While this may be the last issue of Tableware Today, it’s surely not the last of what the magazine has given us. What surrounds me and you has been touched and improved by Amy and Tableware Today in small and big ways. Over the last 19 years, thanks to Tableware Today, I’ve gained friends, grown my business, and enriched my life. In 2006, I was fresh into the tableware website scene and it was hot. I’m not talking limo rides, after-hours parties, and bottle service; I’m talking HTML, ColdFusion,

We're sad to share this is the last issue of Tableware Today. We will miss seeing our friends in the issues.

In the issue, Vista Alegre, Casa Alegre, Orrefors , and Kosta Boda promote the Shop Local platform.

• A brand displays our ShopLocal.org logo so that retailers reading the magazine know they can easily sell the products shown.
• When a brand offers our Syncing service, a retailer can instantly display the brand's entire product catalog online.
• The retailer's customers can buy the products

We're happy to see Casa Alegre, Orrefors , and Vista Alegre promote the Shop Local platform in Tableware Today's April/May 2025 issue.

• A brand displays our ShopLocal.org logo so that retailers reading the magazine know they can easily sell the products shown.
• When a brand offers our Syncing service, a retailer can instantly display the brand's entire product catalog online.
• The retailer's customers can buy the products and add them to gift registries.
• The retailer doesn't need to add the

Each month, our Leaderboard reports the best performers from among 1,500 indie stores, 3,000 brands, and 300,000 products with no man hours. Leaderboard results are automatically tallied and published on the first of each month; it’s as if I have an omnipotent robot that does this work for me. Automation like this is crucial to running a successful business. 

Amazon, Walmart, and other retail giants spend massively on automation because this will decide the winners. In 2025, retailers will

This article, which appears in the February/March 2025 issue of Tableware Today, reveals when registrants open wedding registries.

What are most brides-to-be doing in January on a Monday at 3 p.m.? If you answered, opening a wedding registry, you’re right. January is the most popular month to start a registry, Monday the most popular day, and most registries are opened between 3 and 4 p.m. (Side note: While most twenty somethings have internet access 24/7 on their mobile phones, it’s

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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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.

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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