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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 4 days ago • Jan. 21, 2025 • 5:24 PM
How an Alabama store received a new online store with a gift registry service in minutes while at the Atlanta market.
Printers & Stationers' storefront in Florence, Alabama.
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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 4 days ago • Jan. 21, 2025 • 5:24 PM
How an Alabama store received a new online store with a gift registry service in minutes while at the Atlanta market.
We are excited to announce that Printers & Stationers has joined Shop Local to grow its online wedding registry business! 🎉  Referred by sales rep Bitsy Sherlock at the Atlanta market, the store was able to sign up and launch a new online store with a gift registry service—before even leaving the market.

The store instantly received great benefits:
  • Customers and registrants can shop 7.4k+ products online.
  • The store avoids 11 weeks 
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 5 days ago • Jan. 20, 2025 • 10:47 AM
We're happy to see Vista Alegre and Orrefors promote the Shop Local platform in Tableware Today's February/March 2025 issue.
  • A brand displays our ShopLocal.org logo so that retailers reading the magazine know they can easily sell the products shown.
  • When a brand offers our Syncing service, a retailer can instantly display the brand's entire product catalog online.
  • The retailer's customers can buy the products and add them to gift registries. 
  • The
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 5 days ago • Jan. 20, 2025 • 10:46 AM
This article, which appears in the February/March 2025 issue of Tableware Today, reveals when registrants open wedding registries.

What are most brides-to-be doing in January on a Monday at 3 p.m.? If you answered, opening a wedding registry, you’re right. January is the most popular month to start a registry, Monday the most popular day, and most registries are opened between 3 and 4 p.m. (Side note: While most twenty somethings have internet access 24/7 ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 5 days ago • Jan. 20, 2025 • 9:12 AM
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How automation helps our indie retailers avoid $36,898/year on labor costs and empowers them to sell 18% more
The retail industry is spending heavily on automation. Source: https://www.precedenceresearch.com/retail-automation-market
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 5 days ago • Jan. 20, 2025 • 9:12 AM
How automation helps our indie retailers avoid $36,898/year on labor costs and empowers them to sell 18% more
Today’s The Wall St. Journal shares that Walmart seeks to automate much of its business. Automation reduces costs and often makes customers happier because it lowers prices and speeds up processes.

Try to Automate Everything
Indie stores need to follow in Walmart’s footsteps ASAP and automate as much as they can, including:
  • Product information, pricing, pictures, and more (including website listings). (Inventory.)
  • Stock.
  • Marketing offers.
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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 8 days ago • Jan. 17, 2025 • 3:31 PM
Thank you to Caroline Handy for sharing her experience after registering at Adler's Jewelry, a merchant using Shop Local software for their e-commerce and registry services: 

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"Easy and great experience! It was so nice to have the online registry option while also being able to browse products in store..."
~ Caroline Handy

Registered at Adler's Jewelry in New Orlean, LA

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Freddie Burrell @ Herend 8 days ago • Jan. 17, 2025 • 10:13 AM
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Freddie Burrell @ Herend 8 days ago • Jan. 17, 2025 • 10:13 AM
Contrary to their many cousins on the family tree who are mainly nocturnal, the snowy owl is diurnal in order to take full advantage of the continuous daylight of their arctic summer home in their pursuit of their favorite treat, the lemming. Their corresponding high visibility also makes them a popular owl ambassador even among non-bird watchers. From their big, piercing yellow eyes to their distinctive feathers, the snowy owl is such a beloved subject for the artists ...Read more of post

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Robin Berman @ Juliska 8 days ago • Jan. 17, 2025 • 10:09 AM
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Robin Berman @ Juliska 8 days ago • Jan. 17, 2025 • 10:09 AM
1- Fold your napkin into a triangle and then roll it from the tip, inward, to create a 3-inch width of the fabric.
2- Then casually tie it in a knot at the center.
3- Go have a giant piece of chocolate cake.
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Casafina @ Costa Nova 8 days ago • Jan. 17, 2025 • 10:03 AM
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Casafina @ Costa Nova 8 days ago • Jan. 17, 2025 • 10:03 AM
Pacifica is one of our best-selling collections, loved for its natural style and everyday appeal. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re truly missing out.

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