Now that Valentine's Day is over, we can all FOCUS ON THE SPRING ... and maybe that long-awaited FACE-LIFT for the KITCHEN and TABLE !!! ... Also, If you are getting Married, It is TIME TO REGISTER :) !!!
Shown here is a little of the NEW KATE SPADE "All In Good Taste" Collection --- physically shown at our Northeastern PA Gift Stores ... AND here, Online --- where you can actually start-up your own GIFT REGISTRY !!! https://livewithit.bridgecatalog.com/registry.cfm?register
Miss T's Sets, a beautiful gift store in Florida, sent us this picture of the front of its store. The store is promoting its gift registry service using Bridge's "Ask Us About Our Registry" sign. Download your sign for free today. It's in your Bridge Library.
Thank you so much for all your help with the gift registry! Susan made it such a breeze for us and so much fun! We would recommend any Bowling Green couple visit Barbara Stewart’s! Lauren Moore
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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016
Reminder: you're invited to today's gift registry training. Join us at 2 pm.
Benefit: boost registry sales and customer satisfaction.
How do you get more brides to register with your store? First step: inform more people about it. A simple way to do this is to put a sign on your front door. Jimmy Smith Jewelers in Alabama sent us this picture of the Bridge gift registry sign it placed on its door.
You are welcome to download this sign below for free. Place it on your door like Jimmy Smith did. You'll get more registries and therefore more registry sales with this sign.
We invite you to send us pictures of the sign on your door. ...
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February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016
How do you get more brides to register with your store? First step: inform more people about it. A simple way to do this is to put a sign on your front door. Jimmy Smith Jewelers in Alabama sent us this picture of the Bridge gift registry sign it placed on its door.
You are welcome to download this sign below for free. Place it on your door like Jimmy Smith did. You'll get more registries and therefore more registry sales with this sign.
We invite you to send us pictures of the sign on your door. ...
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January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016
How can you promote your gift registry? Put a sign on your door. Put another at your cash register. Bridge is giving you a free file to download that you can print and use.
The file is a PDF. You can print this file and use as is, or you can customize it. You can use this to make your window sign or your sign for your checkout.
The goal: raise awareness that you offer a gift registry. You'll be surprised at how many people don't know you have a registry.
After you print it out, please send us a ...
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January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016
Do you have a bridal registry service in your store? If so, below are the steps to create a registry on your Bridge store for one of your brides.
As the retailer, you will: 1. Go to your Bridge page.
2. Login to your Bridge account.
3. Roll-over the green 'Add' button, and from the drop down click on "Registry."
4. On the Start a New Gift Registry page, begin to fill in the relevant information:
a. Choose what event it is. By default, we have "Wedding" selected for you. b. Select the event date. c. Fill...
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HFN shares insights into the registry market. Using the TheKnot.com's data, HFN shares that 92% of registries are managed online. Over 80% of registries include a kitchen item, and about 26% include a fine china item. Since most registries exist at Bed, Bath and Beyond, the top casual China brand was a private label brand (Bed, Bath & Beyond).
One could conduct a similar survey amongst independent stores and one would find the leading independent store trends and brands.
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Today's HFN magazine shares Bridge's progress with helping independent retailers. Bridge would like to thanks its members for helping everyone make it to this milestone.
Article:
Bridge and its Tabletop Partners Reach a Milestone
Bridge founder expects to reach $1.2 million by year's end
Posted on November 6, 2015 by Allison Zisko
We'd like to compliment the jewelry and gift retailer BC Clark (which is also a Bridge member). The leadership did a nice job of encouraging brides to register with them.
Here is what they said:
Why register at BC Clark?
1. FREE Gift – Every couple will receive a special wedding gift from BC Clark Jewelers.
2. Gift Credit – receive 10% store credit for every dollar purchased toward your registry.
3. Registry Completion Discount – receive a one-time 10% discount on any remaining registry items up to ...
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August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015
Brochure websites vs. E-commerce websites Squarespace & Wordpress vs. Bridge & Shopify
Carol Schroeder, a store owner who pens a nice blog about retail, reviews website design services in her post this week. Carol mostly covers 'brochure style' website design tools. Brochure sites are characterized by attractive pictures and often a lack of functionality. My hope here is to stress how different brochure websites are from online stores. It's also to share my view that brochure sites are good for ...
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August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015
Are more retailers following Bridge's business model? This week's Wall St. Journal reports that more retailers are experimenting with not keeping stock in their stores. What if a customer places an order? The store mails it from the warehouse. Bridge has been at the forefront of this trend: starting in 2007, we output 1,000s of items on our retail members' websites and invited people to shop for products that were not in the store's immediate physical stock.
Bridge welcomes its first retailer in Canada: Desiree. Based in Toronto, Desiree is the go-to shop for gifts and the ultimate gift registry experience.
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August 7, 2015
August 7, 2015
New registry features: 1. Need a bride's password? Just visit the bride's Edit Registry page and click on the "View password" link.
2. Do you give all your brides gift card credit? If so, you may wish to check the Gift Card box on the registry profile page. When you click this box, the bride's gift registry will display text saying that gifts are given in the form of gift cards. Also, during checkout, the shipping address will say "Gift Card" address instead of "Shipping" address. This feature ...
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July 29, 2015
July 29, 2015
New feature: you can now more easily view your orders. We've created a mobile-friendly Orders page. Quickly view customer names, purchase types (e.g. gift registry purchase), and the order amount. You can click the customer name or order amount to view more details.
If you scroll to the bottom, you'll see the total of all the orders listed above.
1. Menu: there is now a Menu feature in the upper left of your mobile site. This appears after you log in. Bridge will be expanding the links offered in the Menu to make it quicker for you to access important features on your website.
2. Gift registry bar: After you or a bride login to a registry and browse away from a registry's home page, a bar will appear at the bottom of your site. The bar will show a picture of the couple and their names. Clicking the ...
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We're happy that Tableware Today asked Bridge founder Jason Solarek to share his thoughts about e-commerce. In this month's Last Word column, you can read about e-commerce trends that independent, Main Street stores are facing. Jason also shares some potential solutions.
Full article:
THE BRIDGE TO MAIN STREET
A Connecticut retailer recently told me that it lost a bride's registry worth $10,000. The bride reviewed the store's outdated website and online product offering and wasn't ...
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