I chuckled when I was asked to author this column, as I have been known to have the last word from time to time. As I prepare to leave the industry that has given me so much (I eagerly accepted the opportunity to work in the gift and home area in 1986), I can vividly recall the excitement I felt when I first entered the creative space that we get to live and work in every day. I have been exposed to scores of creative people; I met and worked with artists and buyers who were inspired and ...
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We follow the gift registry industry and Buybuy Baby has been a formidable player in this space. The WSJ reports that Buybuy Baby is being sold for $15m and the stores closed.
Bed Bath & Beyond was recently sold to Overstock.com for $21m.
The New York Times shares a salacious story about Sherry-Lehman, a world-famous wine shop. The story recounts how the retailer was hit by tariffs, online competitors, and COVID shutdowns. It had borrowed excessively, which many retailers do. At first, it reads like a Bed Bath & Beyond obituary. But then the owners veered into the criminal realm. They sold rare wine to new customers that belonged to existing customers, in other cases didn’t deliver what was sold, and ...
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It’s a formidable task, overseeing product development for all of Lenox’s flatware brands, which includes Lenox, Kate Spade, Oneida, Cambridge, Hampton Forge, Reed & Barton, and Gorham. Your tenures at Oneida and Bed Bath & Beyond, as the tabletop buyer, provide a solid foundation for this position.
Prior to Oneida, where I was senior product marketing manager when Lenox acquired us, I was at Bed Bath & Beyond for 12 years, most recently as the tabletop buyer. My whole ...
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NEW YORK, NY, Oct. 24, 2022 – Bridge, an e-commerce community, reported that it's helping indie stores rank on page one of Google in 76% of states for wedding gift purchases. The findings are based on a recent study that Bridge conducted regarding wedding registry purchasing.
Study Findings:
For 38 state searches, Bridge Stores appeared on page one of Google. This represents 76% of all states. When just calculating the states in which Bridge has clients (48),
In 35 states, Bridge Stores appeared on page one of Google when doing a wedding registry related search. In many states, Bridge Stores dominated the results. For example, for Georgia and South Carolina searches Bridge Stores claimed six spots on Google's first page.
Study Details:
We Googled "gift registry" and the state’s name.
We researched results for 48 states. (Bridge has clients in 48 states; the only states that don
This weekend’s WSJ shares how Bed Bath & Beyond customers preferred Mikasa over BBB’s private label brands. When BBB couldn’t give customers what they wanted, sales tanked—and the CEO, Mark Tritton, was shown the door.
BBB is not the only major retailer questioning the recent mania to offer private labels. Amazon is walking back its private label brands, but is doing to for another reason: the Department of Justice may be investigating it for anti-competitive...
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Today’s Times shares that Amazon Prime members often spend twice as much compared to those that aren’t members. This led to me ponder: What if a first step to reducing Amazon’s monopolies is just canceling a $119/year ‘membership’? Prime may be Amazon’s strength—as well as its achilles. If we can find a way to undermine it, I believe one can save money and our communities.
Bridge is helping indie stores compete against the big-box stores and big-money players.
Bridge will help more than 700 indie stores service 7,000 registries this year. Collectively, we’re moving millions of dollars in sales from big players to small stores and their communities.
Proof of this is when we see a bride registered at five stores and 40% of them are Bridge Store clients. The bride lists these registry choices:
When reading about Bed Bath & Beyond's 20% off coupon, I learned that BBB was started in New Jersey, right around the corner, in 1971. The coupon, which first appeared for a 4th of July promotion in that late '90s, was an easy way to cut out other expensive advertising avenues.
Over the last decade, being a cheapskate when it comes to tech spending was just a dire decision. Bed Bath & Beyond, which didnβt even spend money on Post-It Notes, underfunded its website and tech departments. And now itβs way behind competitors and spending heavily to stay alive.
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May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
According to Google, Bridge is helping indie stores beat big box stores in the gift registry SEO race. In a study of searches by state, Bridge ranked above Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Dillards in Google's results.
Bridge conducted this study by using Google 'Incognito Mode' to search for: South Carolina Gift Registry Alabama Gift Registry Georgia Gift Registry
In the attached Google results screenshot, Iβve highlighted Bridge's stores in green, Target in orange, Dillard's in purple, and Bed ...
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February 16, 2018
February 16, 2018
Your 5-step registry incentive is now: $40.
Bridge has updated the default incentive for brides that complete the 5 steps from $30 to $40.
If you have changed this amount to an amount other than the default $30, this will not affect your account.
Bridge updated the incentive amount to $40 in order to get more brides to promote your business. We are at war with Amazon, Zola, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Target. We have to give brides all the motivation we can to promote your store.
Who is opening more stores? Bed Bath & Beyond. The article makes a neat insight by comparing what items can be found in its website and amazons, and then comparing the prices on each site. BBB is reported as having prices that are 13% more.
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June 24, 2016
June 24, 2016
I snapped this pic while on the plane home from Dallas so the lighting isn't that great but the read is worth it. The article says that BBB is struggling to complete online which explains why it bought One Kings Lane this month. Read this article to: A. Know that you're not alone and B. Confirm that Bridge is taking you down the right path.
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