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June 16, 2022 Nice to see a major brand like Lego building a factory in the U.S.A.
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Nice to see a major brand like Lego building a factory in the U.S.A.
June 16, 2022
Today's Wall St. Journal shares Lego is building a factory in Virginia. Article highlights: 
  • Lego has 100 stores in the US. 
  • Lego closed its Connecticut factory in 2006, and moved a lot of production to Mexico.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lego-to-spend-1-billion-on-new-u-s-factory-11655307229 View Post
June 14, 2022 Summertime is Here!!! ☀️
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Summertime is Here!!! ☀️
June 14, 2022
☀️Celebrate Summertime entertaining… Peasant mats are perfect for dining alfresco... made of recycled, crinkled kraft paper for a marvelous texture, and rubbed with a special dry wax coating to repel water and stains. Peasant Mats can be used again and again by wiping them clean with a damp cloth. You never need to worry about laundering them. When the mats are dirty, simply dispose or deliver them to your favorite recycling center. Currently available in 15 colors! 🌈Recyclable, Reusable...
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May 31, 2022 Ambassadors 🍪
Ambassadors 🍪
May 31, 2022
I was reading enviously about college kids adopting an app called BeReal and noticed that BeReal is employing ambassadors on college campuses. I even looked up the app’s page about this ambassador program (https://bere.al/en/ambassadors). Sure enough, a week later the Times published another college app piece on Sidechat (yes, I was sadly still reading about tween apps a week later…). Again, the app is finding success via campus ambassadors.  

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May 23, 2022 Good News: 273 RöSLE Products Are Ready for Syncing
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Good News: 273 RöSLE Products Are Ready for Syncing
May 23, 2022
We are pleased to announce that RöSLE USA is ready to sync products with retailers via Bridge.
 
RöSLE is sharing 273 products in 4 collections via Bridge. Please view their synced products here:
https://rosle.bridgecatalog.com/collections.cfm/Rosle.
 
Retailers who sync with RöSLE products save time and money:
  • By syncing, the retailer can save $273 and 2 days in labor.
  • Sync with RöSLE on Bridge is free.
  • Syncing takes less than 
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May 22, 2022 Businesses Should Want a Membership—Not a Subscription. Why?
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Businesses Should Want a Membership—Not a Subscription. Why?
May 22, 2022
When talking about memberships and subscriptions, these two business models are sometimes interchanged but actually are different. They often differ in their pricing, customers, and offerings.  A subscription is often not a membership, but a membership often encompasses a subscription.  A membership is often an elevated and more powerful subscription that collectivizes and leverages the subscribers.

What They Have In Common
With both models, you often pay a fee and receive a ...
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May 3, 2022 Countdown to Mother's Day!!! We can help you SHINE!
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Countdown to Mother's Day!!! We can help you SHINE!
May 3, 2022
Jewelry ideas for Mother's Day  Let us help you SHINE with the perfect gift for Mother's Day!!! We have a great selection of jewelry in stock ~ Julie Vos, Dot & Dash Design, AshbeeBritt, Meghan Browne, La Vie, Susan Shaw, Canvas Style and More ... AND, help her keep her jewelry from faux to fine shining everyday with one of our favorites Shinery!
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May 3, 2022 The Prestige
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The Prestige
May 3, 2022
While eating a slice of coal-fired pizza at Arturo’s in Soho yesterday, and getting an occasional whiff of Houston Street garbage, I had to admit: I was at a loss for insight to share with my coworkers this week.  Each week, I send out a motivational message to my team that precedes a summary of what they accomplished. We call this report the Brick report. This would be my seventy-second Brick introduction: What else could I say--and would they miss it if there was not an introduction...
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April 25, 2022 Checklists Can Help Save Lives and Main Street ✅
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Checklists Can Help Save Lives and Main Street ✅
April 25, 2022
In a 2007 article in The New Yorker, Atul Gawande, a surgeon and an author, advocated that more hospitals use checklists. He cited many medical studies showing how checklists save lives (and money).  Implementing one checklist, a hospital "…prevented forty-three infections and eight deaths, and saved two million dollars in costs."  The startling part: the list was only five steps long! In other words, people don’t consistently follow...
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April 12, 2022 Moat-us Operandi 🏰
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Moat-us Operandi 🏰
April 12, 2022
When I flew home yesterday from Charleston, while most people were seeking relief from their sunburns and reminiscing about their vacations, I was delving into The Wall St. Journal’s profile on Tracy Britt Cool, an ex- Berkshire Hathaway star.  Mrs. Cool’s new company Kanbrick invests in businesses with $10m - $50m in revenue.  What does Mrs. Cool look for when investing in a company? People and moats. 

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April 6, 2022 Jars Event at Eleven Madison Park
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Jars Event at Eleven Madison Park
April 6, 2022
A special thank you to Jars for showcasing its new products last night at Eleven Madison Park. Jars, a French company founded in 1857, invited interior designers and hospitality leaders to experience its new lines. Eleven Madison Park, one of New York’s premier restaurants and led by Chef Daniel Humm, uses Jars.  

Visit our friends at Jars: 
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April 5, 2022 Thank you, Bridge Builders 🌉
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Thank you, Bridge Builders 🌉
April 5, 2022
At the Bridge ‘office’ (which stretches from Seattle to Brooklyn), we’re currently reading Jim Collin’s book Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0. We’re reading the book together because it helps us learn insights into working together and running the best company we can. On page 275, Mr. Collins shares an anecdote about a group of workers at an airplane manufacturing facility during World War II. The workers found inspiration from meeting the crew that flew the planes they ...
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March 30, 2022 How Does Bridge Compare to Faire?
How Does Bridge Compare to Faire?
March 30, 2022
Stores and brands sometimes ask us: How does Bridge compare to Faire?

I thought we'd compare the two service providers.

Similarities: Bridge & Faire
  • Audience. Both service the retail industry. In particular, both service brands and retailers. Bridge also services sales reps, and Faire tries to steer clear of them--which is one reason reps don't like Faire much.
  • Delivery method. Both are online platforms.
  • Service offered. Faire is a wholesale marketplace. It
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March 28, 2022 Globalization's Effects on Hiring and Shopping Local 🖼
Globalization's Effects on Hiring and Shopping Local 🖼
March 28, 2022
Some people like to sit on the sofa and eat Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. I roll my eyes at this because I’m very different: I like to read the Wall St. Journal’s Christopher Mims …while eating an entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s on the sofa. This past weekend, Mr. Mims suggested companies may be reassessing where they source products, some even considering more domestic production. The motivation for this started a few years ago with the U.S.-China trade war, ...
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March 15, 2022 Walmart+, Disney+ ...Bridge+?
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Walmart+, Disney+ ...Bridge+?
March 15, 2022
Businesses like Walmart, Disney, and Discovery are bundling services and adding the “+” suffix to denote them (e.g.  Disney+, Discovery+, W+, etc.). In a recent article in RetailDive, we learn that Walmart is giving its customers free, six-month trial Spotify accounts. I think W+ bundling services is smart.  Last week, I compared running a gym to offering software. I spoke about bundling services with things that people like to increase their usage, such as work ...
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March 7, 2022 9 Ways Your Bridge Is Different Than Other Online Stores
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9 Ways Your Bridge Is Different Than Other Online Stores
March 7, 2022
There are approximately 40 online e-commerce providers. These software providers help other businesses sell online by offering them the ability to run an online store. These providers include Bridge as well as Shopify, Magento, Big Commerce, BigCartel, Square, and Weebly.  Does Bridge offer a different (better?) experience than these other platforms? We believe the answer is yes. We also think our 960 retail clients agree: 99.7% of our retailers retain our service each month.

How can we ...
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February 2, 2022 Looking for a sweet gift that’s not a Valentine’s Day budget-breaker?
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Looking for a sweet gift that’s not a Valentine’s Day budget-breaker?
February 2, 2022
She is sure to love the SOHO small Heart, with a thousand uses for this decorative dish. Use to serve nuts and nibbles at your next party, or to hold earrings and other small jewelry on her bedside table. A gift that keeps on giving for just $38. View Post
January 28, 2022 Success Story: The Menagerie in Texas Is Showing 24K Products Online
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Success Story: The Menagerie in Texas Is Showing 24K Products Online
January 28, 2022
The Menagerie, a fine jewelry & gift store in Texas, recently reached out to Bridge to find a gift registry solution for their business. Within minutes, the store had over 24,000+ items available online using our Product Syncing service. Customers and registrants can shop for these products. Additionally, Google will rank the store higher. The store saved months of web development time and thousands of dollars in labor.

The store is currently syncing products with 27 Product ...
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January 26, 2022 Is Amazon's 'Viral' Growth Due to Mobile Phones?
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Is Amazon's 'Viral' Growth Due to Mobile Phones?
January 26, 2022
Scott Galloway, a business leader and NYU professor, shares that we're now spending over 4 hours a day on our mobile phones--up from just 20 minutes in 2010. (…I wrote part of this post on my iPhone.) What does this mean? Lots of opportunities for Amazon--as well as Facebook, Instagram, and other tech titans--to sell to us. Our cell phones are, in essence, 1,000 'buy buttons' in our pockets (or on our nightstands) that encourage us to buy stuff online, any time of the day. 

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January 16, 2022 HFN: Amazon overtakes Bed Bath & Beyond’s lead in wedding registries
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HFN: Amazon overtakes Bed Bath & Beyond’s lead in wedding registries
January 16, 2022
HFN shares a study reporting that Amazon is now the leader in gift registry usage. The report, by investment bank Baird, states the leaders are:
  1. Amazon (45% of brides are registered at Amazon)
  2. Bed Bath & Beyond (30%)
  3. Target (26%)
  4. Crate & Barrel (15%) and Williams-Sonoma (15%)
Notably, Macy's is not even in the top-five list.

Compare the above with 2017's results:
  1. Bed Bath & Beyond (44%)
  2. Target (29%)
  3. Amazon (20%)
  4. Macy's (19%)
The report also shares ...
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December 30, 2021 Bloomberg: Shopify vs. Amazon
Bloomberg: Shopify vs. Amazon
December 30, 2021
Last February e-commerce company Shopify Inc. replaced the “Ottawa, Canada” dateline that began its press releases and earnings reports with a strange new one: “Internet, Everywhere.” The geographical shift came at the insistence of Shopify’s founder and chief executive officer, Tobi Lütke, who tends to view such matters through the prism of cold, hard logic. In May 2020, only a few months into the pandemic, he’d made the early, seemingly rash decision to...
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