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May 9, 2023
You've heard of Salsa-fy? It’s national, was started in Dallas, is used by 60,000 employees, and is used at more than 1,600 corporate locations. Salsa-fy helps businesses steer clear of trouble, offer the best value, and ensures profitability. You may interrupt me here and ask, “Jason, don’t you mean the software company Salesify?” No, I’m talking about the restaurant chain Chili’s and its approach to managing salsa, french fries, and its business. ...
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You’ve likely had a vodka-Red Bull cocktail in your lifetime, which was followed by a hangover for you—but helped drink co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz amass a $20b fortune. Mateschitz, who passed away last week at the age of 78, discovered the drink in the 1980s in Thailand and built it into a global brand. He promoted Red Bull, whose name is a translation of the drink’s Thai name "Krating Daeng,” via a variety of clever marketing initiatives. In the early 2000s, I ...
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For the last 10 years, Bridge has been building software to support indie, brick-and-mortar stores. We watched in 2018 as 230 city leaders competed to give the world’s richest man money to bring his tech company to their city. After awarding an HQ to NYC, Amazon tried to bully NYC. When Amazon wouldn’t get its way, it broke off the deal. We see in today’s news more evidence of the same bullying behavior. We’re happy to see that the tide has turned and ...
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It’s that time of year when we gather for Fall Entertaining. We would love your Customers incredible photos and videos celebrating the season by showing off your friends and family getting together to share appetizers, gathering for drinks or a meal, or your own get-together idea—showing camaraderie, congeniality, and what a treat it is to be together, for a chance win! *Retailers & their families are not eligible.
$100 each will be donated to Feeding America on behalf of 6 ...
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Join us from 11 - 5 at our Squirrel Hill location, 5873 Forbes Avenue. The Joseph Ribkoff representative will have the latest in denim fashions, along with matching tops and jackets.
* For every style of jeans tried on during the event, JR will donate $1 to the charity Dress for Success: https://dressforsuccess.org/
* For every purchase that includes JR denim, customers will receive a gift: a beautiful denim cross body bag (while quantities last).
* All pictures taken during the event ...
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This week, Amazon launched its online pharmacy targeting the 3.8 billion prescriptions filled in the U.S. each year. Shares of major pharmacy chains dropped about 10% on the news. Amazon honed this weapon in its Seattle lab and is eagerly unleashing it on retail chains and mom-and-pop pharmacies.
Something struck me while reading this news: Does Amazon remind you of Covid-19? The similarities:
Amazons kills many businesses in industries it touches. Pharmacies are now worried
Busch beer is having a bit of fun with the havoc Covid is wrecking. Busch's contest:
Busch is picking 250 winners to share how they are dealing with their canceled weddings.
Affected couples need to post a photo of themselves to Instagram or Twitter with an explanation of how they plan to celebrate given the circumstances, and use the hashtags #BuschWeddingGift and #Sweepstakes.
Which company has the best management? Sadly, it’s the one that cares the least for communities. Amazon lead the Drucker Institute management contest but scored the worst of any business in the top 50 in terms of social responsibility.
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October 2, 2019
October 2, 2019
TOMORROW is the last day to vote for Barbara Stewart Interiors in the Best of Bowling Green contest. Make sure to CLICK HERE to vote! ?
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August 29, 2019
August 29, 2019
Amazon and Chinese companies have teamed up to bypass Main Street and ship goods directly to doorsteps. This is hurting American manufacturing as well as local city governments. To accomplish this, they're misleading Americans by putting out press releases that cherry-pick statistics.
Follow these 3 steps to see the issue at hand:
1. In an Amazon press release last week, Amazon claimed:
"Independent third-party sellers – primarily small and medium-sized businesses – ...
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May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019
We won! Thank you @ridgewoodchamber for this sweet surprise. You guys are awesome!! ❤️❤️❤️
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And the Winner is.....DOGS 35 to Cats 7 But we ❤️ all fur babies! Will draw the winner this afternoon. Our Fur Babies! JR and our Angel Daffodil! We miss her everyday ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018
Congrats to Kimberly Avant Foskey, winner of the $100 gift certificate in the SEC Championship score contest.
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December 10, 2018
December 10, 2018
Shopify, a fellow e-commerce platform, has a blog that shares business tips. Braveen Kumar recently shared some tips about getting traffic in the first 30 days of setting up a website, including:
1. Email your friends and family a discount/coupon. But note: don't spam people. Only send high-quality, unique content, and send it sparingly.
2. List your URL everywhere.
3. Join online communities/groups to share your business story.
~GIVEAWAY TIME~ Here's your chance to win THIS holiday gift basket (valued at $250) to host the perfect holiday party! All you have to do is comment below and tag three friends to be entered into the drawing. Only valid for the next 24 hours (closes on December 5 at 1 p.m.), and contestants can only be entered in the drawing once.
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Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 -
Saturday,
Dec. 1, 2018
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 - Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018
It'll always be a house divided with these two at Brown's Jewelry. Contest time!! We're giving away a $100 gift certificate to the person that predicts the exact or closest score of the SEC Championship. Comment your score & winner. Contest ends at 4pm Saturday. Good Luck!
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018
Today is the last day of our Thanksgiving/Fall centerpiece giveaway. Find, Share, and Like our page's post about the contest and enter to win a free 100$ centerpiece for Thanksgiving. Go ASAP because it ends today!
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November 15, 2018
November 15, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Like our page on facebook and Share this post to enter to win a 100$ Fall/Thanksgiving Centerpiece. We will deliver or you can come into our store to pick it up. The Contest ends November 21st, so Like and Share ASAP!
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