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December 11, 2023 Beatriz Ball Pedestals Set the Scene for Holiday Goodies
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Beatriz Ball Pedestals Set the Scene for Holiday Goodies
December 11, 2023
In signature Beatriz Ball style, the towering and elegant VIDA Alegria Triple Tiered Dessert Server in winter white is an essential holiday piece from our bestselling collection of luxury melamine. With charming pearl rims and brilliant surfaces, the three generous serving areas in graduated sizes are joined by silver-toned metal risers, topped by a circular handle. Great for Holiday parties and gatherings, when serving desserts, scones, party sandwiches or little nibbles, this generous three-...
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December 7, 2023 Tableware Today Interview - Colin Riggs + Ned Voelker
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Tableware Today Interview - Colin Riggs + Ned Voelker
December 7, 2023
It’s a 40th anniversary for the company founded by Colin Riggs (left) and Ned Voelker’s parents, Abigail and Ed Voelker. Over the last four decades, the entire family has created a curated collection of handmade tableware and giftware for the nation’s independent store retailers.
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Congratulations on a milestone 40th year in business. Are you surprised Abigails has endured?
Ned Voelker: We are surprised. It’s a tribute to Ed and Abbie ...
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November 11, 2023 Fall Entertaining Made Easy With Beatriz Ball Luxury Melamine
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Fall Entertaining Made Easy With Beatriz Ball Luxury Melamine
November 11, 2023
Elevate the everyday with a pedestal cake plate in luxury melamine. The fabulously functional VIDA Nube Collection features sculptural works of art presented in a luscious white satin finish. Our offerings in Nube luxury melamine are extended with the several new additions including new bowls, a cake plate, a rectangular tray, and an extra large deep oval centerpiece for entertaining this fall. Our easy care melamine pieces are as practical as they are beautiful.

The VIDA Nube Round Pedestal ...
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October 19, 2023 New Ginori Oriente Italiano Holiday Collection At Glassworks!
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New Ginori Oriente Italiano Holiday Collection At Glassworks!
October 19, 2023
The new Holiday collection is comprised of 2 new colors: Rubrum (red with gold accents) and Aurum (white with gold accents). Full place settings, candles, vases, and lidded vases are available at the Shadyside store. Stop in to see the timeless elegance and vibrant energy of these beautiful new colors.

Click here to shop for Ginori Oriente Italiano on this website. (Please note: The manufacturer has not added the new colors to our website yet).
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September 6, 2023 Elusive, Alluring Beauties
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Elusive, Alluring Beauties
September 6, 2023
Depictions of mythical mermaids differ strongly. Sometimes they are sirens of the sea luring sailors to their deaths with their song. Other times they are keepers of the ocean charged with rescuing mankind from accidents. Regardless of the mermaid's intent, the legends agree that they are elusive, alluring beauties. Herend's mermaid, with her soft smile, is not sharing her secrets today but even without her song, she still enchants. Perched on a giant clam shell with its pearlized core exposed, ...
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September 3, 2023 Jugaad’a Do What Jugaad’a Do 🚀
How limited resources can motivate teams to accomplish goals and breed solutions.
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Jugaad’a Do What Jugaad’a Do 🚀
How limited resources can motivate teams to accomplish goals and breed solutions.
September 3, 2023
India last month joined three other countries in the exclusive club that has put a craft on the moon. What’s unique about India’s accomplishment is that it did this at a fraction of what the U.S. spends on space exploration, shares Ben Cohen in The Wall St. Journal. While the U.S.’s NASA program has a $24b budget, India’s ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) budget is just $1.3b. India, which started its space program in 1963, is able to do more with less because of ...
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May 29, 2023 Tableware Today Interview – Susan Gravely
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Tableware Today Interview – Susan Gravely
May 29, 2023
Susan Gravely – alongside her sister, Frances, and mother, Lee – founded VIETRI 40 years ago after a serendipitous vacation where they discovered the charms of Italian ceramics. Gravely’s new book, Italy on a Plate, equal parts travelogue/cookbook/memoir, is a culinary delight celebrating four decades of bringing the best of Italy’s tableware to an adoring fan base.
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You and I go back almost to the start of VIETRI in 1983. [Editor&rsquo...
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May 4, 2023 Good Morning. May Good Coffee Fill Your Cup!
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Good Morning. May Good Coffee Fill Your Cup!
May 4, 2023
Rise and shine each morning with a solid routine and lots of hot, strong coffee!  Add some organic, rustic-chic pieces to your coffee table, such as this handwoven placemat made from wild organic vines. Its rich and warm earthy coffee color hues that come from the vines' inherent rustic colors makes your coffee taste better. Set of 4.


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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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April 27, 2023 Michael Aram Frames & More For Mother's Day At Glassworks!
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Michael Aram Frames & More For Mother's Day At Glassworks!
April 27, 2023
A beautiful picture frame is one of the perfect gifts for mom on her special day, to remind her of when she became a mother. Put together a collage of baby photos and other family shots - or surprise her with a picture frame displaying just one memorable moment you shared together. Glassworks has an array of picture frames and other gift ideas for Mother's Day. Pictured are various Michael Aram frames and a vase, all in-stock at Glassworks.
Stop in to see the variety of pieces!

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March 19, 2023 Labor costs up 18% since 2020
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Labor costs up 18% since 2020
March 19, 2023
This weekend’s WSJ shares that retail labor costs continue to rise and will likely contribute to more inflation. Stores either have to cut staff or raise prices—and higher prices result in lower revenue creating a downward cycle.  Large players, like Amazon, have more robots and access to capital and may be better insulated from these rising costs.  Yet, even Amazon had had to make some cuts, including its recent pause on completing its HQ2 campus in Virginia and its ...
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March 14, 2023 THIN and SIMPLE
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THIN and SIMPLE
March 14, 2023
THIN AND SIMPLE says it all, a perfect moniker for Pampa Bay’s latest juggernaut, a throwback to the shapes and looks the company achieved in stainless steel, its one-time material of choice, a decade ago. Then, in 2016, Carlos Barbagallo, president and owner, decided to segue into the dishwasher-safe, tarnish-free porcelain that looks like metal, using a proprietary, state-of-the-art technology that’s neither painted nor glazed. “Thin and Simple is our homage to the looks we ...
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March 7, 2023 WIRED Magazine: Amazon’s Air Delivery Service Takes Flight
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WIRED Magazine: Amazon’s Air Delivery Service Takes Flight
March 7, 2023
Wired magazine covers the rise of Amazon’s air delivery fleet. 

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https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-air-quest-to-seize-the-skies/ View Post
February 2, 2023 Tableware Today: GRANNY CHIC NOSTALGIA
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Tableware Today: GRANNY CHIC NOSTALGIA
February 2, 2023
There’s nothing quite as cozy as grandma’s house. It’s like a warm snuggle of home cooked meals, fresh cut roses from the garden, doilies, chintz, needlepoint, vintage furniture, wallpaper, a breakfront china cupboard, Earl Grey in a collection of English bone china teacups, and lavender oil that soothes the senses and transports you to carefree days of yore.

The Granny Chic or Grandmillennial trend is all the rage, particularly among millennials. It’s an expression of...
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December 28, 2022 Referrals: Johnny Softwareseed 👨‍🌾 🍎
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Referrals: Johnny Softwareseed 👨‍🌾 🍎
December 28, 2022
In the book The Cold Start Problem, Andrew Chen says that the 'network effect’ is really three effects: 
  • The acquisition effect 
  • The engagement effect
  • The monetization effect 

In the beginning, a business seeking to build a network has to concentrate on acquiring users, even if they are non-paying. Companies often give away the service, especially software companies, and we can see that with Facebook, Slack, TikTok, and many others.  Bridge didn’t do ...
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December 15, 2022 Juliska Berry & Thread Christmas Tree Sets At Glassworks!
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Juliska Berry & Thread Christmas Tree Sets At Glassworks!
December 15, 2022
Bedeck your halls with elegant holiday accent pieces! Perfect for embellishing holiday tables or mantles, these striking Clear and Evergreen glass trees are mouth blown and feature Juliska's Berry & Thread decoration. The Medium and Small sets are comprised of three pieces including the small, medium, and large tree tiers which may be used individually or as a stacked set. The large set of five pieces includes the mini, small, medium, large, and extra-large tree tiers, which may be used ...
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November 9, 2022 Don't Laugh: Fun Is a Good Marketing Vehicle 🤹‍♂️
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Don't Laugh: Fun Is a Good Marketing Vehicle 🤹‍♂️
November 9, 2022
Bridge has something that every store needs, but doesn’t really want: product data. We get stores to trust us that they need our product data for 64,000 products from 109 brands. They really don’t want the data—they want the sales from it. The data itself is worthless, but the sales from it are invaluable. Do you know who also has this issue? Funeral directors.  Last week's Wall Street Journal shares that mortuaries are leveraging bonsai trees, setting up bouncy castles, ...
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October 17, 2022 Elevate Your Fall Entertaining With Luxury Melamine
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Elevate Your Fall Entertaining With Luxury Melamine
October 17, 2022
The fabulously functional VIDA Nube Collection features sculptural works of art presented in a luscious white satin finish.This piece captures the essence of Nube style in an eye-catching pedestal.

The VIDA Nube Round Pedestal Cake Plate rises to the occasion for any serving situation. Great for presenting cakes, desserts, and other culinary delights in high style. A great gift for the baker or dessert lover.  View Post
October 3, 2022 Are We Time Givers or Takers? ⌛️⏳
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Are We Time Givers or Takers? ⌛️⏳
October 3, 2022
Scott Galloway, the NYU business professor and firebrand, pens a weekly, attention-grabbing article about business trends. In last week’s post, he noted the rise of the attention economy.  (...Yes, my post is an attention-seeker writing about an attention-seeker writing about attention.) Comparing our current economy to those of the past, Mr. Galloway notes that today’s oil is time. He tracks the growth of digital companies like Netflix, Microsoft, Facebook, and TikTok that...
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September 19, 2022 Do We Have the Wright Stuff? 🛩
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Do We Have the Wright Stuff? 🛩
September 19, 2022
In the early 2000s, the board game Cranium became a hit.  The game combined elements of Scrabble and Pictionary with the goal of helping more people enjoy playing a game. Richard Tait, who created Cranium and sold it to Hasbro in 2008 for $77.5m, passed away in July.  Like Mr. Tait, I had been a paperboy, but he went beyond what I ever offered:  he came up with a new service that sold breakfast sandwiches along his newspaper route. He increased profits and made customers happier. ...
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August 3, 2022 The Everything War
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The Everything War
August 3, 2022
An East Village Artist’s Death Prompts a Reflection on the State of Indie Retailers Today

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While thumbing through the Times, I noticed a smiling young woman’s picture in the obituaries. In the black and white photograph, she's standing on a fire escape with a historic building and a bridge in the distance.  I was initially attracted to Ronni Solbert’s 1959 picture, yet I was even more drawn in by what I noticed next to her photo: a children&...
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