Caroline & Company Saves $11,585 and 17 Weeks in Labor with their Shop Local Store

We are pleased to announce that Caroline & Company has joined Shop Local to grow its online business. Serving the Acadiana area for 27 years, Caroline & Company offers gifts, children’s clothing, home decor, furnishings, and more.

By using their Shop Local Store, Caroline & Company saved $11,585 and 17 weeks in labor on website product maintenance. The store will expand its online collection of gifts and home decor through the Syncing service. Caroline & Company will offer an online registry experience by using Shop Local's registry service. The store has also shown interest in our new Shopify Integration service, which will allow them to easily sync products between their Shopify site and Shop Local Store.

Charlotte Cryer, the owner of Caroline & Company, had this to say about her experience with Shop Local thus far:
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“Our setup and integration with Shop Local has been very smooth. We are so excited to have streamlined our registry process to this efficient platform. Shop Local has been very helpful and responsive to any questions we have had during this transition. We are thrilled to be a part of this network of stores and vendors!”

~ Charlotte Cryer / Owner / Caroline & Company / Lafayette, LA

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By joining Shop Local, the store instantly receives great benefits:

• Customers and registrants can shop the expanded assortment online.
• The store’s Google ranking will be higher.
• The store saved 17 weeks of web development time and $11,585 in labor.
• The store paid no setup costs to open their Shop Local Store.
• When customers visit their site, they see a news page with posts shared by the store's Synced brands.

For free, the store received:

• An online store.
• An online registry with up to 2 wedding registries and unlimited non-wedding registries at no charge.
• A suite of services to help customers online. 
• Great tools to help manage and grow the business.
• Access to a time-saving Wholesale Ordering service. 
• Complimentary coaching to help set up and maintain their Shop Local Store.

In less than a week, Caroline & Company's Online Store has 11,585 products from 13 Syncing Brands, including:

• Annieglass
• Beatriz Ball
• Costa Nova
• Mariposa
• Pampa Bay
• VIETRI
• Vista Alegre

About Caroline & Company
Caroline & Company is locally owned and was founded in 1997 by Charlotte Cryer. The store is named after Charlotte's oldest daughter, Caroline. The store started out small on Arnould Blvd - Lafayette, LA. Throughout the 22 years of being in that location, she expanded 4 times! In April of 2020, Caroline & Company moved to their store on Main Street in River Ranch off Kaliste Saloom, which is where they are today. They have over 20,000 sq ft of shopping space full of gifts, home decor, furniture, art jewelry, and an extensive baby/children's boutique. 

In June 2016, Caroline & Company opened a second location, which is the gift shop in Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center on Ambassador Caffery. This store is a smaller representation of the original location, which is approximately 1,000 square feet. For the last several years, the store has also been nominated by the community and selected as the #1 children's store and #1 gift store in Acadiana.

Using Shop Local, Caroline & Company can easily run its e-commerce business, grow its wedding and gift registry business, and instantly stock its website with products from top brands.

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Visit Caroline & Company's Shop Local Store:
https://carolineandcompany.myshoplocal.com/

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