For more than 50 years, the Breed & Co. Store has been an Austin institution.
The Breed & Co. Gift area at their second location. Breed & Co. offers a full-service gift registry through Shop Local featuring products from over 44 brands.
Gift registrants can visit either Breed & Co. location to see a sampling of the 37,435 products included in the Shop Local registry service.
How Shop Local’s software helps an Austin, Texas institution renew its Registry program and see immediate results.
We are pleased to announce that Breed & Co., a retail store in Austin, Texas, has joined the Shop Local software platform to grow its online business. Breed & Co. made the decision to switch from their previous registry provider and recreate their registry program using Shop Local. Since revamping their registry program 3 weeks ago, Breed & Co. has saved $37,435 and 53 weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform.
With five locations in total, Breed & Co. is part of the Ace Hardware family. While hardware is still a big part of their in-store experience, their collection of products also includes some of the finest tableware, kitchenware, garden, and seasonal décor you’ll find anywhere. From simple household repairs to the fine art of table setting, Breed & Co.’s promise is that helping you is the most important thing they have to do each day. This includes offering a full-service gift registry program at two of their stores.
By joining Shop Local, the store instantly receives great benefits:
- Customers and registrants can shop the expanded assortment online.
- The store’s Google ranking will be higher.
- The store saved months of web development time and thousands of dollars in labor.
For free, the store received:
- An online store.
- An online registry with up to 2 wedding registries and unlimited non-wedding registries at no charge.
- A suite of services to help customers online.
- Access to a time-saving Wholesale Ordering service.
- Complimentary coaching to help set up and maintain their Shop Local Store.
- Great tools to help manage and grow the business.
Through their Shop Local Store, Breed & Co. offers 37,435 products from 44 brands, including:
- Herend
- Juliska
- VIETRI
- Beatriz Ball
- Casafina
- Annieglass
- Mottahedeh
- Costa Nova
- Royal Crown Derby
- Anna Weatherly
Breed & Co. may expand their assortment by Syncing with even more Shop Local Syncing partners. Their customers will enjoy a greater assortment and ease of shopping with the online Store and Gift Registry programs.
About the Retailer:
Breed & Co. is a locally owned and operated hardware store that has been in business for over 50 years. They now have two locations owned by a family of retailers since 2015. This new family has a vision to expand the role of Ace Hardware from being the “behind the scenes” supplier of great hardware products to revitalizing the brand and growing the business throughout central Texas.
Since their return to Shop Local, Breed & Co. has added 44 brands with 37,435 products, saved $37,435 and 53 weeks in labor on website product maintenance, and added 20 Gift Registries to their account. They are well-positioned to continue to grow their business and support their local communities.
Visit Breed & Co.’s Shop Local Store:
https://breed.myshoplocal.com/
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