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11:43 AM • Today Legos Can Inspire Your Business Strategy
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Legos Can Inspire Your Business Strategy
11:43 AM • Today
Economist Bent Flyvbjerg encourages us to find our “Lego” in his new book “How Big Things Get Done,” shares The Wall Journal’s Ben Cohen. 

Read the full article: 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lego-megaprojects-bent-flyvbjerg-big-things-11675280517 View Post
February 1, 2023 Tableware Today: 5 Brands Promote Bridge Shop Local
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Tableware Today: 5 Brands Promote Bridge Shop Local
February 1, 2023
We're happy to see five brands promote Bridge Shop Local in Tableware Today's February/March 2023 issue.

The brands promoting Bridge Shop Local include:
  • Bordhallo Pinheiro
  • Carmel Ceramica
  • Mary Jurek
  • Pampa Bay
  • Vista Alegre

In the advertisement, the brand displays either Bridge’s ‘B’ or our ShopLocal.org logo.  

A brand shows the logos so that retailers know they can easily sell the products shown. When a brand offers our Product Syncing service, a ...
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January 31, 2023 New Member Targets 🎯
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New Member Targets 🎯
January 31, 2023
When growing our network, we consider what it takes to keep existing members and grow into other industries. Andrew Chen in The Cold Start Problem reports that Facebook famously wanted a user to get 10 friends in a week because then the person would likely use the service. Similarly, Slack said users with about 10 connections tend to become active users. My company currently doesn’t have such new user benchmarks and we need to develop them. 

Adding New Retail Members to the Product...
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January 31, 2023 Networks: Let's Tango 💃🏽🕺🏼
Networks: Let's Tango 💃🏽🕺🏼
January 31, 2023
It takes a lot of people to build a bridge, but just two to tango. This applies to the analog world as well as the digital one. In the digital space, I'm using tango to refer to messaging between two people. I believe messaging is a service we can add to our offering to diversify how our company Shop Local grows.

Different Networks Require a Different Number of Users in a Group
Andrew Chen in The Cold Start Problem states that a key difference among network models is the required minimum ...
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January 30, 2023 We Live by This Motto 😄
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We Live by This Motto 😄
January 30, 2023
"Complain about the way other people make software by making software."
~ Andre Torrez

I spotted this quote in the book 'Steal Like An Artist' by Austin Kleon.  We believe in this motto. Our company has thus far built:
  1. Online store software.  (Used by 1,100 stores.)
  2. Online gift registry service.
  3. Product sharing service. (Used by 110 brands, including Baccarat Le Creuset, and Versace.) 
  4. Online invoicing service.
  5. Wholesale ordering service.
  6. File
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January 28, 2023 For Brands: Save $1,200 on the Unlimited Retailer Pass
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For Brands: Save $1,200 on the Unlimited Retailer Pass
January 28, 2023
For Brands:
You can choose a Bridge Pass to grow your businesses and save an extra $1,200 a year. This is on top of the standard $5,317 savings. 

Unlimited Retailer Pass
Get everything you need to grow your brand quickly:
  • Sync your brand's products with an unlimited number of retailers. (Value: $630/month.)
  • Includes a subscription to the Wholesale Service. Accept wholesale orders via Bridge. (Value: $49/month.) 
  • Includes a subscription to the Brand Concierge
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January 27, 2023 Do You Agree Defaults Are Important? ✅ Yes ___ No
Do You Agree Defaults Are Important? ✅ Yes ___ No
January 27, 2023
When you look at your driver’s license, it lists if you’re an organ donor. Twenty years ago, only 20% of people were donors, but today 80% are—thereby saving millions of lives. Did people become more kind? No, the question on the application was changed from opt-in to opt-out. People signing up for or renewing a license are now by default enlisted in organ donation. Lesson: the right default answer in medical care can save millions of lives. Similarly, the right defaults ...
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See You in Dallas in June 2023 Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - Friday, June 23, 2023
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See You in Dallas in June 2023 Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - Friday, June 23, 2023 We'll be there Wednesday, June 21 – Friday, June 23, 2023.

See Dallas show dates:
https://dallasmarketcenter.com/markets/

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See You in Atlanta in July 2023 Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - Friday, July 14, 2023
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See You in Atlanta in July 2023 Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - Friday, July 14, 2023 We'll be there Wednesday, July 12 – Friday, July 14, 2023.

Please find more information at AmericasMart.com:
https://www.americasmart.com/en/Markets/Market-Dates-and-Hours

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January 16, 2023 Le Creuset and Herend in Garden & Gun Magazine
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Le Creuset and Herend in Garden & Gun Magazine
January 16, 2023
In this month’s Garden & Gun magazine, a profile on a Houston merchant shows Herend and Le Creuset products. Herend and Le Creuset are Shop Local clients and use our Product Syncing service to market their products to authorized retailers and their customers.  View Post
January 15, 2023 Shop Local
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Shop Local
January 15, 2023
I spotted this “Say Yes to Local” sign at my local, East Village grocery store. My neighborhood has been inundated with venture capital-backed online grocery delivery services. These services hurt local stores like this one.  View Post
January 14, 2023 Good to See Industry Friends in Atlanta
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Good to See Industry Friends in Atlanta
January 14, 2023
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January 10, 2023 Amazon may be using empathy for small businesses to help large businesses
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Amazon may be using empathy for small businesses to help large businesses
January 10, 2023
I discovered a page on Amazon’s site proclaiming that Amazon supports small businesses. That is news to me and many small businesses which have been attacked by Amazon, its deep pockets, and its army of millions of delivery people and thousands of warehouses.  Amazon’s page says it helps small businesses, which it defines as having under 100 employees and less than $49 million in sales.  (It says it uses Gartner’s definition.) 

I checked: only 9% of small ...
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January 10, 2023 For Sales Reps & Brands: $468 Give-Get Referral Promotion
For Sales Reps & Brands: $468 Give-Get Referral Promotion
January 10, 2023
For Sales Reps & Brands:

I have some great news for you:
  • I'm giving you a $200 finder's fee when you refer a store. 
  • When you refer a store, the store will receive $268.  It will receive $100 towards a wholesale order with your brand and a $168 credit towards their registry service with us. (My company is paying the $100 wholesale order credit.)

Summary: you give a store $268 and you get $200. (Bridge covers the $468.) 

Why should your stores use ...
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January 10, 2023 Even the World’s Best Restaurant is Concentrating on E-commerce
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Even the World’s Best Restaurant is Concentrating on E-commerce
January 10, 2023
Noma, the world-famous Copenhagen restaurant, is closing to concentrate on e-commerce.  Excerpt from the Times:

“Noma will become a full-time food laboratory, developing new dishes and products for its e-commerce operation, Noma Projects, and the dining rooms will be open only for periodic pop-ups.”


This change supports the breath and power of e-commerce, and portends coming changes for our retail industry.  It’s not that one can’t eke out a ...
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January 8, 2023 Isaac Mizrahi Cooks With Le Creuset
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Isaac Mizrahi Cooks With Le Creuset
January 8, 2023
In this past weekend’s The Wall St. Journal, Isaac Mizrahi shares that he loves cooking with Le Creuset. 

We’re happy that Le Creuset chose Bridge to partner with and market its wonderful products.  View Post
January 7, 2023 Congrats to Beatriz Ball, Casafina, LSA, and Barbara Stewart Interiors
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Congrats to Beatriz Ball, Casafina, LSA, and Barbara Stewart Interiors
January 7, 2023
The ARTS award ceremony last night had four finalists for best Tabletop brand:  Beatriz Ball, Casafina, Caskata, and LSA. I was pleased that three of the nominated brands use Bridge’s Product Syncing service (Beatriz Ball, Casafina, and LSA).

Congrats to the winner Beatriz Ball 🥳

I’m also pleased to share that our client Barbara Stewart Interiors in Bowling Green Kentucky was nominated for best Design Studio. Congrats to the owner Susan Hoechner. 
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See You in Atlanta Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 - Friday, Jan. 13, 2023
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See You in Atlanta Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 - Friday, Jan. 13, 2023 We'll be at the Atlanta show: Wednesday, January 11 - Friday, January 13.

Let's grow your business in 2023. Please contact us to:
  • Review your account.
  • Learn about time-saving Bridge features. 
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January 3, 2023 Networking in Dallas
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Networking in Dallas
January 3, 2023
At the Dallas trade show this week, I’ll be sporting our new Shop Local t-shirt.  In flight to the show, I’ll be reading how network effects help businesses, including retail shops. Indie shops and network effects go hand in hand. Retailers can effectively grow via network programs, including Bridge’s Product Syncing service and referral and affiliate programs.   To learn how networks can help your business, I recommend picking up a copy of The Cold ...
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See You In Dallas Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 - Friday, Jan. 6, 2023
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See You In Dallas Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 - Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 Join Bridge in Dallas this week. We're there this Thursday, January 5th, and Friday, January 6th.

Let's grow your business in 2023. Please contact us to:
  • Review your account.
  • Learn about time-saving Bridge features. 

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