We're excited to announce that Le Jacquard Français, known for exceptional craftsmanship and harmonious colors, is joining Shop Local's Syncing service. 🎉 

Le Jacquard Français' elegant and contemporary products will be available for Syncing in May. We'll keep our members updated on the exact launch date as we complete Le Jacquard Français's boarding onto our platform.

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About Le Jacquard Français

In 1861, Benjamin Baer moved to Gerardmer in the east of France, known as the cradle of the

Spring is a season of fresh starts, celebrations, and new routines, making it the perfect time to connect with customers and showcase everything your store has to offer.

To help you make the most of the season, we've created a new set of 9 ready-to-use Spring social media graphics designed to promote your wedding registry, graduation registry, and online shopping. You are invited to use these graphics on your social media for free. There is no charge to use them. They are ready for you to post.

Brands & Distributors: You’re Invited 💌
Join us on Tuesday, April 21st @ 10:30 am ET for a live webinar. We'll share how your brand can offer a registry service via Shop Local.

Benefits:

• Allow a registrant to create a registry for your brand's products directly on your Shop Local.
• Allow the general public to place registry orders.
• Save time: Leverage existing Synced Products.
   

How to RSVP:

• Click the green RSVP link below or email brands@bridge.org.
• Once we receive your RSVP, we'll send you a

We’ll be at the AmericasMart Tuesday, June 9 - Friday, January 12, 2026. 

We'd love to meet and hear about your sales goals.

Are you a brand or sales rep?
If so, we put together the following materials for you to share with your retailers. Please print these for use during the show:

1. Explanation Materials

1. A flyer explaining the benefits of the Shop Local service:  https://bridge.myshoplocal.com/docs/BRC/Shop-Local-explanation-one-pager-2025-v3.pdf
2. Flyer explaining the service for use in

Elon Musk and his executive team often use a five-step process to approach a business issue. 

This formula, which is the focus of a new book by Tesla’s ex-president, Jon and McNiell, and a recent Wall St. Journal piece, is often referred to as the “Algorithm” and consists of:

1. Question every requirement.
2. Delete every possible step in a process.
3. Simplify and optimize.
4. Accelerate cycle time.
5. Automate. 

I thought about how this could improve our business, Shop Local. For example, if we

Retailers: You’re Invited 💌

Join us for a new installment in our Webinar Wednesday Series—created exclusively for Shop Local retailers.

Learn how built-in wedding registry checklists can streamline your workflow, elevate your customer experience, and keep your team aligned with clear, repeatable steps. This powerful tool ensures nothing gets missed—leading to stronger registries, increased sales, and happier registrants. 

What we’ll cover:

• ✨ Ways to improve registry completion from start to

Thanks to the New York Tabletop Association for hosting the spring tabletop show at 41 Madison.  

Retailers: You’re Invited 💌

Join us for a new installment in our Webinar Wednesday series—created exclusively for Shop Local retailers.

We’ll walk you through your Syncing Brand Admin Page and show you how to turn your brand settings into real sales results. From pricing and purchase settings to shared inventory and order terms, even small adjustments can make a meaningful impact on your bottom line.

Your Syncing Brands are one of the most powerful tools in your Shop Local account—yet many

Your Shop Local Store has a new upgrade: You can now search more productively in your top bar search bar.
 

What Does the New Search Do?

• It shares search-as-you-type results, making your searches faster and more efficient.
• It shows more relevant and accurate results for what you would be searching on Shop Local.
• It accounts for misspellings, typos, etc.
• It saves your recent searches, saving your time to access common searches.
• It expands your searches by showing you more from the Shop Local

Congratulations to the following members for being the top gift registry performers in March 2026:

Top-3 Retailers
🥇 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 Friend & Company in New Orleans, LA

Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Bebe's in Nichols Hills, OK / +1,016%
🥈 Martin Miazza in Gulfport, MS / +622%
🥉 Purple Puddle & Puddle baby in Chapel Hill, NC / +496%

By gift registry sales / % change in March 2026 online revenue vs. prev. month

Top-3 Wedding Registry Brands
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With spring in full swing, so is one of the busiest seasons for weddings, bridal showers, and celebrations. 🌸 April through June are peak months for registry sales, which means a wave of potential orders is just around the corner. Let’s make sure your store is ready.

Our Shop Local Team has created a checklist just for you. ✅ Our Spring Registry Checklist makes it easy to prep your store, support your registrants, and turn seasonal traffic into meaningful sales. Feel free to use our PDF version,

We’re delighted to welcome Martin Miazza Gifts to the Shop Local family! Referred by Joe Bernstein of Salisbury, Inc., one of our valued Syncing Brand partners, the store joined Shop Local to expand its online tabletop and bridal registry business and continue serving customers in new, modern ways.

Celebrating 60 years in business, this beloved independent retailer has built a longstanding reputation as the premier destination for wedding registries, fine gifts, and exceptional customer service

For Brands & Distributors

This video walks through 7 steps to sell more and cut ordering time for retailers by 50%.

Webinar includes:

• Quick Facts
• Benefits to You
• Testimonials from Members
• How It Works
  • Step 1: Brand turns on the Wholesale service
  • Step 2: Brand alerts retailers Wholesale service is available via Shop Local
  • Step 3: Retailer requests access to place a wholesale order
  • Step 4: Retailer places a wholesale order
  • Step 5: Brand or rep receives & processes the wholesale order
  • Step 6: Brand or

We’re pleased to share that Skyros Designs is now using Shop Local for its registry service.

Within just a few minutes, they activated their online registry service—avoiding a process that normally requires weeks from other providers.   

You're invited to view Skyros Designs' registry service here: https://skyros.myshoplocal.com/registry.cfm.

Learn more about Shop Local's registry service here: https://www.shoplocal.org/retailer-online-gift-and-wedding-registry.

Our Syncing partner brands are bringing you Spring-ready registry gifts you’ll actually love to give (and receive).

Start a registry and add these to your list today. ✨

Trivia: What is the best month for wedding registry sales for your store? Answer: Likely March, followed by April. 

We tabulated 2025 sales data from nearly 1,500 indie stores, and found that March through June and August through October are the peak months for wedding registry sales. The months with the lowest sales were November and December. 

I saw this ad on the subway for an AI service and it reminded me of our Product Syncing service.

Retailers: You're Invited 💌

Join us for a new installment in our Webinar Wednesday Series, created for Shop Local retailers ready to elevate their online store through smart design and customization.

The way your retail store looks—and functions—directly impacts your sales. Learn how to create an online experience that reflects your brand, guides customers effortlessly, and turns browsers into buyers—with simple changes that drive results.

What we’ll cover:

• 🛠️ How to customize your store design

Retailers: You're Invited 💌

Join us for a new installment in our Webinar Wednesday series, created exclusively for Shop Local retailers.

We’ll walk you through your Reporting & Forecasting page and show you how to quickly spot what’s missing, what needs attention, and where the biggest opportunities are hiding.

Learn how to maximize built-in tools, resolve missing links and photos, and take strategic actions to grow your registries and boost sales.

What we’ll cover:

• 📊 How to read your Reporting

FOR BRANDS

A Starbucks latte may be $6. When a brand Syncs with a retailer on Shop Local, it costs the brand just $5.88 per month. 

For $5.88, we do these seven things for our brand partner:

1. We sync the brand’s products to the retailer's Shop Local Store. All updates, including price changes and new introduction launches, happen in real time. The retailer never has to click “download” or “upload” for our Syncing service to work. It doesn’t