celebrations. As long as you keep to the traditional items for your grazing table—meats, cheeses, olives, crackers, nuts, fruits, and dips—you can get as creative as you like with presentation. This serving tray is made of organic forest vines and has a glass bottom so you can display your food presentation while admiring the complex weaving and rustic hues of the vine. It is perfect for entertaining. Decorating your table with this eco-chic glass ...
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May 30, 2024 Beatriz Ball Pedestals Elevate Any Occasion
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Beatriz Ball Pedestals Elevate Any Occasion
May 30, 2024
Weddings, birthdays, or engagement parties, a Beatriz Ball pedestal is sure to make a "towering" presentation!

The fabulous SIERRA MODERN Pedestal Cake Plate (Gold) boasts a richly textured, fabric-inspired top surface with a generous serving area, contrasting with a smoothly polished tapered base. Designed to hold a cake, but also perfect for serving a variety of foods in high style. The elevated gold-tone piece adds a modern new dimension to Beatriz Ball’s award-winning ...
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May 27, 2024 Tableware Today: 2 Brands Promote the Shop Local Platform
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Tableware Today: 2 Brands Promote the Shop Local Platform
May 27, 2024
We're happy to see Bordallo Pinheiro and Vista Alegre promote the Shop Local platform in Tableware Today's June/July 2024 issue.

In the advertisement, the brand displays our ShopLocal.org logo.  
  • A brand shows the logo so that retailers 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. 
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May 15, 2024 Beautiful Reasons For Being Shabby Rustic
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Beautiful Reasons For Being Shabby Rustic
May 15, 2024
Any springtime celebration has to embrace the irresistible charm of pastel color palettes, outside settings, and an abundance of flowers. All of these elements may be combined in this woven space-saving caddy centerpiece to create a tabletop display that simply signals the advent of spring. You can match it with your favorite wine, silverware, napkins, and floral arrangement. Because it's fashioned of exotic vines with a unique rustic finish, this is a great way to add a touch of country ...
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May 9, 2024 A 4-Quart Stoneware Casserole for a Stylish Dinner
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A 4-Quart Stoneware Casserole for a Stylish Dinner
May 9, 2024
This 4-quart CALAISIO stoneware casserole dish, with a Portuguese influence, comes with a matching basket and is perfect for a classy dinner party. Made expertly from sturdy, exotic vines by native artisans, it's the perfect balance of design and functionality for use in the kitchen or on the dining table. It displays a lovely blend of rustic charm that improves the table presentation, especially with the matching basket. Moreover, because of its inherent resistance to heat, the basket can ...
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May 7, 2024 Mother`s Day Gift: Decorative Fruit Bowl
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Mother`s Day Gift: Decorative Fruit Bowl
May 7, 2024
Fruits include essential nutrients for our health, plus they are delicious! Bring in the garden theme with this beautifully woven organic bowl made of organic vines. It features natural rustic colors and is suitable for bohemian, beach, and contemporary homes. It includes a fitted 9" 2.5 qt glass bowl that enhances your fruit or food display while also emphasizing the basket's distinctive weaving made from natural vines. This beautiful selection celebrates the extraordinary woman in your ...
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See You in Dallas in June 2024 Thursday, June 20, 2024 - Friday, June 21, 2024
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See You in Dallas in June 2024 Thursday, June 20, 2024 - Friday, June 21, 2024
Location: Dallas Market Center

We'll be at the Dallas show Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21, 2024.  We'd love to meet with you and hear about your business.

Are you a brand or sales rep that uses Shop Local?
If so, we put together the following materials for sales reps and brands. Please share these materials with your retailers. Please print these for use during the show:


1. A flyer to sign up a retailer for the service. We have 111 partner brands, and you'll likely see your brand on this sheet. Here is ...
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April 3, 2024 Mushrooms Join Spring's Colorful Display
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Mushrooms Join Spring's Colorful Display
April 3, 2024
With spring slowly unfurling its green carpet, even mushrooms are taking on the pretty color of the season. View Post
April 2, 2024 You'll Love This Spring's Breakfast Bread Basket
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You'll Love This Spring's Breakfast Bread Basket
April 2, 2024
Freshly made bread served in this woven bread basket, which adds decoration to any table or buffet presentation, is very comforting to the heart and stomach. This bread basket is made from organic climbing vines with a great texture and adds to the ambience of a delicious breakfast. It comes in lovely natural rustic colors. Available in 2 sizes.


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March 27, 2024 Tableware Today Interview - Jim Shreve, Tim DeVine, Mark Brashear, & Sally Burnside
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Tableware Today Interview - Jim Shreve, Tim DeVine, Mark Brashear, & Sally Burnside
March 27, 2024
Jim Shreve made Baccarat hip. Now, he and his longtime partner, Mark Brashear, along with Sally Burnside, the former Baccarat sales V.P., intend to do the same for DeVine Corp., the 32-year-old distributor of elite European brands. You're invited to the opening!
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Congrats to you all. This is very exciting. Tim, we’ve known each other since before you started DeVine Corp., 32 years ago. You’ve been looking for the right opportunity to retire.
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March 26, 2024 Tableware Today: 2 Brands Promote the Shop Local Platform
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Tableware Today: 2 Brands Promote the Shop Local Platform
March 26, 2024
We're happy to see Bordallo Pinheiro and Vista Alegre promote the Shop Local platform in Tableware Today's April/May 2024 issue.

In the advertisement, the brand displays our ShopLocal.org logo.  
  • A brand shows the logo so that retailers 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. 
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March 26, 2024 Modern Reflections Rustic Woven Tray
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Modern Reflections Rustic Woven Tray
March 26, 2024
Perfect for the classy host or hostess, this robust tray features a woven diamond geometric pattern with a glass bottom. With the aid of this lovely vanity tray, you can easily display your dining room centerpiece. Because it blends sturdy tropical vines with a mirrored glass center, this expertly woven piece will stand out wherever you place it. Also suitable for grazing board serving.


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March 20, 2024 Get Ready for the New York Tabletop Show
6 steps you can take to help your business and retailers
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Get Ready for the New York Tabletop Show
6 steps you can take to help your business and retailers
March 20, 2024
FOR BRANDS 

As you know, The New York Tabletop Show starts in about three weeks (it's April 9 - 12).  

Let's help you get ready! Now is the time to update your Shop Local assortment with new introductions, price changes, and missing data. 

Please review your Shop Local account to ensure that these areas are current:
  • Product Assortment – Have you added or retired items? Please consider the last time the account was updated and discontinued/retired items were
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March 14, 2024 Miniature Glass Serving Tray
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Miniature Glass Serving Tray
March 14, 2024
This gorgeous rectangular tray, which displays your delicacies, adds unrivaled beauty to parties. The transparent glass bottom displays the woven tray's tight weave while readily showcasing fruits, miniatures, or any sweets. Crafted by expert artisans from eco-climbing vines, its organic rustic colors give a natural texture to your food presentation and party environment.  Available in a variety of sizes and shapes.


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability




 
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March 12, 2024 Basket of Fresh Artisan Bread
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Basket of Fresh Artisan Bread
March 12, 2024
Enjoy this long Calaisio bread basket for celebrations, parties, and large family meals. Its stunning rustic colors, which come from organic exotic vines, will enhance the flavor of your bread and make it ideal for serving handmade sourdough bread, pastries, muffins, rolls, or bagels.  Dimensions are 19.25 inches long by 9.25 inches wide. Have a great day and indulge in your locally made bread with a complimentary bread basket that has similar color tones.


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See You in Atlanta in July 2024 Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - Monday, July 22, 2024
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See You in Atlanta in July 2024 Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - Monday, July 22, 2024
Location: AmericasMart in Atlanta, GA

We'll be at the AmericasMart show Tuesday, July 16 – Friday, July 19, 2024.  We'd love to meet with you and hear about your business.

Are you an existing Shop Local client?
If so, we put together the following materials for sales reps and brands. Please share these materials with your retailers. Please print these for use during the show:


1. Explanation Materials
  1. A flyer showing featured Brand Syncing partners. We have 114 partner brands. You'll likely see your brand on
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February 28, 2024 A Stunning Display of Artistry and Realism
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A Stunning Display of Artistry and Realism
February 28, 2024
An exquisitely sculpted bunny, so lifelike one keeps anticipating a twitch or an exhale, rests among a sea of hand-molded flowers. From a simple piece of clay, talented hands roll, pinch, and combine layer upon layer to create meticulous, delicate blossoms. Exhibiting the unrivaled artistry of Herend, the resulting vignette is so realistic even mother nature herself might be fooled. View Post

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