There was some confusion recently, and I wanted to clarify it.
The Bridge is a service by the Solarek Studio (not a brand or distributor) that syncs data from another site to yours.
Solarek invented and maintains the syncing.
The brands/distributors do not receive financial compensation for the Bridge. (They benefit from having all of their product available online on your site.)
You could manually download all of a brands'/distributors' 10,000+ product ...
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September 7, 2009
September 7, 2009
Graphic showing the benefits of working with a team-oriented web design company
I just added this section our our website design services page. This helps explain the benefits of working with us and our clients/partners.
1. There is strength in numbers. The sum of our network provides leverage with brands, manufacturers, and distributor. 2. We can easily and quickliy compare retailer information (e.g. sales ...
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August 26, 2009
August 26, 2009
Our clients' sales are up +22% while the industry is down -35%
Sales for the overall home goods industry are down by 35%, but for our Bridge partners they are up. Please see the accompanying chart. This shows a distributor's average retailer sales. Most of the distributor's retailers are down 35%, whereas our Bridge retailers' sales are up from 22% to 98%. These numbers are based on the first seven months of 2008 vs. the first seven months of 2009.
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December 19, 2007
December 19, 2007
Screen Shot from Google of How Retailers Evade MSRP
One way for retailers to abide by brands and distributor's wishes not to sell below MSRP is to offer free shipping. In this screen shot we see many offers for free shipping. Retailers who use Google AdWords even put the free shipping language in their ad. Smith China, a notorious discounter, even puts "free shipping" in the title tag of their page.
Of course, retailers would respond that they are just trying to be competitive with other online ...
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