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October 18, 2021 Express Your Gratitude During the Time of Thanksgiving
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Express Your Gratitude During the Time of Thanksgiving
October 18, 2021
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
-Melodie Beattie

Remind yourself--and others--of your daily blessings with this inspirational GIFTABLES Vento Rectangular Engraved Tray from Beatriz Ball. Engraved with the word, "grateful," this delightful mini tray is distinguished by its rich, hand finished surface, and practical size. Perfect item for your desk or bedside table or display on your coffee table as a decorative ...
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August 21, 2021 It's Your Business to Be Happy
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It's Your Business to Be Happy
August 21, 2021
"Are you happy?” That’s a question you may ask yourself. Your parents and friends also likely inquire (I hope!).  While it may seem flaky to say, happiness is important. This topic was the subject of Dr. Edward Diener, who passed away in April of this year. Dr. Diener, who studied happiness and earned the moniker “Dr. Happiness,” reported that happiness often correlates with social relationships, being with others, and not being alone. 

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November 28, 2020 New Yorker Magazine: How Venture Capitalists May Be Deforming Our Industry
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New Yorker Magazine: How Venture Capitalists May Be Deforming Our Industry
November 28, 2020
In this week's New Yorker magazine, Charles Duhigg explores how venture capitalists may be harming our businesses. The article shares that instead of the best company winning, the charismatic charlatan with the most venture capital backing may be winning. In WeWork's case, the company almost won by reaching its IPO. Yet, even bottomless buckets of money couldn't save the company from the economics of office sharing--and its wildcard CEO Adam Neumann.

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November 26, 2020 Thanksgiving Day
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Thanksgiving Day
November 26, 2020
Thankful. Grateful. Blessed.

You`ll want to entertain more with Calaisio`s stylish range of handwoven baskets with white Porcelain dishes. Serving basket includes oval white laminated glass platter.

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November 17, 2020 WSJ: Pandemic Speeds Americans’ Embrace of Digital Commerce
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WSJ: Pandemic Speeds Americans’ Embrace of Digital Commerce
November 17, 2020
The WSJ shares that 43% of Macy's sales are now online.  Macy's has teamed up with Google to improve its online business. 

Thankfully, Macy's is past its mistake of buying theme retailer Story.

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October 2, 2020 Smile.  It`s World Smile Day!
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Smile.  It`s World Smile Day!
October 2, 2020
Our artisan weavers make your home beautiful.
And it`s customers like you who truly make us who we are! 

Thank you so much!


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March 1, 2020 Amazon and Cigarette Vending Machines
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Amazon and Cigarette Vending Machines
March 1, 2020
News outlets like the Wall St. Journal have shared that Amazon is full of fake products, counterfeits, and listings with exaggerated prices. In today’s WSJ, Amazon shares it removed 1 million fake health products related to the Coronavirus. Amazon’s action supports the accusations that Amazon often fails when it comes to policing its marketplace. It’s rare ‘action’ is actually a sign of larger ‘inaction.’  While these Coronavirus products may have ...
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November 25, 2019
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November 25, 2019
Sometimes we are critical of Macy's and the whole Federated chain. But perhaps we should take another look. They give us the legendary fireworks in July and the upcoming Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. But more recently they along with Tishman Speyer have taken on the incredibly complicated restoration of the old Abraham & Strauss cast-iron facade building in Brooklyn. Perhaps this Thanksgiving we should be more thankful.

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New Yorkers are all too familiar with the wholesale ...
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October 22, 2019
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October 22, 2019
We're happy that REI, with 154 stores and $2.4b in revenue, is finally catching up to Bridge.

REI, the outdoor gear retailer, made news last week when it announced that it was offering an expanded selection of gear online from big brands like Salomon (the outdoor, athletic shoe company).

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The expansion allows customers to choose from a wider range of products. "This functionality opens up so many doors for our customers and gives them access to new sizes and styles of products that we ...
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June 26, 2019
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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 18, 2019
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June 18, 2019
What an honor to be named a 2019 Home Accents Today Retail Star. We are thankful for our customers and the entire Bowling Green community for their continued support for small, local businesses.


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March 2, 2019
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March 2, 2019
This article about small banks could’ve very well been written about small retail stores. The future is tech. Bank of America has spent $20b on tech since 2012. Big retailers have likely spent that or more. And small businesses often don’t have the resources to make customers happy online. Much less survive a hacking attempt. I spent the last 2 weeks dealing with hackers from Asia. It took 3 tech people 2 weeks. Expensive. Time consuming. If small stores had to deal with this on their own, most ...
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January 28, 2019
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January 28, 2019
Thank you to Madison the City Chamber of Commerce for awarding us Small Business of the Year. We are so thankful be a part of the Madison community!
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January 1, 2019
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January 1, 2019
Happy New Year to all of our customers & friends! We hope 2019 will be your best year yet. We are very thankful for each of you.
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December 31, 2018
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December 31, 2018
All of us at your LBH are so thankful for the wonderful year you have given us!! We look forward to serving you in 2019! @herendusa View Post
December 25, 2018
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December 25, 2018
Merry Christmas from Brown's Jewelry!
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December 24, 2018
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December 24, 2018
Christmas came early! You're right, Sabrina, everyone does need a "Sandra Claus" in their life. Brown's is open from 9-2 for any last minute shopping. 25% off storewide.
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December 24, 2018
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December 24, 2018
Thank you Charleston for allowing us be a part of this special season. We truly love helping you make your loved ones feel special and adored. We hope you have a blessed and safe Christmas, and have a fun way to ring in the New Year with family and friends! ? View Post
December 23, 2018
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December 23, 2018
The shop will be open 10 a.m. til 2 p.m Christmas Eve, closed Christmas and the following day, reopening with normal hours beginning Thursday. Hoping for a blessed Christmas to all. Thank you for allowing us to help make your holiday as magical and gratifying as possible. We truly love serving you, our loyal local customers. You bring us great joy and we are thankful for all of you.
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December 9, 2018
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December 9, 2018
A little Sunday morning chuckle for you. This holiday season especially, we're all trying to remember why we walked into the kitchen!! But we're forever grateful for our customers that continue to support us by shopping local. View Post

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