Amazon and Chinese companies have teamed up to bypass Main Street and ship goods directly to doorsteps. This is hurting American manufacturing as well as local city governments. To accomplish this, they're misleading Americans by putting out press releases that cherry-pick statistics.
Follow these 3 steps to see the issue at hand:
1. In an Amazon press release last week, Amazon claimed:
"Independent third-party sellers – primarily small and medium-sized businesses – ...
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August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019
Stores that offer convenience and deals are winning, shares today’s WSJ. Sales at Walmart, Target, and T.J. Maxx are up while they’re murky at Macy’s, J.C. Penny, and Nordstrom. Just offering deals isn’t enough, nor is just offering next-day delivery. A store is going to have to accept smaller margins via deals and convenience offerings. The alternative is: join Macy’s with its 50% stock drop.
Nordstrom’s sales are down 5% and profit fell about $20m.
Kohl’s, which has a partnership with Amazon, ...
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July 27, 2019
July 27, 2019
Annie Glass Extrordinaire! What a sophisticated way to entertain....not your grandmothers pressed glass...oh, but I do love my grandmothers vintage pieces! No disrespect!
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July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019
TOOLS TO ROCK YOUR POSTS by DIANE SEIDLE
If you’re a long-time merchant, you probably never considered that you’d have to become a content creator. Here are several tools that make creating content easier than ever; not only do they help produce posts, in many cases they even supply the creative ideas.
Of all the available tools, Canva is the beast of content creation. I wrote about it in this column several years ago and still use it to create awesome social media posts for Facebook, Twitter, ...
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July 19, 2019
July 19, 2019
Medusa Grande vases are available in two sizes and four colors: glazed white, black, silver and gold
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July 13, 2019
July 13, 2019
Thank you for attending our July gift registry seminar. A special thanks to Kathy Pitts and Diana Duffy at Skyros for hosting us. Nice to see you: Susan, Hal, Tish, Bob, Laura, Melinda, and many more :)
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July 11, 2019
July 11, 2019
Susan spent her Wednesday afternoon mic'd up for Home Accents Today's "Stargazing: Retail's Best & Brightest" panel at AmericasMart Atlanta! What an honor for Barbara Stewart's to be recognized and have the opportunity to speak to guests while at Market!
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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 24, 2019
June 24, 2019
Thanks to Sherri at Heart's Desire in Frisco, TX for sharing this picture.
Feeling Patriotic for this Holiday weekend? Stop at Cheeks to try on the new P.J. Salvage USA Love collection! Soft, lightweight, and comfy, this collection will put you in the right mood. Happy Memorial Day!
We are so pleased to have Remi and Richard registered at The Boutique, and wish them all the best this weekend!!
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May 12, 2019
May 12, 2019
It’s always a good idea to throw a party, but the clean-up afterward is… well… a mess! Our reusable paper towels make the mess easier to maintain. Use it up to 6 months.
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May 4, 2019
May 4, 2019
The thousand flowers in the garden of delights.
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May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
Gypsy: Fine porcelain boxes with Medusa-shaped lids. Perfect to keep your small possessions safe in Versace style!
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April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019
Are Indie Stores 'Digitally Poor'?
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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April 10, 2019
April 10, 2019
A rhapsody of color and detail! ?NEW Medusa Rhapsody tableware & giftware?
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April 7, 2019
April 7, 2019
High Point Market may be a lot of work, but it’s also a lot of fun. These pillows from a new vendor we found describe Susan and Mindy perfectly ?
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March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019
Spring arrives this week! The bunny sits on an Annieglass Cake Stand, available at Glassworks.
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March 14, 2019
March 14, 2019
MEISSEN x Supreme - check out the creation of the exclusive Cupid figurine made in collaboration with Supreme New York - a remix of an original design from 1880. The limited edition is due to drop soon at http://www.supremenewyork.com as well as in Supreme stores in the USA, UK, France and Japan #meissen #meissenporcelain #figurines #cupidfigurine #cupid #supreme #supremenewyork #supremecollaboration #tabletop #porcelain