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Abby Ramos-Dottin
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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.
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:
The store instantly received great benefits:
- Customers and registrants can shop 7.4k+ products online.
- The store avoids 11 weeks
Jason Solarek
@
Bridge
5 days ago •
Jan. 20, 2025
• 12:24 PM
Jason Solarek
@
Bridge
5 days ago •
Jan. 20, 2025
• 10:47 AM
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
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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
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
Jason Solarek
@
Bridge
5 days ago •
Jan. 20, 2025
• 9:12 AM
Dollars & Sense
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
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:
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.
Abby Ramos-Dottin
@
Bridge
8 days ago •
Jan. 17, 2025
• 3:31 PM
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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Read 20+ reviews from Adler's Jewelry ...Read more of post
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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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Read 20+ reviews from Adler's Jewelry ...Read more of post
Abby Ramos-Dottin
@
Bridge
10 days ago •
Jan. 15, 2025
• 4:15 PM
Abby Ramos-Dottin
@
Bridge
10 days ago •
Jan. 15, 2025
• 4:15 PM
We're excited to share a new weekly email that your Online Store can send to your registrants.
Every Tuesday, a registrant can receive a “Top 10 Wedding Gifts” email showcasing a list of a brand’s top 10 products. The email features items they can easily add to their registry. The Top 10 Tuesday email highlights a different brand each week until the wedding day.
In the example shown, we see a registrant received a Top 10 Wedding Gifts ...Read more of post
Every Tuesday, a registrant can receive a “Top 10 Wedding Gifts” email showcasing a list of a brand’s top 10 products. The email features items they can easily add to their registry. The Top 10 Tuesday email highlights a different brand each week until the wedding day.
In the example shown, we see a registrant received a Top 10 Wedding Gifts ...Read more of post
Abby Ramos-Dottin
@
Bridge
11 days ago •
Jan. 14, 2025
• 11:46 AM
Abby Ramos-Dottin
@
Bridge
11 days ago •
Jan. 14, 2025
• 11:46 AM
Congratulations to the following Shop Local members for being selected by readers of Mississippi Magazine for the Best of Mississippi Weddings 2025:
Best Florals
Best Bridal Registry
Best Florals
- Oxford Floral in Oxford - M List Winner
Best Bridal Registry
- Whittington Gifts & Decor in Starkville - Overall Winner
- Elizabeth Clair's in Jackson, Tupelo, and Oxford - M List Winner
- Fincher's Inc. in Greenwood - M List Winner
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$500 Give Get Promo
Get a $500 Finder’s Fee When You Sign Up a Retailer for a Shop Local Online Store ~ Plus Your Retailer Receives $500.
Please send your referral to Shop Local.
Terms:
PDF • 626 KB • Sales
Get a $500 Finder’s Fee When You Sign Up a Retailer for a Shop Local Online Store ~ Plus Your Retailer Receives $500.
Please send your referral to Shop Local.
Terms:
- Merchant must be new to Shop Local.
- Merchant must have a brick-and-mortar store location.
- Merchant must Sync with two Syncing Brands.
- Merchant must have the Online Store and Registry active.
- Merchant must log in to their account.
PDF • 626 KB • Sales
Jason Solarek
@
Bridge
13 days ago •
Jan. 12, 2025
• 7:16 PM
Jason Solarek
@
Bridge
13 days ago •
Jan. 12, 2025
• 7:16 PM
We're excited to offer these bonuses to Syncing Brands.