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March 8, 2021 Today’s Times reveals what we all know: e-commerce is tough for indies
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Today’s Times reveals what we all know: e-commerce is tough for indies
March 8, 2021
For many indie stores, running an online business is tough and expensive, shares  today’s Times. For 10 years, Bridge has served indie stores by paving this process and making it easier. We started with two stores and now help more than 720 brick-and-mortar, Main Street community legends. 

Excerpts from the Times article:
  • E-commerce grew by 33.6 percent in 2020.
  • Ten large retailers accounted for 68 percent of all U.S. e-commerce sales last year.
  • Amazon alone
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March 7, 2021 Our Local Wedding Expo!
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Our Local Wedding Expo!
March 7, 2021
https://ourlocalweddingexpo.com/

Join us TODAY for our first virtual Wedding Expo! 
Find everything you need to plan your PERFECT Wedding Day!
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March 6, 2021 WSJ: Saks Deems Stores a Dead Weight and Relegates Them
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WSJ: Saks Deems Stores a Dead Weight and Relegates Them
March 6, 2021
Saks formed new company a called Saks.com that will lead the company, shares today's WSJ. The physical stores will be moved from the 'drivers seat' to the 'passengers seat.'  In a nod to Amazon.com and Walmart's success with third-party sellers, Saks.com will offer a marketplace and pay third-party sellers a commission.

Read the full WSJ article:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saks-fifth-avenue-owner-to-separate-e-commerce-and-stores-units-11614945600

Bonus: Saks launched a new website...
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March 5, 2021 New Vietri Erbe Collection At Glassworks!
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New Vietri Erbe Collection At Glassworks!
March 5, 2021
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.

Click here to shop for Vietri Erbe on our Glassworks website.

We are following state guidelines by sanitizing, social distancing, and wearing masks, so ...
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March 4, 2021 Amazon Logo Isn’t a ‘Smile,’ It’s a Business Strategy
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Amazon Logo Isn’t a ‘Smile,’ It’s a Business Strategy
March 4, 2021
A product starts in a factory. Then, the goal is get it through the sales funnel. What steps does it go through en route to the consumer? In the drawing shown, the dots represent steps along the way.  

When a product travels through the Amazon arc, it skips many steps that are important for consumer safety, the lives of working people in the retail industry, and local communities. We realize its smile logo may actually be a visual representation of the safeguards and ...
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March 4, 2021 An Ugly Website + Cheap Warehouses + Cheap Labor = Amazon
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An Ugly Website + Cheap Warehouses + Cheap Labor = Amazon
March 4, 2021
Today’s Times shares some of Amazon’s steps during the pandemic to grow its empire. 

I used to tell retailers that they don’t know it, but they’re now in: the software business. I missed something in that statement. They are also now in the warehouse business. Websites and warehouses go hand in hand. They’re flip sides of the same coin.  

As e-commerce grew, all the major retailers should have been growing their warehouse space. For example: if ...
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March 3, 2021 Indie Stores to Become More Like 'Indie Mini' Warehouses?
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Indie Stores to Become More Like 'Indie Mini' Warehouses?
March 3, 2021
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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March 2, 2021 Which Would You Choose: 50 Hours or 4 Minutes?
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Which Would You Choose: 50 Hours or 4 Minutes?
March 2, 2021
An indie store often spends $750 and 50 hours to add 1,000 products to its website.   Amazon likes this because it slows down the competition.

Bridge reduces the time to under 4 minutes and the cost to zero (...that’s right: free). It’s time you tried Bridge.

Learn more about saving time and money with Bridge:
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March 1, 2021 Amazon ONLY Ships Sofas; It Doesn't Use Them
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Amazon ONLY Ships Sofas; It Doesn't Use Them
March 1, 2021
What Percent of Your Store Should Be a Warehouse?

These days, ugly Amazon warehouses are beating up pretty retail stores. Many stores in 2020 had record online sales that made up 40% or more of revenue, but they are struggling because they had to bear the burden of retail stores. Retail stores cost more per square foot to rent, furnish, and maintain. They also cost more to staff. A warehouse person need not be a people person and a snazzy dresser; they can exhibit anger management issues and ...
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February 28, 2021 Ugly Amazon Warehouses > Pretty Retail Stores
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Ugly Amazon Warehouses > Pretty Retail Stores
February 28, 2021
When we watch or read the news, we can see how important what we do is. We can see big and small retailers struggling to pivot to multi-channel   Many stores had online sales that made up 40% or more of revenue, but they also had to bear the burden of retail stores. Retail stores cost more per square foot to rent, furnish, and maintain. They also cost more to staff: a warehouse person need not be a people person and a snazzy dresser; they can exhibit anger management issues and ...
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February 28, 2021 How Much Does Updating a Website Cost?
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How Much Does Updating a Website Cost?
February 28, 2021
When you run an online store, a major cost is adding and updating  products. Adding 1,000 products to your website often costs about $750 and requires 50 hours.  What if there was a cheaper, quicker way?  And what if you could offer better product data at the same time? There is: Smart Products.

The Smart Products service outputs in your Bridge Store all the products from a brand that you sell, with professional pictures, accurate prices, and product dimensions. This service is...
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February 27, 2021 Amazon isn't cheaper...it just treats people worse. That produces a lower cost to you, but not a lower price to society.
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Amazon isn't cheaper...it just treats people worse. That produces a lower cost to you, but not a lower price to society.
February 27, 2021
This graphic, from Scott Galloway's book Post Corona, shows how Amazon treats its delivery people worse than FedEx. 

A recent experience I had may be related to this topic. On Valentine's Day this year, while I was carrying flowers to meet a friend, an Amazon delivery person intentionally tried to push me out of his way while he was pushing a cart full of Amazon products. Then, when I glared at him for doing so, he verbally assaulted me and taunted me to physically engage in a fight, ...
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February 26, 2021 Facts Are Fuel
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Facts Are Fuel
February 26, 2021
In a world with so many options, how do we as consumers make intelligent choices? We are overstimulated with resources daily, and sometimes this can be overwhelming. Common sense seems to be the driving factor when assessing the alternatives before us, as may be the process of elimination when there is too much to consider. But what is the most influential deciding factor we face? It could be facts that serve as the strongest fuel to drive us to make an informed decision.

As our leader, Jason...
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February 25, 2021 Michael Aram Special Edition Backgammon Set At Glassworks!
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Michael Aram Special Edition Backgammon Set At Glassworks!
February 25, 2021
Game on for family entertaining! Enjoy a little friendly competition with Backgammon, a game of strategy, skill, and luck, that is a classic pastime. The Michael Aram Special Edition Backgammon Set will be a treasured piece of your game collection. Made of wood, black nickelplate, nickelplate, and suede, this board game will last generations. (Also available in a Luxury Marble version).
Stop in at Glassworks in Shadyside to check out this quality-made set.

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February 24, 2021 Save $4,782 on Website Maintenance?
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Save $4,782 on Website Maintenance?
February 24, 2021
What if there was a way to cut your labor costs and boost your sales?  There is. Your employees work the cash register, stock shelves, clean, and provide customer service. They also: update your website. As you know, these days customers expect a website to offer tens of thousands of products. Amazon has hundreds of millions of products.  You have to add products to your site to survive.

You need someone to add products to your website, then update those products.  On ...
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HTI Buying Group Events Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
HTI Buying Group Events Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
We're pleased to share that Bridge is hosting two events for HTI members:

1. For Brands: Bridge Welcome and Strategy Session
Wednesday, March 3 at 10 am EST

2. For Retailers: Bridge Welcome and Strategy Session:
Wednesday, March 10 at 10 am EST

Learn more about HTI:
https://htibuyinggroup.com/
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February 21, 2021 2021 to Deliver Boom of Pent-up Weddings?
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2021 to Deliver Boom of Pent-up Weddings?
February 21, 2021
Today’s Times reports on the recovery of  the wedding industry—a topic dear to our hearts since Bridge has helped 50k couples with their gift registries. 

Read the full story: 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/style/weddings-2021-coronavirus.amp.html View Post
February 19, 2021 Facts Are Fuel
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Facts Are Fuel
February 19, 2021
When I was speaking with the team this week, I mentioned author Dan Roam’s strategy for convincing people to change their ways. He suggested leading with data (i.e. facts), which leads to a change in one’s thinking and beliefs, which will then change one’s actions—aka they will change their website to use Bridge.  

Yet, we can’t "lead" with too many facts, because as the authors of the book Rethink point out, that is like ...
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February 18, 2021 Michael Aram Anemone Collection At Glassworks!
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Michael Aram Anemone Collection At Glassworks!
February 18, 2021
Made of Hand Textured Stainless Steel, Black Nickelplate, Natural & Oxidized Brass, and White Enamel, this hardy collection is inspired by Anemone flowers, which in some cultures are said to bring good luck and offer protection. The flowers are associated with purity and peace.
Stop in at Glassworks in Shadyside to see our selection.

Click here to shop for Michael Aram Anemone on this website.

We are following state guidelines by sanitizing, social distancing, and wearing masks, so ...
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February 11, 2021 Last Minute Valentine's Gifts At Glassworks!
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Last Minute Valentine's Gifts At Glassworks!
February 11, 2021
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.

Click here to shop for Baccarat on this website.

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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