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

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

Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Generations in Meridian, MS / +676%
🥈 The Muffin Tin in Monroe, LA / +378%
🥉 Queen City Market in Selma, AL  / +372%

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

Top-3 Wedding Registry Brands
🥇 Juliska  

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature.  You now have more control over the registries displayed on your Gift Registry Home Page.

What is New: 

By default, your Gift Registry Home Page displays:

• Upcoming Weddings: The next 60 days
• Recent Weddings: The past 60 days

Now, you can adjust each date range to:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 120 days
• 180 days
• 360 days

Simply visit your Gift Registry Settings page to choose how far ahead—and how far back—you’d like registries to appear.

Tip: No matter which date

In September, Syncing brands raised their prices on 809 products, producing an average price increase of 13%. Many of these price changes are likely due to tariffs and inflation. If a retailer didn’t make these changes, these price increases would cost their store 13%.

Thankfully, indie stores using Shop Local have the updated prices for these 809 products. They don’t lose 13%. The stores receive the updated prices instantly via our Syncing service.

About the Product Syncing Service
Product Syncing

With the holidays quickly approaching, there's no better time to deck your digital halls for a successful season. The holiday season is the most popular time of the year for couples to get engaged--which makes January the most popular month for registries to be created. Let's make sure you're ready.

While Santa is checking his list twice, our Shop Local Team has created a checklist just for you. ✅ Our Holiday Checklist makes it easy to prep your store, boost your online presence, and maximize

The holidays are the busiest shopping season and the most popular time of year to get engaged. 🛍️ 💍 That means your store has a powerful opportunity to connect with two key audiences:

1. Holiday shoppers searching for thoughtful, local gifts.
2. Newly engaged couples ready to start their wedding registry.

Your social media presence helps you stay top of mind for both. Every post is a chance to:

• Showcase your store’s personality and unique finds.
• Drive traffic to your online store or registry page.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—to post!

Whether you’re sharing gift ideas, celebrating engagements, or spreading holiday joy, these ready-to-go social media examples can help your store shine all season long.

Need some tips and advice for the best ways to post during the holidays? We've created our 2026 Social Media Guide for the Holidays with 8 simple tips to help your store shine:
 
📣  As you share your holiday posts, please tag us on social media! We will feature your store

Congratulations to 3 Monkeys Fine Gifts on reaching an exciting milestone—500 online orders! 🥂

3 Monkeys Fine Gifts offers:

• 16 premium brands online, including Gien, Pickard, Annieglass, and Beatriz Ball.
• 16k+ products online  
• 75+ registries online.

Visit our friends at 3 Monkeys Fine Gifts: https://3monkeys.myshoplocal.com/

Congratulations to Table Matters on reaching an exciting milestone—5,000 online orders! 🥂

Table Matters offers:

• 40 premium brands online, including Herend, Juliska, Vietri, and William Yeoward.
• 39k+ products online  
• 400+ registries online.

Visit our friends at Table Matters: https://table-matters.myshoplocal.com/

Congratulations to Smyth Jewelers on reaching an exciting milestone—50 online orders! 🥂

Smyth Jewelers offers:

• 9 premium brands online, including MacKenzie-Childs, Beatriz Ball, and Capucine De Wulf.
• 7,000+ products online  
• 40+ registries online.

Visit our friends at Smyth Jewelers: https://smythjewelers.myshoplocal.com/

Congratulations to The Calico Mushroom on reaching an exciting milestone—1,000 online orders! 🥂

The Calico Mushroom offers:

• 23 premium brands online, including Vietri, Beatriz Ball, Mottahedeh, and Pickard.
• 23,000+ products online  
• 200+ registries online.

Visit our friends at The Calico Mushroom: https://calicomushroom.myshoplocal.com/

Brands & Distributors: You’re Invited 💌
Join us on Tuesday, October 20th @ 10:30 am ET for a live webinar. 

Why Join?
We’ll show you how to add videos to bring your Shop Local site to life.

⏰ Webinar is 30 minutes
 

How to RSVP:

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

Congratulations to Southern Home & Kitchen on reaching an exciting milestone—1,000 online orders! 🥂

Southern Home & Kitchen offers:

• 8 premium brands online, including Vietri, Beatriz Ball, and Pampa Bay.
• 8,500+ products online  
• 100+ registries online.

Visit our friends at Southern Home & Kitchen: https://southernhomeandkitchen.myshoplocal.com/

Congratulations to Rosson Co. on reaching an exciting milestone—1,000 online orders! 🥂

Rosson Co. offers:

•  41 premium brands online, including Juliska, Vietri, and Beatriz Ball.
• 18k+ products online  
• 200+ registries online.

Visit our friends at Rosson Co.: https://rosson.myshoplocal.com/

Retailers: You're Invited 💌

Join us on November 11th at 10:30 AM ET for the next Webinar Wednesday. Each session is designed exclusively for Shop Local retailers.

Your website is visual.  Are you using your photos to their full potential? The right images can help tell your store’s story, showcase your products, personalize the registry experience, and make a great first impression on online shoppers.

What we’ll cover:

• Registrant Photos - The new Add Registrant Photo feature.
• Product Photos -

What if one of your stores sold one of your products at an older, lower price? Sure, it may be “their problem,” but it leaves a bad taste with your retailer.

As you know, tariffs and inflation are driving up product prices, and therefore, price discrepancies. In the last 60 days, we’ve seen product prices increase by 10% on thousands of products. This means an indie store often loses 10% on a sale if they don’t update the item’s price.

Good news: Your Product Syncing service automatically updates

Brands & Distributors: You’re Invited 💌
Join us on Tuesday, October 13th @ 10:30 am ET for a live webinar. 

Why Join?
We’ll show you how to easily:

• Add product images to make listings more compelling.
• Add collection images to showcase lifestyle imagery.

⏰ Webinar is 30 minutes
 

How to RSVP:

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

This recording shows brands how they can discover potential new accounts and identify retailers that are a good fit for their products. The more retailers brands are connected with, the more opportunities they have to get products in front of shoppers and grow sales.

Please click here to view the webinar recording: Shop Local Brand Webinar-20260915_103439-Meeting Recording.mp4

Webinar Overview:

We have two free, built-in tools to help you accomplish this: the Prospecting page and the Leaderboard.&

Glass Bazaar knows that behind every display, every gift that’s wrapped, every bridal registry that’s created, and every order that’s fulfilled, there are countless moving parts working together to keep everything running smoothly. Hear how they use Shop Local to help bring all of these pieces together. 💚

Visit their Online Store and Wedding Registry: 
https://www.glassbazaar.com/ 

Thank you to Heather Haney for sharing her experience after shopping for a registry gift at SheaLeigh's, a merchant using Shop Local software for their e-commerce and registry services: 

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“Your website made shopping for a gift registry quick and easy. It was very simple to navigate, clearly see which items the couple still wanted, and complete the purchase without any issues. The entire checkout process was seamless, and I especially appreciated receiving an order confirmation

Congratulations to Purple Puddle on reaching an exciting milestone—100 online orders! 🥂

Purple Puddle offers:

• 28 premium brands online, including Vietri, Juliska, and Mottahedeh.
• 25,000+ products online  
• 11 registries online.

Visit our friends at Purple Puddle: https://purplepuddle.myshoplocal.com/