Market buildings are looking down the barrel of a gun. To find out why, check out my article in this month's Tableware Today.
THE LAST WORD
CHART YOUR FUTURE BEFORE BIG TECH DOES
by JASON SOLAREK
Market buildings are starting to take digital seriously. Why, finally? Because Amazon is nipping at retailers’ heels? No. Because Zola is stealing indie stores’ registry business? No. Sadly, the main thing that’s brought markets up to speed has to do with their own dollars and ...
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Barneys will likely keep thousands of dollars belonging to brides, shares today’s Times. The defunct retailer will keeps the brides’ registry credits if they don’t redeem them by this Thursday.
This is also bad for the brands that were sold via Barneys' registries. For example, let's imagine Barneys sells Waterford. If a bride registered for a Waterford product, and that item was gifted by a family member, Waterford would expect that item to be bought by ...
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October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019
The many bold colors of this Herend Silk Ribbon collection are a perfect complement to other Herend patterns, but they also might just steal the spotlight for a solo performance.
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September 30, 2019
September 30, 2019
Social media (i.e. Facebook) is now the leading tool scammers use to successfully steal from people—beating e-mail, telephone, and websites.
Be wary of links leading to eBay and Craigslist, and stay away from bank and wire transfers.
Credit card may be the safest purchase option.
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August 25, 2019
August 25, 2019
L'Objet Fortuny Maori Dessert Teal Plate Set of 4
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August 18, 2019
August 18, 2019
Is Amazon a 'Retail Hacker'?
Amazon may be spying on your business. It may be crawling your website, checking your prices, and then stealing your customers. If this sounds creepy, it is.
Every week over the last few years, I have found Amazon-hosted bots crawling my 400+ retailers' web pages. In the example shown, I'm displaying a bot that crawls my site and its IP address (34.217.74.229). I look up its IP address (https://www.infobyip.com/ip-34.217.74.229.html) and we see that it's hosted at ...
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First read:
There are millions of indie stores in the world who don’t get to succeed online. They get ripped off by web designers and coders, pay more in local taxes than big tech companies, don’t have access to cheap money from Wall St. (like big tech companies), and can’t protect themselves from hackers looking to steal credit cards. They are prevented them from running their business, helping their customers, and servicing their communities. Due to these expenses and ...
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June 26, 2019
June 26, 2019
I’m just back from the Dallas show. I met with some wonderful people from the mart and they’re ready to go digital.
In general, I’m seeing that more market buildings are finally taking digital seriously. Why are they finally doing so? Because Amazon is nipping at their retailers heels? Because Zola is stealing the indie store’s registry business? No. Sadly, the main thing that brought the markets up to speed on the weather outside is: their own livelihood. Faire, a startup tech company ...
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June 16, 2019
June 16, 2019
Business lunch: how retail is changing :)
Old retail is 80% analog. This consists of: the physical store, staff, customer service training, etc. What you’d expect walking into a Saks or Macy's. And it's about 20% tech: computers, cash registers (POS systems), mobile shopping, Google ranking, apps, hiring social influencers, Instagram, etc.
Today, the retailers that are well positioned, growing, and 'hot' carry the opposite equation: they're 20% analog and 80% tech.
There are millions of indie stores in the world who don’t get to succeed online. They get ripped off by web designers and coders, have to pay local taxes unlike many Amazon sellers, don’t have access to cheap money from Wall St. like Amazon.com, and get attacked by hackers looking to steal credit cards, all factors which prevent them from running their business, helping their customers, and servicing their communities. Because of these expenses and obstacles, ...
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March 4, 2019
March 4, 2019
Which Dog glass would you like to get? Or would you prefer that Artel make a custom glass of your own dog? Name included – of course! Glassworks has these glasses and coordinates the custom orders!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019
Tiny enough to fit in the palm of your hand, these miniature Rochard Limoges works of art will steal your heart! Each porcelain box is hand-painted, and many open to reveal a smaller porcelain surprise inside!
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January 9, 2019
January 9, 2019
Everyone keeps asking..YES, Julie Vos falls under our 50% off costume jewelry clearance this week before we go to market.
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October 10, 2018
October 10, 2018
This pretty wreath paired with the gorgeous runner have us feeling the fall spirt on a summer-like day!! ???#bonussummerday #tealistheneworange #explorefallcolors
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October 1, 2018
October 1, 2018
Diane Seidle, a Bridge coach, pens a column about Amazon in this month’s Tableware Today. The article shares that premium brands’ products are being severely discounted—meaning a slim margin is being made by the seller. I’ll be the first to admit that some margin is better than losing an order to a competitor and thereby getting no margin, but there is the line between competition and just making a subsistence living. A subsistence living is not humane, it’s stressful, bad for supporting your ...
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July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018
AmEx ripped off customers reports today’s WSJ. Does that sound familiar? Again and again I butt heads with AmEx over their high fees. I really need to stop using their credit card. They promote a “small business” day, yet again and again charge high processing fees for services to small businesses. They’re a Janus and I don’t need bi-polar service providers.
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May 26, 2018
May 26, 2018
Bella teal Galassi frames and battery operated alarm clock perfect for any occasion
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May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018
Think that your gift registry business is “safe”? Zola just got another $100,000,000 in funding to steal your local customers. How are you going to work harder and work smarter to keep and grow your registry business?
Not sure what this means? Imagine you have an indie coffee shop on a corner. Then imagine Starbucks built a branch on each of the 3 ...
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February 6, 2018
February 6, 2018
National_Geographic, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society as well as 100 other organizations have joined together to declare 2018 "The Year of the Bird". This effort aims to heighten public awareness of birds because of their wonder and beauty. The artists at Herend have always been fans of the avian family and continuously strive to find innovative sculpting and painting techniques to fully capture the charm and allure of birds from the common backyard songbird who likes to “...
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December 1, 2017
December 1, 2017
Our upstairs sale room is alive and well just waiting for you to stop by and browse a bit, and steal a bargain or two!! 40-90% OFF
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