<p>I&#8217;ve been hearing retailers grumble about internet shopping, well, since internet shopping came to be. Of course this is with good reason — it&#8217;s taken a huge chunk out of brick-and-mortar sales and completely changed how they do business. But now <a href="http://theboatmangroup.com/" target="_blank">The Boatman Group</a> has created a glorious new website, <a href="http://www.ivyandanchor.com" target="_blank">Ivy + Anchor</a>, that takes an entirely different approach so that everyone — especially independent retailers and local communities — wins.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11398" src="http://thepaperchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IA_StationeryTrends_Aug.jpg" alt="IA_StationeryTrends_Aug" width="800" height="700" />Ivy + Anchor features personalized stationery and gifts from six distinctive brands with over 160 combined years in the marketplace: Boatman Geller, The Chatsworth Collection, Dabney Lee, Prentiss Douthit, Rytex, and Whitney English. From trays to pillows to holiday cards to sticky memo cubes, if you can&#8217;t find something here to suit your taste, it may be time to start questioning that taste!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11399" src="http://thepaperchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IA_StationeryTrends_Aug2.jpg" alt="IA_StationeryTrends_Aug2" width="800" height="700" /> The website is shopped much like any other, but with one major difference: visitors can <a href="http://www.ivyandanchor.com/sites" target="_blank">find and select their local Ivy + Anchor retailer</a>, and then choose and personalize their selections. The Boatman Group doesn&#8217;t take any full sale — it is split with the retailer. If no retailer is selected, the sale is randomly split with The Boatman Group&#8217;s retailers.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11401" src="http://thepaperchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IA_StationeryTrends_Aug4.jpg" alt="IA_StationeryTrends_Aug4" width="800" height="700" />Once the purchase is completed, a &#8216;Thank You&#8217; page comes up that again shows a list of Ivy + Anchor retailers near the shopper&#8217;s zip code. 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<p>Pretty cool, eh? I am excited to see new releases from the group — hard to pick just one favorite! — and see more retailers get involved. Speaking of which, if you want to open your own shop (even if you are home based), <a href="http://theboatmangroup.com/become-a-retailer/" target="_blank">this is where you want to go</a>.<br />
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