NEW YORK, NY — March 9, 2026 – Shop Local, the leading wedding registry platform for indie retailers, announced the 2026 Best Wedding Gifts award winners this week.  The honor is presented to the top 100 retailers and top 100 brands in America.  

The top 100 brand finalists included Juliska, Herend, VIETRI, and Costa Nova-Casafina.  The top 100 retail finalists were led by The Ivy House in Dallas, TX; Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN; P.S. the Letter in Fort Worth, TX; and Friend

Congratulations to the following Shop Local members for being selected by readers of Mississippi Magazine for the Best of Mississippi Weddings 2026:


Best Bridal Registry

• The Finery in Jackson - Overall Winner
• Elizabeth Clair's in Jackson, Madison, Tupelo, and Oxford - M List Winner
• The Everyday Gourmet in Ridgeland - M List Winner
• Tish Gammill Home in Hattieburg - M List Winner
• Whittington Gifts & Decor in Starkville - M List Winner

Best Bridesmaids'

NEW YORK, NY — April 27, 2025 – Shop Local, the leading wedding registry platform for indie retailers, will announce the 2025 Best Wedding Gifts award winners this week.  The honor is presented to the top 100 retailers and top 100 brands in America.  

The top 100 brand finalists included Herend, Juliska, VIETRI, and Beatriz Ball.  The top 100 retail finalists were led by The Ivy House in Dallas, TX; Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN; P.S. the Letter in Fort Worth, TX; and Friend &

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• Oxford Floral in Oxford - M List Winner

• Whittington Gifts & Decor in Starkville - Overall Winner 
• Elizabeth Clair's in Jackson, Tupelo, and Oxford - M List Winner
• Fincher's Inc. in Greenwood - M List Winner
• Sassafras in Vicksburg - M

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.

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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• Elizabeth Clair's in Jackson, Tupelo, and Oxford - M List Winner
• Whittington Gifts & Decor in Starkville - M List Winner

• Fincher's Inc. in Greenwood - Overall Winner
• Persnickety in Madison - M List Winner
• Reed's in Tupelo and Starkville - M List Winner
• Whittington Gifts &

1. Persnickety in Madison
2. Generations in Meridian
3. Elizabeth Clair's in Tupelo and Jackson
4. Oxford Floral in Oxford

1. Before May 31, 2023, send an email to your retailers inviting them to join you on Shop Local's e-commerce platform.   We’ve written for you a sample email template you can send to them. Please find that template below. You can copy this template and send it using your email program (Outlook, MailChimp, etc.). 
2. When you send your email, please BCC  coaches@bridge.org or forward it after you send it.

• I'm giving you a $200 finder's fee when you refer a store. 
• When you refer a store, the store will receive $268.  It will receive $100 towards a wholesale order with your brand and a $168 credit towards their registry service with us. (My company is paying the $100 wholesale order credit.)
• This offer is good through May 1, 2023.

• I'm giving you a $200 finder's fee when you refer a store. 
• When you refer a store, the store will receive $268.  It will receive $100 towards a wholesale order with your brand and a $168 credit towards their registry service with us. (My company is paying the $100 wholesale order credit.)