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October 3, 2022 Are We Time Givers or Takers? ⌛️⏳
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Are We Time Givers or Takers? ⌛️⏳
October 3, 2022
Scott Galloway, the NYU business professor and firebrand, pens a weekly, attention-grabbing article about business trends. In last week’s post, he noted the rise of the attention economy.  (...Yes, my post is an attention-seeker writing about an attention-seeker writing about attention.) Comparing our current economy to those of the past, Mr. Galloway notes that today’s oil is time. He tracks the growth of digital companies like Netflix, Microsoft, Facebook, and TikTok that...
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October 1, 2022 KostaBoda ad in the East Village
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KostaBoda ad in the East Village
October 1, 2022
Nice to see Bridge client KostaBoda advertising in the East Village.  

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September 30, 2022 Vista Alegre plates
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Vista Alegre plates
September 30, 2022
Just unboxed some lovely Vista Alegre Carrara plates for my apt. 😀

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September 29, 2022 Memberships in the news
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Memberships in the news
September 29, 2022
Lululemon is adding a paid membership service called Studio that offers access to digital classes and gives discounts on in-person classes and apparel. The apparel company suggests it may also offer member-exclusive events. 

Companies are often taking this approach: offer unlimited access to a digital service, bundle in discounts and other peripheral perks, and charge a flat monthly fee. (Lululemon is charging $39/month.)

Many in the retail industry are seeking to launch a paid ...
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September 23, 2022 Vanity 🪞
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Vanity 🪞
September 23, 2022
Today’s Gen Z gift registrants want to do everything online, often on their iPhone 14. They want to start a registry, add products, remove products, edit quantities, and view purchases. They don't want to call the store to do this.   

In the adoption of digital tools, another trend is also at play: female shoppers are busier than before. Today, more women graduate from college than men. Women are increasingly doctors, CEOs, and world leaders. (Italy just welcomed its ...
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September 22, 2022 FedEx Raising Rates Almost 7%
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FedEx Raising Rates Almost 7%
September 22, 2022
FedEx is raising shipping rates 6.9%, which provides an opportunity for stores to get shoppers in the physical store. Store owners can encourage customers to skip the expensive ‘shipping tax’ and just pick their purchase up in store. 

Read the full article at the WSJ:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fedex-fdx-q1-earnings-report-2023-11663789784?mod=mhp

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September 21, 2022 Tableware Today: 3 Brands Promote Bridge
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Tableware Today: 3 Brands Promote Bridge
September 21, 2022
We're happy to see three brands promote Bridge in Tableware Today's October/November 2022 issue.

In each advertisement, the brand displays Bridge’s ‘B’ logo.  The brands promoting Bridge include:
  • Bordhallo Pinheiro
  • Pampa Bay
  • Vista Alegre

A brand shows the Bridge logo so that retailers will know that they can easily sell the products shown. Since e-commerce makes up 30% of U.S. retail sales, retailers want to carry brands that make selling online quick and ...
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September 19, 2022 Do We Have the Wright Stuff? 🛩
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Do We Have the Wright Stuff? 🛩
September 19, 2022
In the early 2000s, the board game Cranium became a hit.  The game combined elements of Scrabble and Pictionary with the goal of helping more people enjoy playing a game. Richard Tait, who created Cranium and sold it to Hasbro in 2008 for $77.5m, passed away in July.  Like Mr. Tait, I had been a paperboy, but he went beyond what I ever offered:  he came up with a new service that sold breakfast sandwiches along his newspaper route. He increased profits and made customers happier. ...
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September 19, 2022 David Zrike Welcomes Buyers to the Tabletop Show at Forty One Madison
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David Zrike Welcomes Buyers to the Tabletop Show at Forty One Madison
September 19, 2022
Nice to see industry friend David Zrike in the new issue of Tableware Today. In David’s article, he reminds us of the magic that happens at shows and welcomes us to join him and industry colleagues at the October Tabletop Show. 

In the issue, there is also a nice advertisement for the Tabletop Association, which David leads. Of the 48 brands displayed in the ad, Bridge has partnerships with 17 (35%).  Products from these 17 brands, which total more than 24,000 products, can be...
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September 18, 2022 Table-wear: Moschino in Soho
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Table-wear: Moschino in Soho
September 18, 2022
Many of our stores and brands help make dining fashionable. The fashion house Moschino is, too. 😉

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See You in Altanta in January 2023 Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 - Monday, Jan. 16, 2023
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See You in Altanta in January 2023 Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 - Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 Bridge will be in Atlanta for the January 2023 show.

Show dates: Tuesday, January 10 – Monday, January 16, 2023.

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

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September 14, 2022 California is suing Amazon
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California is suing Amazon
September 14, 2022
For the last 10 years, Bridge has been building software to support indie, brick-and-mortar stores.  We watched in 2018 as 230 city leaders competed to give the world’s richest man money to bring his tech company to their city. After awarding an HQ to NYC, Amazon tried to bully NYC. When Amazon wouldn’t get its way, it broke off the deal.  We see in today’s news more evidence of the same bullying behavior. We’re happy to see that the tide has turned and ...
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September 9, 2022 Store within another store
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Store within another store
September 9, 2022
RetailDive shares that Levi's is opening a shop within a shop in Hudson’s Bay's Vancouver store.  We believe in this concept. Bridge offers an online shop-in-shop experience via its Product Syncing service. 

Read the RetailDive article:
https://www.retaildive.com/news/levis-opens-shop-in-shop-hudsons-bay/631297/

Learn about Product Syncing:
https://www.shoplocal.org/smart-products.cfm
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September 8, 2022 Dollars and Sense Advice from Mom 👩‍🦰
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Dollars and Sense Advice from Mom 👩‍🦰
September 8, 2022
When I was a kid, my mom instilled in me a lesson to always get paid for my work. When I went to mow a lawn or do my newspaper route, she’d remind me,  “Be sure you get paid.”  As an adult, these flashbacks are vivid like a scene from Citizen Kane—just swap out the Rosebud sled with my newspaper delivery bike.  Today, this lesson still resonates when running Bridge. When calling a store that hasn’t paid its Bridge bill, I’m confident in asking ...
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September 4, 2022 Buying a Wedding Online
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Buying a Wedding Online
September 4, 2022
At Bridge, we make buying wedding gifts easy.  Today’s Times covers buying a wedding online, which may start at $2,000.   For people that grew up with an iPhone, it makes sense that more in-person purchases would be converted to online transactions.  

Read the full article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/fashion/weddings/wedding-planning-online-shopping.html
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September 3, 2022 Amazon’s desire to own everything gets flagged
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Amazon’s desire to own everything gets flagged
September 3, 2022
The WSJ shares that Amazon’s relentless growth is under investigation by the FTC.  The FTC is reviewing its $3.9b OneMedical purchase.  

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ftc-investigating-amazon-deal-to-buy-one-medical-network-of-health-clinics-11662157363

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September 2, 2022 7 Ways to Support Local Businesses and Your Community from Entreprenuer
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7 Ways to Support Local Businesses and Your Community from Entreprenuer
September 2, 2022
Read the full article: 
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/434238

PS~Thanks to Danish for sharing this article 😎

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September 1, 2022 Gift Cards Are a Gift to ...Stores 💸
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Gift Cards Are a Gift to ...Stores 💸
September 1, 2022
When is the last time you received a Starbucks gift card?  I’ve received them as holiday gifts, and I’ve given them to sales reps as thank you gifts. Starbucks gift cards, like their shops, are ubiquitous.  They are almost as popular as gift cards from our nemesis: Amazon.com. Just about every month, a company offers me an Amazon gift card if I sign up for a service. WBGO, the local, Newark-based, non-profit radio station known for jazz, recently offered me an Amazon gift ...
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August 26, 2022 Click Hear 🎧
Click Hear 🎧
August 26, 2022
Whenever I visit my 76-year-old mom in Myrtle Beach, SC, she picks me up and the oldies station is playing in her car. I’ve tried changing that dial, and one has a better chance of outmaneuvering tennis star Daniil Medvedev. I imagine the oldies music brings her back to her youth. I read a study that people’s favorite song is often when they were 17 years old.  That’s right: the 'best songs’ may not be the best songs but rather simply be what you heard in ...
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August 26, 2022 Brands Need Stores
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Brands Need Stores
August 26, 2022
Over the last 15 years, brands have been increasingly doing a run-around to bypass their retailers and sell direct.  Some brands suggested they’d never have a physical store. Some brands said they’d never have their products sold in another retailer’s physical store. What allowed the brands this hubris? The internet and Facebook. With the internet, brands would have a ‘store’ anywhere the customer is, and with Facebook, they could target them.  

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