According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, 50% of businesses fail within five years of opening; fewer still make it to their 10th anniversary. So a company with legs surely must doing many things right, right? Not necessarily. Even if you’re providing a great product or service, the most important requisite to success lies in the customer experience. If customers feel ignored by your support team after having a bad experience with a product or service, they’ll shift for a ...
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RetailDive shares that Levi's is opening a shop within a shop in Hudson’s Bay's Vancouver store. We believe in this concept. Bridge offers an online shop-in-shop experience via its Product Syncing service.
In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, a motivational speaker played by Alec Baldwin addresses a group of salesmen. He writes three letters vertically on the chalkboard, “A B C.” He explains that the acronym means "Always Be Closing."
The way that Baldwin's character thinks about sales, I may think about reading. I think of: "ABR,” Always Be Reading. Whether it's breakfast, lunch, or dinner, I try to get in a page or two of the Times, Wall St. ...
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While eating a slice of coal-fired pizza at Arturo’s in Soho yesterday, and getting an occasional whiff of Houston Street garbage, I had to admit: I was at a loss for insight to share with my coworkers this week. Each week, I send out a motivational message to my team that precedes a summary of what they accomplished. We call this report the Brick report. This would be my seventy-second Brick introduction: What else could I say--and would they miss it if there was not an introduction...
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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 ...
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MEMBERSHIP SURGES 50% IN E-COMMERCE COMMUNITY Online Shopping Boom Drives Retail Industry to Team Up On Bridge
NEW YORK, NY, July 30, 2021 – Bridge, an e-commerce community, reported a record increase in membership as the pandemic continued to rattle the retail landscape. In the last 12 months, 275 retail stores joined Bridge, bringing the total membership to more than 826 stores—a 50% increase. ...
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I found this article about the new book 'Ding Dong! Avon Calling!' inspiring. Avon empowered many people to be in business for themselves. Bridge believes in a similar mantra of empowering people to start and run a retail business.
I appreciate Avon promoting an espirit de corps to motivate its thousands of sales people. I share news like this very post for the same reason. Our platform is designed to help members share and support each other--much like Avon's literature for sales ...
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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
Zola has added a "Home Store" tab to its site. The goal: become an online retailer that does it all...oh, and maybe does gift registries, too. Notably, this a departure from its original, registry-focused mission statement. Initially, Zola told brands that indie store gift registry services were not servicing out of the way towns and that by opening Zola, the brand would reach brides in remote parts of, say, Oklahoma. Zola didn't say that it was simply selling ...
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Fragile will be closing at 5:00 PM on Christmas Eve December 24th, and re-opening Monday December 28th at 10:00 AM. We will close at 4:00 PM New Years Eve December 31st, and re-open Monday January 4th at 10:00AM.
Have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season!!
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 are opening a Pop-Up at 4513 Old Shell Road
at Holiday Place in the former Gwin's location.
We are so thrilled to have two locations for this holiday season!
We can not wait for you to come visit both our locations and see the new changes we have made.
VIETRI AND BRIDGE PARTNER TO HELP INDEPENDENT STORES
Retailers Can Receive $150 For Joining Bridge Network
July 15, 2020
NEW YORK, NY – VIETRI, known as the premium importer of luxury tabletop goods from Italy, has launched a new program to help its independent specialty retailers online and in-store. VIETRI has agreed to offer its authorized retailers a credit of $150 towards future purchases by opening a free account with the e-commerce community ...
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Cheeks is reopening our store locations on May 15th. The stores will be cleaned and sanitized every day. We will be practicing social distancing and wearing masks so you must also. Customers must sanitize hands upon entering Cheeks if shopping/browsing. For a private shopping appointment, please email us or call 412-915-1803.
Starting things off, we have a dual promotion from Joseph Ribkoff until May 31st:
1. Purchase a $150.00 JR Gift Certificate from Cheeks and receive an extra $30 credit....
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Glassworks is reopening our store locations on May 15th. The stores will be cleaned and sanitized every day. We will be practicing social distancing and wearing masks so you must also. For a private shopping appointment, please email us or call 412-915-1803.
Kicking things off, we have a promotion for MacKenzie-Childs. From May 18th - 31st, purchase $275.00 worth of MacKenzie-Childs at Glassworks and receive a free gift of a Royal Check Baguette Dish (an $88 value).
If ordering on our website,...
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April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020
During the Covid-19, the most important thing is that we all stay healthy and safe. Carolyn's Collections, in an effort to make gift giving during this period easier, is helping by opening this website and Etsy Store; CarolynsGiftStudio. If there is something that you are wondering if we carry (it will take a while to get more products listed), please don't hesitate to ask. We are offering shipping and non-contact curbside pick-up.
Thank you so much for shopping with us.
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March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020
We miss seeing you, our wonderful friends and customers! Please know that we look forward to reopening and seeing all of you very soon. Please feel free to contact us at (601) 853-9595 or email at [email protected].
Thanks!
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