Six of the many unique religious gift ideas from Beatriz Ball. Make great heirloom presents for baby showers, baptisms, first communion, confirmation, graduation, birthdays, and holidays. All boxed for effortless gifting!
Save precious mementos of your little one's first years in the exquisite BABY Peek-A-Boo Cross Oval Keepsake Box shown above. The lidded metal box features an embossed cross on the top and contains a "peek-a-boo" surprise--another cross--sculpted on the base
All the splendor of Spring!
Beatriz Ball's newly expanded palette of metals will add color to your Springtime table in scrumptious tones of gold, rose gold, gunmetal and silver.
The multifunctional SIERRA MODERN Onyx Double Dip (Gold) is a perfectly elegant solution for many serving needs. Presented in a brushed gold finish, the cleverly designed piece separates and harmonizes your favorite foods.
The SIERRA MODERN Plano Long Oval Platter (Rose Gold) in a warm rosy
A towering achievement in handmade metal, the Beatriz Ball PEDESTAL Vento Alba decorative metal pedestal bowl is the height of versatility. A great punch bowl, it makes an eye-catching centerpiece filled with seasonal blooms and ivy (we recommend using a liner), and a sensational serving piece for fruit, salads, and desserts.
Perfectly proportioned and enhanced by flirty curves, it enhances any table, and makes a spectacular gift. Pair it with Beatriz Ball stemware—in glass or acrylic&...
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The beauty of a Tuscan garden, reimagined. Handpainted green sprigs from the aromatic Tuscan gardens decorate the Erbe collection. Close your eyes and imagine the expansive gardens while breathing in the aroma of fresh herbs on your windowsill. Made of dishwasher safe Terra Bianca. Stop in at Glassworks in Shadyside to see the collection.
There are many e-commerce platforms from which to choose. A store owner can choose from more than 30 platforms including Bridge, Shopify, Big Commerce, and Big Cartel. Unfortunately, very few software providers are easy to set up and use. Most importantly, they may not improve retail sales. A store owner is surely mindful of increasing costs and wasting time on software.
Bridge, our e-commerce platform, helps more than 700 indie stores offer a website and bridal registry that...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Future Bridge Spokesperson?
Today's Wall St. Journal shares that Target stores saw a 20% increase in revenue--more than the chain had seen in the last 11 years combined. How did it do it? Target converted many of its physical stores into 'mini-warehouses,' where they can ship goods or have customers do curbside pick up.
What does this mean for indie stores? Stores will have to become more efficient in receiving online orders, which make up 40% of retail these ...
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Valentine's Day is this Sunday! Glassworks and Cheeks have so many gift options for her and him. Stop in to see the selection, including the pictured Baccarat Eye Vases.
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.
Thank you to everyone who is supporting our ongoing Cheeks Comfort Project, sponsoring ...
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Enlightening. Elegant. Eye catching. These French Gardenia Birds on a Branch diffusers are an elegant way to add fragrance to a room all day. The porcelain topper wicks and diffuses the fragrance-no reeds required, and it’s beautifully boxed. An excellent way to add fragrance to your home or office.
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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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We're updated two features on your gift registry lists:
On a gift registry, customers buy gifts and a threshold may be met for gifts desired. When this occurs, no more gifts for the item are needed. When this occurs, the software needs to visually alert other customers to choose other gifts. With our update, purchased items now show a gray, translucent screen over them with a blue ribbon "Gifting Completed." Previously, we simply
In the the December/January issue of Tableware Today, keep an eye out for the 'B' in the lower edge of the page. Three brands include the Bridge logo in their ads:
Saks Fifth Avenue just launched a new website. Since more than 600 stores rely on Bridge Store to power their websites, I decided to compare the new site, which likely cost millions of dollars, to an indie retailer's Bridge Store software. An indie store pays pennies compared to Saks' millions, so the Saks site must be a million times better, right?
After a careful review, I'm happy to share that our indie stores have the better website. And, it sort of 'saks' for Saks that it spent millions ...
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Aesthetically pleasing to the eye, this simple sculptural form serves both as a graceful object as well as a purposeful candy dish.
Elegant wings and robust weight makes it a beautiful addition to any dining table or home décor.
Never needs polishing.
Walmart is building an advertising platform and seeks to acquire entities like TikTok that have lots of eyeballs. It can advertise its own products as well as those from its third-party sellers.
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August 17, 2020
August 17, 2020
Our best-selling SOHO Onyx chip & dip is as innovative as it is eye-catching ?
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Part of my job is to review registry software. I ensure that it works well for retailers, registrants, and gift-givers (family and friends). I also assess whether it offers good value (price vs results).
A retailer recently shared with me that it uses the service MyRegistry.com. I reviewed the retailer's site and how a customer would make a registry purchase via MyRegistry.com. For privacy purposes, I changed the name of the store in the screenshots shown.
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 13, 2020
March 13, 2020
Feeling jet-lagged after the daylight savings switch? Why not enjoy these Herend napping cats to help you recuperate from the “spring forward?” Available in several eye cat-ching colors.
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February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
Grocery stores are increasingly turning to robots—some with cute paste on eyes—to replace humans. While the eyes are cute, what does this mean for employment for the low skilled?
One way that Amazon keeps prices low is not hiring low-skilled workers when it can replace them with robots.