We are pleased to share that Galway Irish Crystal products are ready for Syncing. 

Galway Irish Crystal joins our network of 112 premium brands that Sync products with over 1,480 retailers.

Visit Galway Irish Crystal's Shop Local Account:
View the 112 Galway Irish Crystal products you can Sync with here:
https://belleekandgalwaycrystal.myshoplocal.com/collections.cfm/Galway_Irish_Crystal 

How to Sync

• ​​​Please log in to your Shop Local account.
• Please scroll up to the top. In the Top Bar's

We are pleased to share that SMEG products are ready for Syncing. 

SMEG joins our network of 111 premium brands that Sync products with over 1,480 retailers.
 

Visit SMEG's Shop Local Account:
View the 186 SMEG products you can Sync with here:
https://smeg.myshoplocal.com/

How to Sync

• ​​​Please log in to your Shop Local account.
• Please scroll up to the top. In the Top Bar's search field, please enter "SMEG".
• On the search results page, where you see the brand's results, please click on the "

For Brands and Distributors

Shop Local offers different promotions for brand and distributor partners. By participating in any promotions, a brand or distributor earns a credit that can be applied to monthly subscription fees or additional services (e.g., product imports, image imports, etc.).

Current Promotions:

• Send an email to your retailers inviting them to join your Syncing service / Earn $500.
• Add the Shop Local logo to your wholesale site  / Earn $500.
• Place an upright display about Shop

We're happy to see Pieces of Eight and Fincher & Ozment Jewelers sharing their 2025 Best Wedding Gifts Award on Facebook and Instagram.

Both stores easily downloaded their awards and shared them with their followers — a great way to celebrate their success and connect with customers.

If your business earned a spot on the top retailer or brand list, we invite you to share a post about your placement and tag us on Facebook (ShopLocal.org by Bridge) or Instagram (@shoplocalnetwork). 😊

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NEW YORK, NY — June 9, 2025 – Shop Local, the innovative e-commerce and wedding registry platform empowering indie retailers, announced today the addition of world-renowned brand, SMEG, to its growing platform. This latest addition marks a significant expansion of Shop Local’s premium product offerings into the kitchen and home appliance markets and reaffirms the company’s commitment to supporting local retailers through cutting-edge technology.

Shop Local now works with over 110 leading

Congratulations to the following members for being the top gift registry performers in May 2025:

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

Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 The Carriage House in Indianola, MC / + 566%
🥈 Eleganz Plus in Brooklyn, NY / +560%
🥉 Lautares Jewelers in Greenville, NC / +231%

By gift registry sales / % change in May 2025 online revenue vs. prev. month

Top-3 Wedding Registry Brands
🥇 Juliska  &

With tariffs on everyone's minds, prices of many products have been increasing. In May, brands raised their prices on 6,945 products, producing an average price increase of 9%. If a retailer didn’t make these changes, these price increases would cost their store 9%.

Thankfully, indie stores using Shop Local have the updated price for these 6,945 products. They don’t lose 9%—and they didn't have to manually update prices for each product. The stores receive the updated prices instantly via our

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now edit MSRP pricing for your Syncing brands.

About this feature:

Your store Syncs with brands that participate in the Syncing service to share products. By default, Syncing brands set the MSRP for these products. If you wish, you may increase a brand's MSRP by a percentage. This will affect all of the Synced products that appear in your account from this brand. Your store will not be able to decrease the pricing.

How to access this feature:

1. Log in

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now download a flyer with your monthly registries to easily promote them in-store. 

What's Included on the Flyer:

• Your store's logo.
• All registries for the selected month.
• A link and premade custom QR code for each registry.
• A link and premade custom QR code for your store's registry home page.
• A link and premade custom QR code for registrants and customers to leave a review.

These custom flyers save your store time because they’re pre-made with no

Thank you to Liesl Noble for sharing her experience after buying a gift from P.S. The Letter, a merchant using Shop Local software for their e-commerce and registry services: 

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"The website made it easy to see the choices on the registry, and I appreciated being able to see more detailed views of the items to make more informed choices. Easy to order, quick confirmation... Highly recommend!"

~ Liesl Noble in TX

Shopped at P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX

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FOR BRANDS & DISTRIBUTORS

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We've added the ability for your business to add an internal ID and note for your authorized retailers. 

What’s New:

• Internal ID: This is the unique account number your business uses to track a retailer (e.g., AB123456).
• Internal Note: This allows you to store additional details to help manage or locate a retailer (e.g., “We list this store as ‘One and Only Gifts LLC’ in our system, but they are ‘Luxury Gift Shop’ on Shop

1. Juliska Berry & Thread Whitewash Plate
2. Couzon Stainless Steel Flatware La Perle Five Piece Place Setting
3. Juliska Berry & Thread Whitewash Cereal/Ice Cream Bowl
4. VIETRI OPTICAL GOLD Gold Champagne Glass
5. VIETRI OPTICAL GOLD Gold Wine Glass
6. Juliska Villa Seville Scalloped Dessert/Salad Plate - Chambray
7. Costa Nova Brisa Dinner Plate, Sal
8. Juliska Berry & Thread Whitewash Scalloped Dessert/Salad Plate
9. VIETRI Rufolo Glass Gold Service Plate/Charger
10. Juliska Puro Clear and Solid Colors Large Tumbler

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Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now view reporting and forecasting for your registries. This helps your business make informed decisions to continue growing your wedding registry service.

Your Reporting & Forecasting page now shows stats by year for your registries. These include:

• Registry sales (in-store and online)
• Number of orders
• Number of active registries
• Types of registries
• Average number of items added per wedding registry
• Average revenue per wedding registry (for

Congratulations to the following members for being the top gift registry performers in April 2025:

Top-3 Retailers
🥇 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥈 Friend & Company in New Orleans, LA
🥉 Table Matters in Birmingham, AL

Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Calico Mushroom in New Albany, MS / +472%
🥈 Stafford's of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC / +396%
🥉 Queen City Market in Selma, AL / +389%

By gift registry sales / % change in April 2025 online revenue vs. prev. month

Top-3 Wedding Registry Brands
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Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We've added a new award for the 2025 Best Wedding Gifts Finalists. 🥳

This finalist designation is awarded by Shop Local to the top 100 retailers and brands. It is based on 2024 online wedding registry sales from 1,450 retailers that use Shop Local's Online Store and Wedding Registry service who collectively sell 3,500 brands.

Insights 📊

• Of the top 20 brands, 90% are Syncing Brands.
• Of the top 100 brands, 58% are Syncing Brands.
• Syncing Brands share products

[ ] 📋Complete your Success Checklist.
 

[ ] 🔗Add a link on your primary website leading to your Shop Local Registry Home page.

• Add a “Registry” link in the navigation menu of your primary site that opens to your Shop Local Registry in the same tab.
   

[ ] 💰Update your registry incentive amounts to attract more sign-ups.

• Offer a sign-up bonus.
• Offer a post-wedding discount.
   

[ ] 🏅Review the Leaderboard to see top-selling registry brands and products.

• Contact the top-selling brands that

Thank you to April Johnson for sharing her experience after buying a gift from Staffords of Spartanburg, a merchant using Shop Local software for their e-commerce and registry services: 

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"Easy to navigate bridal registry. I also loved that they informed me that the couple preferred to pick up their gifts in the store—less work for me! The online site also allowed me to mark my gift for the shower, as I will also have to buy a wedding gift..."

~ April Johnson in SC

Shopped at

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now quickly edit a product's information directly on its Details page. 

Previously, one would need to click "Edit Product" on the Details page to edit a product's name or price.

With this update, one can now edit this information on the Details page. This takes fewer clicks and saves you time from visiting multiple tabs in the "Edit Product" modal.

Please follow the steps below to access this feature:

1. Log in to your Shop Local Store.
2. Browse to a

Congratulations to the following members for being the top gift registry performers in March 2025:

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

Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Fincher & Ozment Jewelers in Tuscaloosa, AL / +653%
🥈 La Dentelliere in Scarsdale, NY / +525%
🥉 Eleganz Plus in Brooklyn, NY / +403%

By gift registry sales / % change in March 2025 online revenue vs. prev. month

Top-3 Wedding Registry

We have updated the display of lifestyle images and home page slides in your Online Store.

Slide Ratio

• The new slide ratio is 2:1 (width to height).  Previously, the ratio was 3:1 (width to height)
• The recommended image dimensions are now 1620 pixels wide by 810 pixels high (previously 1954 pixels wide by 620 pixels high).

For step-by-step instructions on how to add, update, or view slides, please follow this help document:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/198/Add-and-Update-