This is wedding season and Beatriz Ball has engagement, bridal shower and wedding gifts that are thoughtful, unique and will be enjoyed for years after saying "I do"
Beatriz Ball creates timeless pieces you can pull out for all your special gatherings. Our very popular Alegria Collection of luxury melamine has the look of fine ceramics. Edged with a border of rippling pearls, the generously proportioned ice bucket piece is designed to serve icy-cold bottles of champagne ...
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A McKinsey study found that the average life span of companies listed on the S&P 500 was 61 years in 1958; today, it’s less than 18 years. McKinsey believes that by 2027, 75% of S&P 500 companies will have disappeared. New businesses have an 81% chance of surviving their first year; in two years, a little less than 70% of businesses are still standing. Only 25% make it to 15 years or more. There’s a clear long-term trend of declining corporate longevity, with this figure ...
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Spring is here and so is gift season. Whatever the occasion, engagement gifts, bridal shower and wedding gifts, hostess, birthday, Easter... we want to be part of your story.
Beatriz Ball has your perfect"handmade, on-of-a-kind, artisan gift" for that special person or couple.
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As the new year is underway, there’s reason to be bullish (or, at least, not bearish) about what 2024 may have in store. Holiday retail sales increased 3.1% despite lingering inflation, thanks to robust job growth and strong wage gains, which came as a big relief for retailers. Price-conscious consumers are still spending, suggesting the economy is strong. “What we’re seeing this holiday season is very consistent with how we’re thinking about the economy, which is that it...
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🎉💍 Big congrats to Cameron and Jordan on their engagement! 💕 We're thrilled they found their perfect match in one of our stunning rings! Wishing them a lifetime of love and happiness together. 🥂
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Imagine gifting a stress-free wedding planning experience to your best friend, sister, daughter or daughter in law to be. This gift set was created by Master Wedding Planner Kristin Sullivan after 25 years in the industry. She curated these products intentionally for Brides to Be to actually enjoy the journey of their entire wedding planning process. Included in the beautifully boxed set: *A wedding journal & planning guide; a place to document the love story & planning details while ...
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Looking for bridal accessory inspiration? Look no further! Our store is stocked with a stunning collection of pearls that will perfectly complement your wedding day ensemble. 💍✨
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How we can acquire new prospects by leveraging our existing network of customers.
June 2, 2023
In Andrew Chen’s book The Cold Start Problem, he breaks the network effect into three parts: engagement, acquisition, and economize. At Shop Local, we rely on the network effect and its three parts. I feel that we’re succeeding in terms of engagement but need improvement in acquisition.
Engagement
We use the 64,000 products in our Syncing service to engage 1,200 our retail clients. We email them new intros, price updates, archived items for these synced products. Once they ...
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New for Spring, our Daisy Chain Collection is here. The 2023 Collectible heart is perfect as an Engagement gift, Birthday gift, and Mother's Day gift! 😍
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In the book The Cold Start Problem, Andrew Chen says that the 'network effect’ is really three effects:
The acquisition effect
The engagement effect
The monetization effect
In the beginning, a business seeking to build a network has to concentrate on acquiring users, even if they are non-paying. Companies often give away the service, especially software companies, and we can see that with Facebook, Slack, TikTok, and many others. Bridge didn’t do ...
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Want to give a wedding gift that will be cherished forever? Choose from our elegant statement and white leather frames. These make the perfect gift for an engagement, bridal shower, or wedding.
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My friend works at the Swiss running shoemaker ON. She recently texted me and suggested I try their running shoes. Three weeks later, I was handling two boxes of their Swiss engineered shoes. On one ON shoe, there is a little Swiss flag and the words “Swiss Engineering” printed. When I get a pair of Nike’s, they don’t say "Beaverton-engineering" or "US-engineering." Nor do Adidas shoes proclaim “German engineering.” ...
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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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Do you receive wonderful reviews? If so, you likely wish to reply to the customer and let them know that you saw their review and appreciate it. Now you can: your Bridge software lets you reply to reviews.
As a general rule of thumb, you should reply to all reviews. Replying shows you're attentive and it increases engagement.
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Enjoyed visiting Laura May at her lovely boutique The Ivy House in Dallas. She is a spitfire filled with inspiration and enthusiasm.
She offers a shop chockablock with luxury goods from Ginori, Juliksa, Deshoulieres, Saint Louis Crystal, and hundred of other premium brands.
It’s so pretty in the shop that I suggested she could rent it out in the evenings for wedding engagements, cocktail parties, etc.
Thank you, Laura, for encouraging me and the Bridge team! 😀
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February 7, 2020
February 7, 2020
Who doesn't love a bridal shower?✨ Find all the gifts your bride will swoon over on our gift guide!
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February 6, 2020
February 6, 2020
Join us on Saturday, March 7 for our Bridal Brunch! We are celebrating bridal registries past, present, and future with specials from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
Discounts will be offered on wedding registries and registry completion. Enjoy brunch and champagne while you shop.
Know anyone recently engaged? We would love to meet them. All are welcome!
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September 29, 2019
September 29, 2019
You can now get married at the jewelry store, shares today’s Times.
If you’re a long-time merchant, you probably never considered that you’d have to become a content creator. Here are several tools that make creating content easier than ever; not only do they help produce posts, in many cases they even supply the creative ideas.
Of all the available tools, Canva is the beast of content creation. I wrote about it in this column several years ago and still use it to create awesome social media posts for Facebook, Twitter, ...
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