
These days, setting up a wedding registry couldn't be easier. Wedding registries come in handy for guests throughout a couple's journey to the altar, but are most notably useful during gifting occasions like the wedding itself as well as the bridal shower or engagement party.

Plus, it'll save them some serious shopping time, too. This way, it's ensured that whatever they give is something the newlywed duo will use and love for years to come. Think of it like a helpful roadmap for guests: Instead of having to guess a couple's style or what will be useful to them in married life together, they can instead turn to the pair's wedding registry to inform their shopping. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.In its most basic form, a wedding registry is a wish list a to-be-wed couple compiles at the beginning of the wedding planning process to help friends and loved ones choose gifts they need (or want!) in celebration of their big day. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account “This could be a win-win if Etsy gets it right,” he said. Some wedding guests might not have used Etsy and they could turn into a new, long-term customer.”

“With this new venture, Etsy would hope to generate incremental revenue and introduce the platform to new customers.

“It is a sensible move because Etsy’s growth, while good, has slowed a little,” said Saunders. The space shrank further as mid-tier retailers that were popular destinations for affordable wedding gifts, such as JCPenney and Bed Bath and Beyond, struggled to stay alive or finally closed up shop, he said.īed Bath Beyond, which filed for bankruptcy on April 23 and has proceeded to liquidate and shut all of its stores and services such as wedding registries, had for decades been a top destination for engaged couples to set up their wedding registries.īut in recent years, the home goods chain’s lead in registries had slipped.Īccording to a 2022 report from investment firm Baird, Bed Bath and Beyond had lost ground in wedding registries to Amazon, Target and Williams-Sonoma.įor Etsy, which gained 7 million new customers in its last quarter (and has 90 million active shoppers in total on its marketplace), launching a wedding registry could help it continue to boost that number. Engagement ring sales are down sharply, according to America's biggest jeweler
