Just in time for Easter entertaining, Glassworks just got a new shipment of Georg Jensen. Pictured: 1. Alfredo Vases featuring the large mirror polished stainless steel. 2. Koppel Pitchers, all 3 colors made of stainless steel in stock. 3. Bloom Botanica vases, all 3 sizes in stock. 4. Bernadotte Thermo Jug (black on the left) and the Bernadotte French Coffee Press (steel on the right). We also have new GJ flatware sets, kid's's banks & picture frames, and more.
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How Shop Local helps 5 retailers in the peach state dominate page 1 of Google.
March 6, 2024
Indie stores have the best chance of ranking highly in Google when they use Shop Local. Merchants know this because of their page 1 rankings and how they beat big-box stores in search tests.
Study:
We recently conducted a Google study for wedding registry searches in Georgia.
We Googled "wedding registry Georgia."
Study Results:
5 merchants using Shop Local registry software appeared on page 1 of Google. There are 10 "organic slots" on page 1--
NEW YORK, NY, Feb. 15, 2024 – Shop Local, an e-commerce platform, reported that it's helping indie stores rank on page one of Google in 60% of states for wedding gift purchases. The findings are based on a recent study that Shop Local conducted regarding wedding registry purchasing.
Study Findings:
For 30 state searches, Shop Local Stores appeared on page one of Google. This represents 63% of all states. When just calculating the states in which Shop Local has clients (48
We have created beautiful bundles for our customers to shop this season. Offering all price points to help meet budgets when having to shop for your groups.
Custom gift bags are available. We have a Georgia bag and Holiday treats bag ready to go.
Ask about our pet parent gift sets which include our very own brand; The Stinky Pet Co.
We are also partnering with Local Grounds Coffee pairing cookies with coffee. These are in stock and ready to go.
You can determine the quality of a shopping platform by looking at reviews from customers who have used it. Below are excerpts from three reviews from shoppers who bought a gift using our software:
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"Thanks for making shopping fast, simple and convenient!!! Your website is easy and very manageable!"
~ Sue Maners in MO
Ms. Maners made a purchase at Babcock Gifts, an indie retailer in Tennessee that has used our e-commerce software since 2016.
With a history that spans more than 100 years, the Georg Jensen brand represents quality craftsmanship and timeless aesthetic design. The philosophy of Georg Jensen himself was to create designs possessing both functionality and beauty. Glassworks just received stock of tabletop and barware items including the pictured Cobra pattern. Cobra’s sensuous and elegant shapes evoke an emotional and often lighthearted response from their audience. Stop in at the Shadyside store to see the ...
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NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 06, 2023 – Shop Local, an e-commerce platform, reported that it's helping indie stores rank on page one of Google in 64% of states for wedding gift purchases. The findings are based on a recent study that Shop Local conducted regarding wedding registry purchasing.
Study Findings:
For 32 state searches, Shop Local Stores appeared on page one of Google. This represents 64% of all states. When just calculating the states in which Shop Local has
We are enjoying these fresh picked off the tree In the Prosperity Bowl from the Mount Vernon collection. Mount Vernon, George and Martha Washington's family estate, licensed this lovely design. The Washington's had a deep affinity for stoneware and creamware and used it extensively. Salt -glazed fragments excavated from the grounds were replicated in great detail for this pattern. The most well known style of the period, English Staffordshire stoneware was popular by 1765. Our design is made of ...
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I was happy see that our friend Adam Sigel will be leading JK Adams. Please checkout the news below.
DORSET, Vt. —JK Adams has appointed Adam Sigel CEO.
Sigel, a seasoned sales executive and a consumer goods expert, succeeds Daniel Isaac, who has moved on to another role in Vermont, the company said.
Sigel most recently served as vice president of the Savannah Bee Company, a Georgia-based gourmet foods and gift company, and also served on the executive team at Mariposa, where he ...
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I was happy to learn that our friends at Savannah Bee and Ivystone have expanded their relationship. Savannah Bee, a partner in our Bridge Product Syncing service, has expanded its representation with Ivystone, also a Bridge partner, to cover more sales regions. Ivystone will now cover the honey brand across the country, supplementing the brand with 85 sales reps. (Previously, Ivystone only represented the brand in the Northeast.)
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
Kristin comes to Plum Southern with 25 years in the destination wedding world. She has her own wedding retail line that will now call Plum Southern home.
Watch for upcoming bridal events including retreats, subscription boxes and so much more!
Wyatt Waters will be at The Cupboard signing his newly released book, The Watercolor Road, Painting and Writing through the American South.
The Watercolor Road book showcases an impressive collection of 133 paintings, 21 essays, and an array of adages that depict both the South and Wyatt’s relentless trek to be a better painter as a mindset rather than a destination.“I have wanted to do this for as long as I can remember, to paint the South, the place we call home” ...
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I met Georgi, who runs this mobile sewing shop, while walking down the Bowery yesterday. I shared with her the story of Ronni Solbert, a neighbor who illustrated a childrens book about peddlers like her, and praised her for being an indie business—with a creative delivery approach. Georgi said her cart had previously been a coffee cart and was repurposed during the pandemic when people wanted to get their clothes hemmed in airy locals.
Read our post about pushcart peddlers ...
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George Lois, the adverting icon, wrote Damn Good Advice for those in the advertising field. In one section, he encourages us to highlight a truth. This may even include an assumption about a perceived weakness. Following George Lois' advice, I came up with these two pieces of ad copy for Bridge:
We’re smaller than Shopify. And that’s why you get more with us.
Shopify watches its stock price. We watch our customers' needs.
As our lives are more centered at home, we look to redecorate and add meaningful accents to our dwellings. Sierra Modern photo frames from the FRAME and GIFTABLES Collections feature modern and exciting proprietary metallic gold-tone finishes and interesting textures, ideal for any décor.Great gifts, too!
•Shown above, the FRAME Sierra Modern Georgina 5 x 7 Frame (Gold) features a shimmering gold-tone finish and a texture reminiscent of shagreen. Designed to display a 5 x 7 photo ...
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Jim Collins, in his book BE 2.0, explains how purpose and mission are important to companies. To help explain this, he uses the metaphor of crossing a mountain range and seeing a star on the horizon. Your purpose is to reach the spot on the horizon below the star. The current mission is climbing up the mountain you’re on. The next mission is climbing up the next mountain and so forth in order to get closer to the spot on the horizon. You will have many missions, and may never ...
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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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Last February e-commerce company Shopify Inc. replaced the “Ottawa, Canada” dateline that began its press releases and earnings reports with a strange new one: “Internet, Everywhere.” The geographical shift came at the insistence of Shopify’s founder and chief executive officer, Tobi Lütke, who tends to view such matters through the prism of cold, hard logic. In May 2020, only a few months into the pandemic, he’d made the early, seemingly rash decision to...
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