Jim Shreve made Baccarat hip. Now, he and his longtime partner, Mark Brashear, along with Sally Burnside, the former Baccarat sales V.P., intend to do the same for DeVine Corp., the 32-year-old distributor of elite European brands. You're invited to the opening!
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Congrats to you all. This is very exciting. Tim, we’ve known each other since before you started DeVine Corp., 32 years ago. You’ve been looking for the right opportunity to retire. TIM ...
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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
The Atlantic shares how Chinese factories have found a new way around U.S. retailers and into our homes: Chinese apps. SHEIN and other Chinese apps are bypassing Amazon to be a new leader in Chinese goods. In addition to Amazon, Target, Walmart, and indie shops now have a new group of digital competitors embedded in customers’ pockets.
Except from The Atlantic article:
MATERIAL WORLD
IS THIS HOW AMAZON ENDS?
An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped ...
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How restaurants, hotels, and tableware brands are using loyalty programs--and what indie stores can learn from this.
October 11, 2023
Perk-y
I recently read about a new loyalty program and wondered what we could learn from it. The founder of Eater and Resy, Ben Leventhal, has started Blackbird, a loyalty program service designed for indie restaurants, reports The New York Times (Read the article). Using the Blackbird app, a diner receives a perk for eating at a restaurant. The retailer sets tiers for which the user qualifies for the perk. For example, a restaurant, Nat’s on Bank in New York City, gives tier 1 customers ...
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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
What Crocs can teach us about gaining new customers and keeping them happy.
May 15, 2023
About 15 years ago, I bought a pair of Crocs sandals in Myrtle Beach, SC. Not only were they hot pink, but the insole was traffic cone orange. My buddies hated them, but oddly others loved them. The sandals were affordable (maybe $20), comfortable, and a conversation starter.
According to last week’s The New York Times' profile on Crocs, I’m one of tens of millions of happy Crocs owners. This happiness is profitable:
Beatriz Ball's VIDA Round Woven Placemats will give any table a mini makeover with its pleasing blend of tones, pattern, and texture. Sold in sets of four, this versatile design has the look of a hand loomed piece, but with the durability and carefree quality you'll love. Generously sized for a handsome look on your table--indoors or out.
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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
Beatriz Ball's VIDA Round Woven Placemats will give any table a mini makeover with its pleasing blend of tones, pattern, and texture. Sold in sets of four, this versatile design has the look of a hand loomed piece, but with the durability and carefree quality you'll love. Generously sized for a handsome look on your table--indoors or out.
Available in six colors!
Green
Navy
Grey
Natural
Rattan
Charcoal
Easy care, wash with soap and water. Made of eco-friendly, ...
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This past weekend on the way to Florida to visit my brothers, I read about Squarespace’s advertising history. (Read the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/business/how-did-squarespace-know-podcasts-would-get-this-big.html). In 2009, Anthony Casalena, the founder of Squarespace, paid $20,000 to advertise on a tech podcast. While that was a lot for a small, young company (Casalena had started his business just six years earlier in a dorm room in 2003), Casalena said the ...
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Beatriz Ball introduces its first festive season collection, “Happy Christmas,” a collaboration with noted American illustrator, August Wren. The artist contributed bright and happy watercolor depictions of wintery greens, birds and other animals reproduced on cork-backed coasters. Sold in sets of four, the packaging includes festive and colorful ribbons and “to/from” tags all designed by August Wren.
The four round discs contained in Beatriz Ball's VIDA Happy ...
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Historically, a young tech company like ours would go out and get a seed investor, then build up to venture capital (VC) money, do a few rounds of that, and then go public—and then down the road, take some private equity money. In sum, at various points, we’d need to fill our tank with funds from different sources.
That’s changing. In today’s market, everyone wants to invest and be a part of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) revolution (our space!). Private ...
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Beatriz Ball's VIDA Round Woven Placemats in green will give any table an instant makeover with a pop of color, pattern, and texture. Sold in sets of four, this dynamic design in a springtime green has the look of a handloomed piece, but with the durability and carefree quality you'll love.
Generously sized for a handsome look on your table--indoors or out, and available in other colors.
Easy care, wash with soap and water. Made of eco-friendly, high quality, environmentally safe PVC. ...
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Beatriz Ball's VIDA Rectangular Woven Navy Placemat will give any table a mini makeover with its pleasing blend of blue tones, pattern, and texture. Sold in sets of four, this versatile design in a navy tone has the look of a hand loomed piece, but with the durability and carefree quality you'll love. Generously sized for a handsome look on your table--indoors or out.
Available in six colors!
Green
Navy
Grey
Natural
Rattan
Charcoal
Easy care, wash with soap and water. ...
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I spotted this board game 'Anti-Monopoly' at a garage sale. The character on the front has an uncanny resemblance to Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon which many people consider to be a monopoly in a few sectors from online shopping to cloud-based computing.