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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 27 days ago • Mar. 1, 2024 • 3:37 PM
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 27 days ago • Mar. 1, 2024 • 3:37 PM
Join us Thursday, March 28, 2024 or Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Today - Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Wedding Registry Webinar: Say “Yes” to $5K  in 5 Days
How to Grow Your Sales by  $5,000+ in 5 Days With 5 Wedding Registries

Join me for a webinar sharing my blueprint to get 5 wedding registries worth $5k in 5 days. 

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  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 10 am EST
  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 @  4 pm EST  
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 22 days ago • Mar. 6, 2024 • 12:58 PM
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 22 days ago • Mar. 6, 2024 • 12:58 PM
RetailDive reports Target is offering new loyalty programs to better compete against Amazon Prime and Walmart+ services.  

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Target on April 7 plans to debut Target Circle 360, a paid membership program that builds on its Target Circle loyalty program, the company announced Tuesday. The new program will offer unlimited free same-day delivery for orders $35 and up, along with free two-day shipping, rivaling similar offerings ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 41 days ago • Feb. 16, 2024 • 10:48 AM
I saw this Instagram post from official Mark Levine and thought, “How much are the Amazon lobbyists paying our officials?”  NYC continually over taxes our indie businesses and fines them—but we’ll build six marinas for Amazon? (Mark said three marinas, but it’s actually six marinas.) The main culprits behind this: Mayor Adams and the Economic Development Corporation (EDC).  Amazon is one of the richest companies in the world.  ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 43 days ago • Feb. 14, 2024 • 2:01 PM
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 43 days ago • Feb. 14, 2024 • 2:01 PM
How Amazon privatizes public spaces for its own profit
This is a daily sight on 8th St. in the East Village of New York City, a spot historically chockablock with indie, brick-and-mortar shops. This is an Amazon truck and freelancers who have taken over the street (it’s a no standing zone) and sidewalk as their own. This is one way Amazon sells things for less: it turns public streets and sidewalks into its “warehouses” and “stores.” Imagine you’re a local business with a roof and rent. ...Read more of post

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February 14, 2024 • 08:50 PM
Jason at Bridge:
My friend Colie shared an article from Tribeca Citizen corroborating this is a known, city wide issue. The 2021 article shared these stats:

+ New York City residents receive an average of 2.3 million packages per day, up from 1.8 million pre-pandemic. Household deliveries now outpace those to businesses.
+ Americans allocated 13 percent of their total retail spending to e-commerce goods up from less than 5 percent a decade ago.
+ Shippers are fighting for warehouse space. Nearly two-thirds of industrial leasing activity in New York’s outer boroughs is for e-commerce fulfillment centers.

Source: https://tribecacitizen.com/2021/12/22/amazon-is-using-the-streets-as-a-warehouse/

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 54 days ago • Feb. 3, 2024 • 3:40 PM
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 54 days ago • Feb. 3, 2024 • 3:40 PM
How to Get 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000
Thursday, February 29, 2024 - Today
You’re Invited...

Wedding Registry Webinar: Say “Yes” to $5K  in 5 Days
How to Grow Your Sales by  $5,000+ in 5 Days With 5 Wedding Registries

Join me for a webinar sharing my blueprint to get 5 wedding registries worth $5k in 5 days. 

When?
Webinar dates and times:
  • Thursday, February 29 (Leap Year Day), 2024 @ 10 am or 4 pm EST 
  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 10 am or 4 pm EST 
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 83 days ago • Jan. 5, 2024 • 2:31 PM
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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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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
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 102 days ago • Dec. 17, 2023 • 12:28 PM
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The Atlantic shares how Chinese factories have found a new way around U.S. retailers and into our homes: Chinese apps. SHEIN and other Chinese apps are bypassing Amazon to be a new leader in Chinese goods.  In addition to Amazon, Target, Walmart, and indie shops now have a new group of digital competitors embedded in customers’ pockets. 

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MATERIAL WORLD
IS THIS HOW AMAZON ENDS?
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 103 days ago • Dec. 16, 2023 • 4:47 PM
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Thursday, January 4, 2024
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Thurs., January 4, 2024 at 10 am EST
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Thurs., January 4, 2024 at 4 pm 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?
  • The average wedding registry generates more than $1,600  in online sales.  Get your share of these orders. 
  • A Shop Local retailer 
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 154 days ago • Oct. 26, 2023 • 12:24 PM
TikTok and Amazon are battling in the retail space. TikTok wants to be a retailer, and Amazon wants to be more of an influencer platform.  These two share the same goal: get users to share a product link, recommend the product, and get a cut of the sale, shares The Wall St. Journal.

This article and these companies speak to the power of affiliate marketing. One of Amazon’s long-standing secret growth weapons has been affiliate commissions, and influencers ...Read more of post

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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 169 days ago • Oct. 11, 2023 • 12:49 PM
A retailer’s checkout page showing the Save Local loyalty program details. A retailer using Shop Local could chose to participate in our loyalty program designed for their shoppers. Our program enables 1,300 indie stores to team up and be more competitive. Many big-box retailers already offer loyalty programs.
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Jason Solarek @ Bridge 169 days ago • Oct. 11, 2023 • 12:49 PM
How restaurants, hotels, and tableware brands are using loyalty programs--and what indie stores can learn from this.
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I recently read about a new loyalty program and wondered what we could learn from it. The founder of Eater and Resy, Ben Leventhal, has started Blackbird, a loyalty program service designed for indie restaurants, reports The New York Times (Read the article). Using the Blackbird app, a diner receives a perk for eating at a restaurant. The retailer sets tiers for which the user qualifies for the perk. For example, a restaurant, Nat’s on Bank in New York City...Read more of post

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