The Times shares insights in to Amazon's desire to become a profitable company, including increasing employee turn over.
Excerpt:
In his drive to create the world’s most efficient company, Jeff Bezos discovered what he thought was another inefficiency worth eliminating: hourly employees who spent years working for the same company.
Longtime employees expected to receive raises. They also became less enthusiastic about the work, Amazon’s data suggested. And they were a ...
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Brands and retailers have been using the new Bridge Wholesale service for six months. The service helps businesses reduce errors and save time. Retailers shared these comments below about the service:
Father's Day is June 20th and Glassworks has plenty of gift ideas. The pictured Baccarat crystal tumblers are the Louxor Tumbler, with its diamond-shaped surfaces and inside ruffles, and the Harmonie Tumbler, with consecutive parallel cuts from top to bottom. Stop in at the Shadyside store to see the full range of gifts.
Bridge welcomes Woodard & Charles as the newest member to our Smart Products marketing program.
Since 1975, Woodard & Charles has been a leading importer of responsibly produced and environmentally sound salad bowls, a wide collection of casual entertaining items, and popular mesh food Domes.
Woodard & Charles and its 46 products are ready for syncing.
We are pleased to announce that Relish is joining Bridge and the Smart Products program.
Relish is a luxurious melamine line that is made to look like handmade pottery but won't crack, chip or break. Their pieces are 100% melamine and BPA-free. Beautiful and functional, safe for any dishwasher, we call it Today's Everyday.
Relish and its 70 products are ready for synching.
We launched a new version of Bridge Store in April of 2019. Since that release, we've added hundreds of new features. An easy way to see the evolution of Bridge from 1.0 to 2.0 and beyond is via a side-by-side comparison.
Shown here is the Bridge Store for Shulan's:
General public shopper viewing the Bulova home page.
General public shopper viewing the Bulova Precisionist Collection home page.
General public shopper viewing the Bulova Precisionist Black and Rose
I spotted this board game 'Anti-Monopoly' at a garage sale. The character on the front has an uncanny resemblance to Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon which many people consider to be a monopoly in a few sectors from online shopping to cloud-based computing.
Each month, on average 99.3% of retailers retain their Bridge Store service. A high retention rate shows that retailers are happy with Bridge’s software and customer service. This high customer loyalty says that Bridge is providing great value for members.
A monthly retention rate of 99.3% equates to approximately an annual retention rate of 92%.
Happy Memorial Day From Glassworks! Thanks to all of those who have served our country!
Introducing Berry & Thread melamine - now in chic, Chambray blue. The perfect hue for every dining adventure... indoors or out, like this lovely luncheon table set. Juliska's new melamine dinnerware was made with the adventurous entertainer in mind. Durability meets design with the iconic Berry & Thread motif in chambray blue, allowing you to seamlessly entertain outside or inside. All of the items ...
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Over-sized versions of some of Nambé's most popular designs, the Grande Collection is the easiest way to create a stunning presentation both on and off the dinner table. Pictured from the top down are the Grande Wave Bowl - 16", Grande Marupa Bowl - 30", Grande Butterfly Bowl - 16", and Grande Lava Bowl - 22". Also available: the 24" tall Grande Totem Vase. Stop in the Shadyside store to pick your favorite.
I am sending the Ivystone sales rep Laura Zanone two $200 checks. Bridge gives sales reps a finder's fee when they sign up a retailer for a Bridge Store. The rep promotes Bridge Store because it helps the store sell more--which is good for the store and the rep.
Laura helped her stores save thousands of dollars and weeks of time. In total, she saved her stores over $6,000 and 10 weeks in labor.
Bridge is helping indie stores compete against the big-box stores and big-money players.
Bridge will help more than 700 indie stores service 7,000 registries this year. Collectively, we’re moving millions of dollars in sales from big players to small stores and their communities.
Proof of this is when we see a bride registered at five stores and 40% of them are Bridge Store clients. The bride lists these registry choices:
Join us from 11 - 5 at our Squirrel Hill location, 5873 Forbes Avenue. The Joseph Ribkoff representative will have the latest in denim fashions, along with matching tops and jackets.
* For every style of jeans tried on during the event, JR will donate $1 to the charity Dress for Success: https://dressforsuccess.org/
* For every purchase that includes JR denim, customers will receive a gift: a beautiful denim cross body bag (while quantities last).
* All pictures taken during the event ...
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In this video I share why retailers don’t add a brand’s products to their websites and therefore fail the brand and themselves in the e-commerce race.
Bridge’s Smart Products marketing service ‘bridges’ the gaps in online distribution. Bridge's service helps brands show 100% of the brand’s products on an infinite number of retailers’ Bridge Stores. The retailer can use Bridge Store as a stand-...
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We have made it easier to designate collections and products as special order. A business can now click a box "Special Order" on the Collections page and all the items in that collection will receive that designation.
In the example shown, BIA Cordon Bleu, a distributor of fine French tableware, is viewing a collection page. It can control the collection and its products' special Order status via the check box.
When a collection is designated as special Order, your ...
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Navarra’s, a fine jewelry and gift store in Lake Charles, LA, signed up for a Bridge Store on May 5th, 2021. It instantly received an online store and a gift registry for free. Within 2 days, its online store also displayed 10,000+ products. The store was able to offer many products quickly using Bridge’s Smart Products service. The service crowdsources product maintenance and allows each respective brand to effectively manage its items through the platform to free up time for Bridge...
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In this 2 minute video, I share how sales reps can use a free tool that we designed for them. The Website Grader will help reps evaluate their stores' websites and chart a path to more sales.ย
In this 5 minute video, I explain how the registry business has changed over the last 20 years.
I share how Bridge has helped hundreds of indie stores in the U.S. soak up registry sales by adopting digital solutions that service their brides, registrants, and customers.
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