Celebrating Our 275th Anniversary with Isabelle von Boch
For over 275 years Villeroy & Boch has been synonymous with exquisite design, unparallel craftsmanship, and timeless elegance. From our humble beginnings as a small pottery shop in the heart of Europe, we have grown into a global brand that is loved and celebrated by discerning consumers around the world. Today, we continue to expend the boundaries of innovation and creativity, while staying true to our heritage of ...
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Founded in 1969, Graphic Image's core principles are: great value, great leather, great price. With leather sourced from the world’s finest tanneries (primarily in France and Italy), Graphic Image products are hand-made with full-grain leathers.
For classic books that touch the soul, a leather bound edition will be a keepsake for life, never to be put away and always out for friends to see. The children's books cover some of the most popular books of a generation and are instant ...
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With an eye for eco-green, this delightful set of 4 woven charger plates and napkin rings adds complementary color combinations and boundless options to your table.
George Lois, the famous advertising maven, writes in Damn Good Advice that he doesn’t create an advertising campaign as much as he discovers one. He pulls it out of the air and captures it. He shares that Michelangelo said that a sculpture is imprisoned in a block of marble, and only a great sculpture can free it.
I view Bridge in a similar way. We’re not creating the software—we’re discovering it. Our methods for operating an online store were bound to...
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Crocheted by hand by craftswomen in a Malagasy women’s cooperative in Madagascar, this Baobob collection will enchant your interiors with an air of vacation. Natural leaf motifs are embroidered with colored raffia threads, derived from the native Raffia tree. This 6th edition marks a creative turning point with a new technique using a figurative drawing embroidered on raffia. Ravinstara, introduced in Madagascar in the ...
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With an eye into eco-green, these delightful set of 4 woven charger plates and napkin rings adds complementary color combinations and boundless options to your table.
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Natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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Marchesa for Lenox gets a shout-out in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal. The article shares show homebound people are treating themselves by using fine china more frequently.
Lenox will soon join the Smart Brand program.
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Zola's slowdown is good news for indie stores--but Zola will likely be back. While it is over-leveraged with venture capital and over-valued, the wedding registry business will rebound next year.
Indie stores are not the only ones to get a reprieve: market buildings were playing defense against Faire, the wholesale ...
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Are websites a waste? I'll thank they are and I'll explain. But first, it's important to note that websites are different from platforms. A website is something for which your business is solely responsible. A platform is a digital service to which you subscribe that you are not solely responsible. You may add content and pictures, etc. but you do not manage the technical aspects. You likely use platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, and Airbnb.
Sieglinde D’Elia was born in Landshut, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in the 50s. Here, she met her husband François, a Frenchman of Italian family, at an English evening class. She moved to Italy in the 70s and lived there for 17 years, and eventually moved back to the U.S. in the late 80s. Her cuisine is versatile and completely intuitive, and abounds in Italian recipes for her savory dishes, and German ones for her desserts. She has a home-based baking business, and her...
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December 16, 2018
December 16, 2018
The last of our Holiday Staff Picks, Designer Tim Minor has a keen eye for top-notch men's gifts, including the Welsey Hall designer lounger chair. Here are Tim's top four picks this holiday season: 1. Wesley Hall Leather Lounger Chair 2. Mini Leather Bound Padfolio 3. Orbit Key and Phone Finder 4. Copper Corkscrew Flask
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February 19, 2018
February 19, 2018
Are you a local shop? Then these stats here from Carol Schroeder show why you’re important to your community.
$48 of every $100 stays in the community when you shop at an indie store. $14 of every $100 stays in the community when you shop at a chain store. Indie stores contribute: 3X MORE :)
For every $10 million in sales at a brick and mortar store, they employ 47 people. For every $10 million in sales at Amazon, it employs 19 people. Indie stores contribute: 2X MORE to local employment :)
One of my favorite quotes from a retailer about the last edition of Specialty Shop Retailing is this one: “I have read, highlighted, marked up and re-read this book so many times it groans when I pick it up!” It’s been so much fun for me to hear from shopkeepers around the world about how helpful they have found the first three editions of my book, which sold over 40,000 copies and were translated into Russian. I am very happy to announce that the fourth edition has just been published as a ...
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January 29, 2018
January 29, 2018
What should your business do in 2018? The first step: get this new book from indie store owner and author Carol Schroeder. In this 4th edition of this famous series, Carol tackles the Amazon topic, new ways to succeed in this era, and even offers downloadable forms.