News from Bridge
Bridge in the News
December 2019
Tableware Today: Last Word Column
Jason Solarek Shares How 'Big Tech' Is Changing the Trade Show and Wholesale Industries
December 2016
HFN Magazine: $2 Million Milestone
HFN shares that Bridge has doubled year-over-year sales processed for clients.
November 2015
HFN Magazine: $1 Million Milestone
HFN highlights Bridge's handling of $1 million in online gift registry sales in 2015.
May 2015
HFN Magazine: E-commerce Update
Allison Zisko interviews Jason Solarek about Bridge's new services.
Tableware Today: Last Word Column
Jason Solarek Shares How 'Big Tech' Is Changing the Trade Show and Wholesale Industries
December 2016
HFN Magazine: $2 Million Milestone
HFN shares that Bridge has doubled year-over-year sales processed for clients.
November 2015
HFN Magazine: $1 Million Milestone
HFN highlights Bridge's handling of $1 million in online gift registry sales in 2015.
May 2015
HFN Magazine: E-commerce Update
Allison Zisko interviews Jason Solarek about Bridge's new services.
Featured News
Featured News
AmericasMart / Atlanta
You're invited:
Vietri Bridge Seminar
Saturday, January 18th at 5 - 6 pm EST
Location: Vietri showroom (Building 2, Suite 909)
Why attend?
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AmericasMart / Atlanta
You're invited:
Vietri Bridge Seminar
Saturday, January 18th at 5 - 6 pm EST
Location: Vietri showroom (Building 2, Suite 909)
Why attend?
- Over 2.5 million weddings will occur in the U.S. this year.
- Each wedding registry can produce $1,000 in orders for a store.
- We'll show you how to get brides to register at your store, fill their registry with Vietri, and promote it to their friends and family.
- By the end of the seminar, you can have a powerful gift registry
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Featured News
AmericasMart / Atlanta
You're invited:
Casafina Bridge Seminar
Friday, January 17th at 5 pm EST
Location: Casafina showroom
Building 2, Suite 1208B (Next to the Werner Frank showroom)
Why attend?
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AmericasMart / Atlanta
You're invited:
Casafina Bridge Seminar
Friday, January 17th at 5 pm EST
Location: Casafina showroom
Building 2, Suite 1208B (Next to the Werner Frank showroom)
Why attend?
- 39% of all e-commerce sales were made on a smartphone on Black Friday, according to research from Adobe.
- This growth came at the expense of in-store traffic: In-store traffic on Black Friday fell 2.1% (source: RetailNext).
- In sum: everything is going digital. Are you ready?
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Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020
Get ready Atlanta :)
We’re hosting two seminars:
+ Friday at 5 pm at Casafina
+ Saturday at 5 pm at Vietri
Shown above: Casafina showroom with Bridge seminar poster.
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Get ready Atlanta :)
We’re hosting two seminars:
+ Friday at 5 pm at Casafina
+ Saturday at 5 pm at Vietri
Shown above: Casafina showroom with Bridge seminar poster.
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Tuesday, Jan 14, 2020
During the trade shows, retailers ask brands for price lists, Excel files, and PDFs. Did you know Bridge can help retailers and brands store and share these files?
You can load and share these types of files:
The example shows a brand'... ...
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During the trade shows, retailers ask brands for price lists, Excel files, and PDFs. Did you know Bridge can help retailers and brands store and share these files?
You can load and share these types of files:
- Price lists
- Excel files
- Catalogs
- PDFs
The example shows a brand'... ...
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Monday, Jan 13, 2020
Wells Fargo wants to become a technology company, shares today's WSJ, which mirrors the trend of many businesses in many industries. They are strengthening their technology--or risking being left behind. A similar trend is occurring in retail. But some retailers don't get it. Walmart infamously invested in Bonobos pants instead of a tech company, only to sell Bonobos recently at a loss.
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Wells Fargo wants to become a technology company, shares today's WSJ, which mirrors the trend of many businesses in many industries. They are strengthening their technology--or risking being left behind. A similar trend is occurring in retail. But some retailers don't get it. Walmart infamously invested in Bonobos pants instead of a tech company, only to sell Bonobos recently at a loss.
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Sunday, Jan 12, 2020
Happy to see lots of Smart Products in this month's HFN magazine. New products from:
Lenox
Casafina
Badash
Mariposa
Beatriz Ball
Waterford
iittala
Pampa Bay
These Smart Products are instantly added to your Bridge Catalog.
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Happy to see lots of Smart Products in this month's HFN magazine. New products from:
Lenox
Casafina
Badash
Mariposa
Beatriz Ball
Waterford
iittala
Pampa Bay
These Smart Products are instantly added to your Bridge Catalog.
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Friday, Jan 10, 2020
Bridge is helping retailers 'buck' conventional website costs. Thank you Vagabond House for helping retailers join Bridge.
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Bridge is helping retailers 'buck' conventional website costs. Thank you Vagabond House for helping retailers join Bridge.
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Friday, Jan 10, 2020
Nice to see Neil Peters from Carmel Ceramica at the Keith Smith showroom in Dallas. Thank you Neil and the team at Keith Smith!
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Nice to see Neil Peters from Carmel Ceramica at the Keith Smith showroom in Dallas. Thank you Neil and the team at Keith Smith!
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Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020
Are brands bypassing stores? A new survey says 'yes' they are: 40% of Americans shopped directly from a brand in the past year, according a Diffussion survey.
Shoppers are choosing to bypass stores because the brands are undercutting them on prices, and offering faster and cheaper shipping.
How are brands getting in front of customers? Answer: Facebook and Instagram. A shopper visits a retailer's website for brand X, then Facebook puts a tracking pixel on the shopper... ...
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Are brands bypassing stores? A new survey says 'yes' they are: 40% of Americans shopped directly from a brand in the past year, according a Diffussion survey.
Shoppers are choosing to bypass stores because the brands are undercutting them on prices, and offering faster and cheaper shipping.
How are brands getting in front of customers? Answer: Facebook and Instagram. A shopper visits a retailer's website for brand X, then Facebook puts a tracking pixel on the shopper... ...
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Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020
All the pieces are coming together: Just picked up Bridge flyers for the trade shows, and then walked by our mosaic on St. Marks Place.
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All the pieces are coming together: Just picked up Bridge flyers for the trade shows, and then walked by our mosaic on St. Marks Place.
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Tuesday, Jan 7, 2020
Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/02/amazon-threatens-fire-outspoken-employee-critics-its-environmental-policies
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Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/02/amazon-threatens-fire-outspoken-employee-critics-its-environmental-policies
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Monday, Jan 6, 2020
Join Bridge in Dallas this week!
We're there Thursday, January 9th and Friday, January 10th.
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Join Bridge in Dallas this week!
We're there Thursday, January 9th and Friday, January 10th.
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Sunday, Jan 5, 2020
Does your store sell Rifle Paper Company? If so, this Times piece about the cofounder Anna Bond may interest you. Notably, the paper magnet uses many digital services (including Slack) to fuel her analog empire.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/business/rifle-paper-co.amp.html
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Does your store sell Rifle Paper Company? If so, this Times piece about the cofounder Anna Bond may interest you. Notably, the paper magnet uses many digital services (including Slack) to fuel her analog empire.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/business/rifle-paper-co.amp.html
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Friday, Jan 3, 2020
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Bridge has made it easier for you to share your news and events.
You can now more easily add pictures to news posts, and then edit and rearrange the pictures.
In the example shown, I'm sharing news about our Vietri seminar in Atlanta. I added a picture to the post, as well as marked it as an event, set a location, and added an RSVP button.
Here is how to share news or an event:
Visit your Bridge home page:
- Look for the 'What's on your mind?' field. Enter in
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Monday, Dec 30, 2019
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Small businesses are starting to consider if they need to pay tax out of state, shares today’s WSJ.
Most of Bridge retailers do not ship more than $100K in goods to another state, so they are exempt from most the new state tax laws.
Overall, the new tax collection efforts are going to affect midsize and large online players (e.g. Amazon, Wayfair, etc.), and that's good for our indie stores. These laws helps level playing the field.
I think the WSJ headline is a little
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Friday, Dec 27, 2019
The retail store floor is being transformed in to an ‘app store,’ shares todays Times. Employees armed with mobile phones are helping customers using specialized apps.
The Times article also shares that retail clothing jobs in NYC shrunk 9% between 2013 to 2018.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/nyregion/old-navy-workers.html
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The retail store floor is being transformed in to an ‘app store,’ shares todays Times. Employees armed with mobile phones are helping customers using specialized apps.
The Times article also shares that retail clothing jobs in NYC shrunk 9% between 2013 to 2018.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/nyregion/old-navy-workers.html
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Thursday, Dec 26, 2019
Digital sales rose to almost 15% of total retail sales from November 1 to Christmas Eve—a 18.8% increase, shares today’s WSJ.
The WSJ also reports that top-tier malls are struggling and cargo van sales are up due to the shift to online shopping.
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Digital sales rose to almost 15% of total retail sales from November 1 to Christmas Eve—a 18.8% increase, shares today’s WSJ.
The WSJ also reports that top-tier malls are struggling and cargo van sales are up due to the shift to online shopping.
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Monday, Dec 23, 2019
Amazon is squeezing sellers, reports the Times.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/technology/amazon-sellers.amp.html
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Amazon is squeezing sellers, reports the Times.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/technology/amazon-sellers.amp.html
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Bridge in the News
December 2019
Tableware Today: Last Word Column
Jason Solarek Shares How 'Big Tech' Is Changing the Trade Show and Wholesale Industries
December 2016
HFN Magazine: $2 Million Milestone
HFN shares that Bridge has doubled year-over-year sales processed for clients.
November 2015
HFN Magazine: $1 Million Milestone
HFN highlights Bridge's handling of $1 million in online gift registry sales in 2015.
May 2015
HFN Magazine: E-commerce Update
Allison Zisko interviews Jason Solarek about Bridge's new services.
Tableware Today: Last Word Column
Jason Solarek Shares How 'Big Tech' Is Changing the Trade Show and Wholesale Industries
December 2016
HFN Magazine: $2 Million Milestone
HFN shares that Bridge has doubled year-over-year sales processed for clients.
November 2015
HFN Magazine: $1 Million Milestone
HFN highlights Bridge's handling of $1 million in online gift registry sales in 2015.
May 2015
HFN Magazine: E-commerce Update
Allison Zisko interviews Jason Solarek about Bridge's new services.