Happy to see my buddy, who just opened his first restaurant in Dallas. using a Messermeister backpack. Messermeister is a Product Syncing brand on Bridge. Messermeister uses the service to instantly share its product line online with its indie retailers.
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Bridge has teamed up with four brands to offer an exciting promotion. Stores can place an order at the Dallas or Atlanta shows and get $200 off their wholesale order. The store will receive a free Bridge account. The account will contain the products the store ordered. With this solution, a store can quickly promote and sell what it just bought at the show. The Bridge account will also contain other products that the brand offers. With this approach, the stores...
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When talking about memberships and subscriptions, these two business models are sometimes interchanged but actually are different. They often differ in their pricing, customers, and offerings. A subscription is often not a membership, but a membership often encompasses a subscription. A membership is often an elevated and more powerful subscription that collectivizes and leverages the subscribers.
What They Have In Common
With both models, you often pay a fee and receive a ...
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Some people like to sit on the sofa and eat Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. I roll my eyes at this because I’m very different: I like to read the Wall St. Journal’s Christopher Mims …while eating an entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s on the sofa. This past weekend, Mr. Mims suggested companies may be reassessing where they source products, some even considering more domestic production. The motivation for this started a few years ago with the U.S.-China trade war, ...
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We've added a new feature to your Bridge: customers and staff can now more quickly access your Bridge.
We've given you QR codes that point to your important pages.
Over the last two years, QR codes have grown in popularity. QR codes are a quick way to access websites--especially sub pages of a website.
Without QR codes, customers and staff have to Google your website. Then, once they find it, they have to navigate to the correct page, such as the registry home page or the reviews
An article in today’s Times cites the high cost of acquiring customers, which ranges from $100 to $800. Excerpt:
“Estimates of an often-cited retail metric known as customer acquisition costs range from $100 to more than $800 per customer, said Daniel McCarthy, a professor at Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business, who has done extensive research in the field.”
Physical retail is one of the most expensive ways to acquire customers. An online ...
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While I was down in Dallas evangelizing about Bridge, the Dallas Market Center’s software provider and sister company (called MarketTime) invited me to their offices for a meeting. The goal of the meeting was to explore teaming up to help brands and retailers speed products to market, as well as get a leg up on the competition.
The Dallas Mart consists of two primary buildings, each with atriums and many floors each. I like the Dallas show because of the abundance of ...
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Happy to visit the Dallas show and connect with industry friends. Thanks to Matt Hullfish (Casafina) and Kerry Smith (Keith Smith rep group) for helping make the show a success—and make the industry fun.
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Happy to see Ivystone present Beatriz Ball in a larger footprint this Dallas show. The display feels spacious and regal. Congrats our advertising partner Beatriz Ball :)
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See our beautiful new patterns at the January markets:
Dallas - Ryan Associates, Trade Mart #2630
Atlanta - Werner Frank, Bldg. 2 #1200
Las Vegas - Collective Home, C-507
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Congratulations to The Ivy House in Dallas! The store has reached 1,500 customer reviews.
This number of reviews, and the exceedingly positive comments, reflect what a lovely business it offers.
To Laura May, the owner, and her staff, we praise you.
How does Bridge's review software work?
Our review software is included by default with Bridge Store for free. (Other e-commerce software often makes a store pay to add this feature.) Our software emails customers and ...
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We'll be at the trade show. We're happy to meet with you to review your account, show you new features, and help you boost your online business.
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Thanks to all those industry professionals that helped make Dallas so welcoming including Sonny Melder, Diana Duffy, Rich Ryan, Kerry Smith, Laura May, Andy Bjork, and Matt Hullfish.
PS-This truck display is inspiring: imagine it with an iMac where those candles are and it painted Bridge green ;)
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Serving appetizers, entrees and more in this woven beauty accentuated with white oval platter by Corelle is the perfect art of serving. The dishware is light-weight and microwave safe. That`s Amore! Happy weekend everyone! Come visit us @DallasMarket Suite 2630 Ryan & Associates.
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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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