Press: Shop Local & Bridge in the News
Tableware Today April / May 2025 Issue: 'Build Your Robot 🦾' and January 2025 Leaderboard
February 2025
Tableware Today February/March 2025 Issue: Catch the Registry Wave Column 🏄♀️ and November Leaderboard Rankings
January 2025
Tableware Today December / January 2025: 'Saying I Do To The Registry' and September 2024 Leaderboard
November 2024
February 2025
January 2025
November 2024
63 Results:
December 3, 2024
December 3, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
🥉 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Jacksons Home and Garden in Dallas, TX / +437%
🥈 Table Matters in Birmingham, AL / +244%
🥉 Little Brown House in Amarillo, TX / +218%
By gift registry sales / % change in November 2024 online revenue vs. prev. ...
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November 17, 2024
November 17, 2024
I was happy to receive the new December/January 2025 issue of Tableware Today in the mail. In my Leaderboard column, I explain the importance of wedding registries to indie stores. I also share the top performing wedding registry retailers, brands, and products from September 2024.
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Saying I Do To Registries
Our e-commerce platform helps 1,500 indie stores sell $22 million a year. Perhaps surprising is that more than 90% of these orders are wedding registry gifts.
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November 1, 2024
November 1, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
🥉 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Fincher's in Greenwood, MS / +532%
🥈 Reed's in Tupelo, MS / +471%
🥉 Eleganz Plus in Brooklyn, NY / +349%
By gift registry sales / % change in October 2024 online revenue vs. prev. month
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October 18, 2024
October 18, 2024
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"Easiest way to purchase wedding gifts...EVER! Thank you for having such a wonderful website not to mention beautiful product! "
~ Myriam Robinson in FL
Shopped at Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
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October 11, 2024
October 11, 2024
Our e-commerce platform helps 1,500 indie stores sell $22 million a year. Perhaps surprising is that more than 90% of these orders are wedding registry gifts. Our stores offer tens of thousands of goods for sale online, with the lion’s share being wedding gifts. Why are wedding registry sales 90% of online sales while non-gift orders ...
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October 3, 2024
October 3, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
🥉 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 MAGPIE in Tulsa, OK / +1,063%
🥈 Little Brown House in Amarillo, TX / +798%
🥉 Black Tie Beach Luxury Decor and Gifts / +768%
By gift registry sales / % change in September 2024 online revenue vs. prev. month
Top-3 Gift ...
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September 3, 2024
September 3, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 Fragile in Atlanta, GA
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Herend
🥈 Juliska
🥉 Vietri
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 CARATS in McAllen, TX / +1,150%
🥈 Rosson Co. in Cleveland, MS / +676%
🥉 John Ward Interiors & Gifts in Alexandria,...
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August 29, 2024
August 29, 2024
Great news: Tableware Today, the bi-monthly print magazine dedicated to our industry, will be publishing our Leaderboard results on the last page of each coming issue.
This article below will appear in the October/November 2024 issue of Tableware Today and explains our inspiration for the Leaderboard.
You're invited to see the monthly Leaderboard results here: https://www.shoplocal.org/leaderboard
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TOP OF THE CHARTS
LET'S LEAD TOGETHER by JASON SOLAREK
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August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 Elizabeth Clair's in Tupelo, MS
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Juliska
🥈 Herend
🥉 Vietri
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Patrick's Fine Jewelry & Gifts in St. Francisville, LA / +1,040%
🥈 Adler's Jewelry in New Orleans, LA / +604%
🥉 Saint Street in Clarksville, ...
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July 3, 2024
July 3, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Juliska
🥈 Herend
🥉 Vietri
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Dalton Brody in Washington, DC / +902%
🥈 Barbara Stewart Interiors in Bowling Green, KY / +511%
🥉 The Kitchen Table in Hattiesburg, MS / +394%
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June 3, 2024
June 3, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 Friend and Company in New Orleans, LA
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Herend
🥈 Juliska
🥉 Vietri
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Eleanor Pitts in Pawleys Island, SC / +959%
🥈 Neysa's Fireside in Cleveland, MS / +646%
🥉 Walker's Market in Huntsville, AL / +448%
% change in ...
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May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Herend
🥈 Juliska
🥉 Vietri
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 The League Shop in Grosse Pointe, MI / +2,259%
🥈 Camargo in Cincinnati, OH / +2,066%+
🥉 The Kitchenary in Lafayette, LA / +1,007%
% change in...
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April 18, 2024
How Shop Local helps 4 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Tennessee
How Shop Local helps 4 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Tennessee
April 18, 2024
These Shop Local retailers located in Tennessee appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store:
- Glass Bazaar in Knoxville
- Babcock Gifts in Memphis
- Two Doors Down in Germantown
- Vineyard's Gifts in Jackson
How we conducted this study:
We...
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April 4, 2024
Gold medal winners: The Ivy House, Herend, Five Gold Monkeys, and SMEG
Gold medal winners: The Ivy House, Herend, Five Gold Monkeys, and SMEG
April 4, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Herend
🥈 Juliska
🥉 Vietri
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Five Gold Monkeys in Mobile, AL / +960%
🥈 Inside Irwin's in Spartanburg, SC / +630%
🥉 Alioto's in Oak Park, IL / +623%
% change in March 2024 ...
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March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
🥉 Friend & Company in New Orleans, LA
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Herend
🥈 Juliska
🥉 Vietri
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 The Avenue in Athens, GA / +10,000%
🥈 Southern Home & Kitchen in Winston-Salem, NC / +1,734%
🥉 Southern Traditions in Cleveland, TN / +1,098%
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February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024
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"Love your website. Made shopping a breeze and was easy to navigate from start to finish..."
~ Anne Ragsdale in VA
Ms. Ragsdale made a purchase at Schiffman's, an indie retailer in North Carolina that has used our e-commerce software since 2011.
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January 2, 2024
January 2, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 Ivy Cottage in Mobile, AL
🥉 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
Top-3 Gift Registry Brands
🥇 Herend
🥈 Vietri
🥉 Juliska
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Saint & Scott! in Columbus, MS / +2,368%
🥈 Port O'Call - San Marino in San Marino, CA / +952%
🥉 Alioto's in Oak Park, IL / +808%
% change in December ...
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November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023
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"I wanted to take care of this online and the website was easy to navigate…always a plus!"
~ Jerri Ann Fitts in TX
Ms. Fitts made a purchase at The Ivy House, an indie retailer in Texas that has used our e-commerce software since 2015.
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October 3, 2023
October 3, 2023
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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.
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September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023
I was pleased to see her tout the store’s Bridge software. Babcock Gifts, which has been a client for 10 years, uses Bridge’s Shop Local gift registry service and Brand Syncing service. Using our service, they showcase 400+ couples’ gift registries online ...
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Press: Shop Local & Bridge in the News
Tableware Today April / May 2025 Issue: 'Build Your Robot 🦾' and January 2025 Leaderboard
February 2025
Tableware Today February/March 2025 Issue: Catch the Registry Wave Column 🏄♀️ and November Leaderboard Rankings
January 2025
Tableware Today December / January 2025: 'Saying I Do To The Registry' and September 2024 Leaderboard
November 2024
February 2025
January 2025
November 2024
