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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Noma, the world-famous Copenhagen restaurant, is closing to concentrate on e-commerce. Excerpt from the Times:
“Noma will become a full-time food laboratory, developing new dishes and products for its e-commerce operation, Noma Projects, and the dining rooms will be open only for periodic pop-ups.”
This change supports the breath and power of e-commerce, and portends coming changes for our retail industry. It’s not that one can’t eke out a ...
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When a customer visits a bride's gift registry on theknot.com, the customer can buy from four big-box stores--or one indie store. The indie store's website and gift registry are powered by: Bridge.
We're proud to help the indie store be displayed alongside these retail giants. The Regency Collection, owned by Linda Geffen and based in Boca Raton, Florida, appears alongside Bed, Bath & Beyond, Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma,...
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Amazon may be misleading shoppers about who is selling item on Amazon, shares RetailDive. RetailDive covers a lawsuit settlement between Williams-Sonoma and Amazon. In the lawsuit, it appears that Amazon was suggesting that Williams-Sonoma was selling on Amazon when it's wasn't.. Excerpt:
"In its complaint, Williams-Sonoma said that "at the top of product pages for purported Williams-Sonoma products for sale on the platform and 'Fulfilled by Amazon,' the phrase 'by Williams-...
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January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019
Christofle's Mood Nomade Dinner Plate and Dessert Plate
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April 25, 2018
April 25, 2018
Bernardaud, the historical choice of fine dining restaurants, gets a mention in today’s Times. The new Noma is (like many other restaurants such as Eleven Madison) are moving towards humble tableware like pottery.
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February 10, 2018
February 10, 2018
Retailers are investing in tech companies to ‘future proof’ themselves and avoid obsolescence, shares Maureen Azzato.
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Your Bridge has a new feature to help you compete. Your Bridge site now offers a $10 in-store gift card for registering at your store. Why are we offering this? Zola is offering brides up to $50 to start a registry. Williams-Sonoma and Crate & Barrel are offering 10% off everything for 6 months. In order to help you stay competitive, we're offering a sign up bonus, too.
Program details:
1. On your gift registry home page and start a new registry page, there is a now a banner appearing ...
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July 11, 2017
July 11, 2017
Amazon Prime Day has become a national holiday for the entire retail industry.
Here are the Prime Day deals Amazon didn't want you to see.
Here are the Prime Day deals Amazon didn't want you to see
Amazon Prime Day has become a national holiday for the entire retail industry. Kicking off its third annual Prime Day on Monday night, Amazon (AMZN) is offering new deals as ...
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April 10, 2017
April 10, 2017
How much effort are you putting into ecommerce? Cristina Fernandez notes that BBB is just ramping up while Williams-Sonoma is well under way to the ecommece future.
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016
You work hard to get a bride to register at your store. But then the wedding date approaches and nothing has been sold. Why is this? The single biggest reason is that the bride has not linked her wedding website (e.g. theknot.com) to her registry on your website. If the bride doesn't link the two, you'll sell very little. Your mission: link the two. You can read how to do it by clicking the link below or I can call you and walk you through it. My email is: [email protected]
Ever received a catalog in the mail? A leader in direct mail marketing has left us. We'll miss you, Lillian Vernon. Ps - trivia: Lillian used her town's last name In her business' name. Notably, Chuck Williams - Williams Sonoma founder - did the something simpler: he used his region's name.
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December 6, 2015
December 6, 2015
We all owe Chuck Williams a thank you. He popularized cooking and home goods as we know it. Thank you Chuck for bringing Paris and the world into our homes.
Today's WSJ shares that print catalogs are alive and well: as bait to draw shoppers online
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May 3, 2012
May 3, 2012
Thomas Keller, of the French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., is among the chefs opposed to the state's coming ban on foie gras.
By JESSE McKINLEY
Published: April 30, 2012
NEW YORK TIMES
A collection of some of California's best-known chefs, including four-star celebrities like Thomas Keller, began a full-course press on the state's legislators on Monday, hoping to prevent a long-simmering ban on foie gras from taking effect on July 1.
The group, which calls itself the Coalition for ...
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May 1, 2012
May 1, 2012
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Danish restaurant Noma was crowned the world's best restaurant for the third year in a row in an annual list, beating out top eateries in Spain, Brazil, Italy, the United States and elsewhere.
The S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna World's 50 Best Restaurants, produced by Britain's Restaurant Magazine, were unveiled in London after voting by a panel of more than 800 chefs, restaurateurs, journalists and food experts who rated chef Rene Redzepi's Noma as the "standard-bearer for ...
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