We fix computers that are Acer, Asus, Dell, Alienware, HP, Lenovo, Thinkpad, Sony, Toshiba and many more types. Computers that are PC desktops or laptops. Wires Computing Electronics Repair has worked on every type of PC brand to date.
We also service Apple iPhones, Samsung Galaxy Cell Phones, Google Pixel Repairs, and so many more cell phones.
Find us for the best computer repair VT can offer you. Within burlington, computer repairs are done on-site within our office, or at your home / ...
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How an invitation from Syncing brand Mackenzie-Childs helped this retailer set up an online store in only one day
April 8, 2024
We are pleased to announce that FairyTales in Lombard, Illinois, has joined Shop Local to grow their online business. FairyTales is a family-owned store that offers home décor, unique gifts, collectibles, apparel, and more.
FairyTales saved $2,740 and 4 weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform. They have chosen Shop Local to expand their online store assortment and offer a gift registry program.
FairyTales, Inc. is celebrating 30 years of ...
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Spring is in the air and are serving up desserts in our favorite spring inspired pieces; dessert trays, dessert bowls and footed cake plates shown in apple green lace, pink lace, cobalt blue lace, Tobacco leaf, and Blue Canton.
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What is a Teacup Tuesday without a side? A beautiful apple strudel is served on a Tobacco Leaf dessert tray. We love this shape for baked goods but it can be used for so much more; sandwiches, appetizers, chocolate covered pretzel logs, asparagus, a jam and jelly tray or even in the bath to hold your secret serums!
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The Atlantic shares how Chinese factories have found a new way around U.S. retailers and into our homes: Chinese apps. SHEIN and other Chinese apps are bypassing Amazon to be a new leader in Chinese goods. In addition to Amazon, Target, Walmart, and indie shops now have a new group of digital competitors embedded in customers’ pockets.
Except from The Atlantic article:
MATERIAL WORLD
IS THIS HOW AMAZON ENDS?
An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped ...
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Got Thanksgiving dessert perfected, not too sweet, not too heavy; individual apple cranberry gazettes. Now we just have to figure out which china pattern to use; Chelsea Bird, Sacred Bird & Butterfly, or Duke of Gloucester?
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Great for any pie, use this Anchor Hocking pie dish for baking anything dressed with our elegantly woven basket from your classic apple or cherry pies to your seasonal pumpkin pies or savory quiches. With its simple design, this durable basket withstands heat and a perfect accessory when serving dishes from oven to table. It is easy to clean and a long-lasting alternative for your kitchen. To maintain the vines looking their best, use a light brush, a gentle dish soap, and water to remove grease...
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We are excited to present the newest addition to the Nativity Scene which is a donkey. His gray fishnet coast has spots of brown which create a sun-dappled appearance while 24K gold highlights add to his appeal. While we don't want to skip over the autumnal season, we wanted to alert you early since 2023 quantities will be limited.
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How restaurants, hotels, and tableware brands are using loyalty programs--and what indie stores can learn from this.
October 11, 2023
Perk-y
I recently read about a new loyalty program and wondered what we could learn from it. The founder of Eater and Resy, Ben Leventhal, has started Blackbird, a loyalty program service designed for indie restaurants, reports The New York Times (Read the article). Using the Blackbird app, a diner receives a perk for eating at a restaurant. The retailer sets tiers for which the user qualifies for the perk. For example, a restaurant, Nat’s on Bank in New York City, gives tier 1 customers ...
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Amazon and third-party delivery services have setup a “warehouse” outside the Astor Place USPS office. This is not a truck parking for five minutes. This a day-long, everyday occurrence. I’ve seen this same scene on a daily basis all around the city for the last three years.
This hurts local retailers. While the local businesses pay extra taxes to operate a store in southern Manhattan, it costs Amazon much less to park a delivery truck (permanently?), put ...
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How online calendars can help retailers manage and save time.
October 4, 2023
One of the main problems that businesses have is efficient use of time. A retailer (or brand or sales rep) seeks on a daily basis to manage their time and optimize results. (I was reminded of this while reading a The Wall St. Journal article about time management for the family.) Businesses use a variety of tools to manage and save time, including email, texting, and Zoom.
Shop Local helps businesses in their quest to save time. We offer businesses a variety of services to help ...
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What universal standards can teach us about simplicity regarding e-commerce platforms.
September 25, 2023
When Apple launched its new iPhones this month, one of its most noteworthy updates was replacing its Lightning charging cable with a USB-C. This was not a voluntary move or extension of Steve Jobs’s love of simplicity. Apple changed it because the European Union required them to, according to Ben Cohen in The Wall St. Journal. Now, just about every mobile phone in the world (forget just little ol’ Europe) will have one charging solution (USB-C).
What the retail industry can learn from Google and Amazon teaming up on technology standards.
September 19, 2023
Google, Amazon, and an array of home appliance companies are teaming up to make it easier for you to dim your home’s lights and lock your front doors. They are adopting a standard called Matter that allows devices to communicate and work together, shares The Wall St. Journal. This allows a giant like Amazon, creator of Alexa devices and Ring doorbells, and Tuo, a small home device tech creator, to use the same platform yet keep their internal, proprietary code base. This standard is like a...
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Take your cakes to the next level with our footed cake stands, available in 2 sizes 5 colors; cobalt blue (shown) cornflower blue, green, pink, and apple green.
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I was inspired to read that what we do today as a software company can be traced back 42,000 years to a bone in a South African cave. I realized this after reading The Wall St. Journal’s review of ‘Empire of the Sum,’ a book about pocket calculators.
Here’s the lineage: We’re in the software business, which is a relative of the computer business, which is a relative of the pocket calculator business (just ask Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, who ...
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You know what they say - "When life hands you lemons, use them to add a pop of color to your table!" Our Terra Medium Mixing Bowl is the perfect size for a fruit-filled centerpiece. Lemons, limes, oranges, or apples are perfect for summer!
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Many of our graphics start as sketches. In this example, I drew a sketch of what we need to show brands and sales reps. We need to communicate visually that their showroom products need to be displayed on their retailer’s website.
I started with a sketch on a Times newspaper page, and then reproduced that in Apple’s Pages program. Pages is a bare-bones program that can help one make visual diagrams. (Photoshop is my preferred program for visual projects.)
What Threads can teach us about leveraging our existing network when launching a new service.
July 22, 2023
Threads, a new Twitter-like service from Meta, the owner of Instagram, launched this month and almost immediately attracted 40m active daily users. The service’s growth has since stalled and now has just over 10m daily users, but that is still commendable. The Wall Street Journal shared that this impressive launch was largely possible because Meta used its built-in network of one billion Instagram users. This user base helped it overcome the “cold start” problem of acquiring ...
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Everything tastes better on Porcelain. Here we are enjoying avocado on our classic lace pattern in Apple green, Also available in Cobalt Blue, Cornflower Blue, Green and Pink
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