We're pleased to share that Shop Local has teamed up with Kitchen2Table to help the rep agency's retailers and brands. These webinars will help Kitchen2Table retailers and brands sell more.

Webinar Dates:

• For Brands: Wednesday, May 20th at 10:30 am ET
• For Retailers: Wednesday, June 3rd at 10:30 am ET

6 Benefits for Brands:

1. Brands sell 18% more.
2. Increase the quantity of your product offered online by your retailers.
3. Get new customers.
4. Make reordering easier for your stores.
5. Learn about orders in real-time

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

FOR BRANDS & DISTRIBUTORS

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now schedule a stock or price update to process on a specific date. This update will occur at 3 AM EST on the selected date.

This feature helps your business save time by planning in advance. This also ensures your changes are live before peak shopping hours. 
 

How to Schedule a Stock Update:

1. Log in to your Shop Local account.
2. Hover over Products. From the drop-down menu, click Mass Update via Excel.
3. For the

For Brands & Distributors

This slide deck walks through how adding pictures makes your site more engaging.

Slide deck walks through how to add:

1. Images to products to make listings more compelling.
2. Slides that highlight your products.
3. Collection images to showcase lifestyle imagery.
4. Business and team images on your homepage.

Related help documents:

• Add a Picture to a Product
• Quickly Add Pictures to Many Products
• Add and Update Slides
• Add Picture / Lifestyle Image to a Pattern / Collection

FOR BRANDS & DISTRIBUTORS

Your brand can now designate a collection as a premium collection. This collection will only be available to a retailer that is granted premium collection access. The steps below walk through how it works.
 

1. Brand Setting
The Premium Collections setting can be found on your Brand Settings page.

Here are the steps:

1. Log in to your Shop Local.
2. Roll over Management at the top of the page, then click Brand Settings.
3. Scroll down to the "Premium Collections" section. Set

Thank you to Waverly Kundysek for sharing her experience after registering at The Ivy House, a merchant using Shop Local software for their e-commerce and registry services: 

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“We had an amazing experience using the Ivy House Registry website. From start to finish, everything felt seamless, intuitive, and thoughtfully designed... it is a beautiful platform with truly unmatched service!"

~ Waverly Kundysek in TX

Registered at The Ivy House in Dallas, TX

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FOR BRANDS & DISTRIBUTORS

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now access tools to help grow your network sales in one place with the new Grow Your Sales Network page. This feature saves you time by streamlining key tools into one location and providing solutions designed to help your brand(s) get new retailers and increase sales.

What You'll Find on the Registry Promotion Page:

Each solution listed on the Registry Promotion page includes the cost for your brand and a button

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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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. ✨

March Madness is here, and so is our new webinar calendar for brands and distributors! I've put together a series of sessions designed to help you 'shoot 3 pointers' and get even more out of your Shop Local account.

Webinar Calendar:

Get More Re-Orders with Shop Local's Wholesale Service
Tuesday, April 7th @ 10:30 am ET

Over 50 premium brands accept wholesale orders via Shop Local. Learn how you can too.

Benefits include:

• Brands sell more.
• 2x faster for retailers.
• Retailers save 7 minutes per

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now automatically change a product’s status when inventory drops below a set threshold.

When enabled, this feature helps you stay ahead of low inventory by triggering a specific action once stock reaches the quantity you choose.

How-to Steps:

1. Log in to your Shop Local account.
2. Hover over Management at the top of the page and click Brand Settings.
3. Scroll to the Product Options section. There, you'll see “Change item’s status when stock is low.”
4. From the

For Brands & Distributors

This video walks through why stock sharing increases a brand's sales.

Webinar includes:

• Examples of brands sharing stock
• Benefits of sharing stock
• How to activate stock sharing
• How to update stock

Please click here to view the webinar recording: 
https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/9e862e575132324ce6d29012f4b93e0f6d2bc1f812ba42f6743806bdaf96c17f 

The slide deck is attached to this post as a PDF.

Need help activating stock sharing? Email brands@bridge.org

Brands & Distributors: You’re Invited 💌
Join us on Tuesday, May 5th @ 10:30 am ET for a live webinar.

Why Join?
We’ll walk through how to add:

• Images to products to make listings more compelling.
• Slides that highlight your products.
• Collection images to showcase lifestyle imagery.
• Business and team images on your homepage.

⏰ Webinar is 30 minutes

How to RSVP:

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

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

Brands & Distributors: You’re Invited 💌
Join us on Tuesday, April 7th @ 10:30 am ET for a live webinar. We'll share more information about using Shop Local's Wholesale Ordering service.

How it Works:

• Our Wholesale Ordering service combines the best features from wholesale marketplaces and buying on a brand’s site into a new service.
• A brand can better promote its products and easily receive orders from its retailers and interior designers.
• A retailer can place an order via their

Shop Local, an e-commerce platform for indie retailers, reported that it's helping indie stores rank on page one of Google in 56% of states for wedding gift purchases. The findings are based on a recent study that Shop Local conducted regarding wedding registry purchasing. 

Study Findings:

• For 28 state searches, Shop Local Stores appeared on page one of Google. This represents 56% of all states. When just calculating the states in which Shop Local has clients (48), the percentage grows

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

Top-3 Retailers
🥇 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 Ivy Cottage in Mobile, AL

Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Waverly Wood in Little Rock, AR / +1,031%
🥈 Southern Home & Kitchen in Winston-Salem, NC / +578%
🥉 Rickey Heroman's Florist and Gifts in Baton Rouge, LA / +522%

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

Top-3 Wedding Registry

For Brands & Distributors

Webinar reviews how to:

• Create your news post.
• SKU tag ($tag) to make items in the post shoppable and add keywords.
• Add images with captions.
• Assign the right audience and auto-share your post.
• Convert your post into an event with an RSVP link.
• Add a video.

Please click here to view the webinar recording: 
https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/63f0433244d78278edc519439e4b18a1a4007ef5527b3e661317aff96eb4339e 

Related help documents:

• How to Post News -