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February 1, 2024 Shopper Reviews 🌟
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Shopper Reviews 🌟
February 1, 2024
We believe in offering a great online shopping experience through our platform. Below are excerpts from three reviews from shoppers who bought a gift using our software: 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Love your website. Made shopping a breeze and was easy to navigate from start to finish..."
~ Anne Ragsdale in VA

Ms. Ragsdale made a purchase at Schiffman's, an indie retailer in North Carolina that has used our e-commerce software since 2011.

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February 1, 2024 Good Days Start with Coffee and You
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Good Days Start with Coffee and You
February 1, 2024
Embrace coffee time as an opportunity to deepen your bond with your significant other. Serve a passionate cup of coffee in love-themed mugs on this handcrafted rustic centerpiece beaded placemat handwoven by skilled artisans from durable tropical vines with amazing earth color tones. Additional colors are available. A set of four.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability



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January 31, 2024 Atkinson Floral Saves $1.8k Using Shop Local
How a local shop quickly opened an online store with a gift registry and saved 3 weeks and $1800+ in costs.
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Atkinson Floral Saves $1.8k Using Shop Local
How a local shop quickly opened an online store with a gift registry and saved 3 weeks and $1800+ in costs.
January 31, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Atkinson Floral has joined the Shop Local community of retailers. Atkinson Floral is a florist and gift shop in Atkinson, NE. The store owner, Curie Mincer, has owned and operated the business since 2016. Over the course of time, she has expanded the florist shop gift area and added a gourmet coffee shop. Her passion for her business and her community led her to expand her services to include a gift registry program, which is lacking in their small town. Curie&...
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January 30, 2024 Mini Grazing Platter Makes The Perfect Gift
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Mini Grazing Platter Makes The Perfect Gift
January 30, 2024
This mini grazing woven tray with a mirror display is perfect for serving canapés, hors d`oeuvres or chocolates, or you can just let the food arrangement take center stage as it is reflected from the tray's bottom mirror. It is always wonderful to savor a treat or snack on this woven tray constructed from organic vines with lovely rustic color tones. An ideal present for the person hosting.  Approximately 14" L × 5" W x 1" H.


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natural elegance, ...
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January 29, 2024 Curating Cutlery by Debbie Riley
Curating Cutlery by Debbie Riley
January 29, 2024
I often describe flatware as jewelry for the table, the accent that gives table settings a special flair.
Of course, unlike jewelry, flatware is essential. Used everyday, whether to savor a quick snack or enjoy a thoughtfully prepared meal, you put a spoon or fork in your mouth more often throughout the day than your toothbrush. For nearly two decades, I have worked in the metals division at Lifetime Brands, so I fully understand that choosing flatware relies on many factors. Our team has done ...
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January 29, 2024 Spotlight Pattern: Mepra Fantasia
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Spotlight Pattern: Mepra Fantasia
January 29, 2024
It’s hard to believe that MEPRA’s sophisticated technicolor collection FANTASIA is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year because its incandescent chromatic complexion is as fresh today as its 1989 debut.
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The brilliantly-hued fantasia comes from the Italian silversmiths Mepra, post-war business founded in 1947 by the Prandelli family, four generations fashioning flatware in the industrial Lumezzane Valley, about 90 minutes east of Milan. ...
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January 29, 2024 Towle Way
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Towle Way
January 29, 2024
Designer Don Estabrooks just may have the most compelling flatware portfolio ever. The longtime Towle Silversmiths designer joined the company in the mid-’60s and has created hundreds of flatware patterns in an almost six-decade (and counting) tenure.

Perhaps his greatest achievement is Wave, which debuted in 2004 to rousing fanfare and has been at the top of the charts ever since. Chris Wile, another longstanding staffer (33 years), is president of Lifetime Brands/Metals (which owns ...
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January 19, 2024 A Love Poem to a Timeless Classic
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A Love Poem to a Timeless Classic
January 19, 2024
Roses are red, violets are blue. The dinnerware we love is bright white in hue 💌 View Post
January 18, 2024 The Persnickety Pig Saves Time and Money With Shop Local
How Shop Local’s software helps an indie store in Kentucky immediately open an online store and registry service.
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The Persnickety Pig Saves Time and Money With Shop Local
How Shop Local’s software helps an indie store in Kentucky immediately open an online store and registry service.
January 18, 2024
We are pleased to announce that The Persnickety Pig, a retail store in Cadiz, Kentucky, has chosen the Shop Local software platform to grow its online business.

The Persnickety Pig is home to eclectic gifts, antiquities, gourmet foods, and more. They offer a comprehensive wedding and shower gift registry service that takes the stress out of gift-giving for any special occasion.

By joining Shop Local, the store instantly receives great benefits:
  • Customers and registrants can shop
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January 12, 2024 Serenite Home Saves $18k Using Shop Local
How a local shop quickly opened an online store with a gift registry and saved $18,000+ in costs.
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Serenite Home Saves $18k Using Shop Local
How a local shop quickly opened an online store with a gift registry and saved $18,000+ in costs.
January 12, 2024
We are pleased to announce Serenite Home has joined the Shop Local community of retailers. Serenite Home is a retail store and design studio in Daphne, Alabama. The store owner, Laura Downing, recently relocated her business from California. Her passion for interior design led her to expand her services to include a retail store with home furnishings, gift and tabletop offerings.

Within a very short time, Laura had a live Shop Local Store:
  • By Syncing with brands, the store now has 18,700+
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January 11, 2024 New Feature: View an Order’s Real-Time Shipping Status
How to track packages in real-time in order to save time and make customers happier.
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New Feature: View an Order’s Real-Time Shipping Status
How to track packages in real-time in order to save time and make customers happier.
January 11, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You (and your customers) can now easily see real-time shipping status for an order. Your Store displays the current shipping status (in transit, delivered, etc.) and the complete tracking history for the order.
 
Before this update, one had to view the shipping service’s website (e.g FedEx.com) to view its status. Now, you or shoppers can view all orders' real-time status on your Shop Local Store and in emails. 
 
How this feature...
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January 10, 2024 Enjoy This Mini Grazing Platter
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Enjoy This Mini Grazing Platter
January 10, 2024
The Extra Small Grazing Board feeds two to three people for grazing and is the ideal size for carrying to potlucks, office parties, and a variety of other events. The extra-small tray features a glass bottom that lets you display your treasured goodies while highlighting the tray's exquisite weaving details. Its organic, exotic vines' natural, golden-brown hues enhance any food presentation and make it look even more delicious. Approximately 14" L × 5" W x 1" H, with ...
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January 9, 2024 A Timeless Collection
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A Timeless Collection
January 9, 2024
A bestseller year after year, the understated elegance and overlapping details of Lastra make this the perfect addition to any tablescape. View Post
January 9, 2024 Market Season!
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Market Season!
January 9, 2024
It's the most wonderful time of the year... market season!

Come visit us at one of the trade shows we'll be exhibiting to see all of our new arrivals in person! View Post
Event: How to Setup a Successful Gift Registry Business for a Brick-and-Mortar Retail Shop Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
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Event: How to Setup a Successful Gift Registry Business for a Brick-and-Mortar Retail Shop Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
You’re Invited...

Thursday, January 25, 2024
at 10 am EST

Join Shop Local’s CEO Jason Solarek for a webinar on growing an online gift registry business for brick-and-mortar stores.

Why attend?
  • A Shop Local retailer sells $78,000 on average in registry gifts. Get your share of these orders. 
  • Gift registries are something that brands and Amazon don't do well. Gift registries are therefore in the sweet spot for merchants to offer online.
  • Now is the time:
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December 31, 2023 Welcome, The Meaning
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Welcome, The Meaning
December 31, 2023
Inspired by decorative and architecture elements present in classic gardens, where time has passed, imprinting history, memories and personality, Bordallo Pinheiro has recreated a universe of expressive and interpretative potential. The Meaning is a collection made up of pieces that demanded the utmost effort of the brand’s production – excellent modelling, demanding assembly of the elements of each piece, rigorous selection of colors, glazes and paints, as well as painstaking hand ...
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December 29, 2023 Courtly Check Collectibles
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Courtly Check Collectibles
December 29, 2023
Preparing to ring in the new year in style.✨ It's the perfect time to start your Courtly Check collection.  View Post
December 28, 2023 Glücksschwein
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Glücksschwein
December 28, 2023
We love the German tradition this time year of giving gifts of marzipan pigs as a symbol of good fortune in the new year. However, we think gift recipients would squeal with joy and go hog-wild (see what we did there?) over a longer lasting Herend piggy. View Post
December 27, 2023 5 Reasons Laura May Uses the Wholesale Service
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5 Reasons Laura May Uses the Wholesale Service
December 27, 2023
Your Shop Local account offers a built-in solution to shop thousands of products. The Wholesale service combines the best features from wholesale marketplaces and buying on a brand’s site into a new service. Shop Local retailers can save time and money by using the Wholesale service. 

The Ivy House, an indie retailer in Texas that has used our e-commerce software since 2015, uses the Wholesale service to save time and money. Laura May, the owner of The Ivy House, easily places...
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December 22, 2023 Time to Set the Holiday Table
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Time to Set the Holiday Table
December 22, 2023
Holiday Dinner is served! By popular demand . . . the VIDA Alegria 11"dinner plate in white; an essential item when setting the holiday table. With a charming pearl rim and a brilliant surface, the generous round dinner plate may be paired with other white dining pieces--a 9" salad plate and a cereal bowl--for a coordinated serving set. A table setting with a carefree and modern, Beatriz Ball twist! It looks great when sharing a table with items from Beatriz Ball’s signature ...
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