Bridge retailers and brands at the Rosse showroom in Atlanta. Jason Solarek, Bridge CEO and Founder, shown on far right.

In 2007, New York-based web designer Jason Solarek was thinking about his clients' businesses over a beer. He knew that Karen, who owned a retail shop in New York, was adding the same items to her website as John, who owned a store in Ohio. Upon further consideration, he realized that a handful of his clients were adding the same items to their websites, week after week, thereby duplicating each others' work. Sensing an opportunity to help his clients save time and money, Solarek asked the retailers to team up with a few popular vendors and share the data. Solarek asked the vendors to input and maintain the data in Bridge - saving the retailers the hassle. Using Solarek's platform, the data would then 'flow downstream' to the retailers' websites.

Today, Bridge helps 1,000's of businesses in the home goods industry share products, news, and market sensitive data. Retailers use Bridge's online platform to more easily sell 60,000 products from 110 home goods brands. In 2018, retailers will use Bridge's e-commerce platform to sell $20 million to their customers. With Bridge, retailers, brands, and sales reps streamline communication and speed product to market.