Tag: consumer goods

Pet Products: A Furever Growing Category

Take a look at the pet aisle in your local grocery or big box store, or heck, if you can be sure that you won’t come home with another cat, dog, or iguana, take a stroll through the nearest pet-focused...

/ August 18, 2016

Supplier Spotlight: The skinny on running a cookie business

Emme Tyler, creator and owner of Skinny Batches, is dedicated to perfecting her craft--running a dynamic business and baking the tastiest natural desserts on the market.

/ August 11, 2016

2016 Health and Wellness Trends Invigorating Retail

Now more than ever, aligning with today’s hottest health and wellness trends gives you a better chance of getting your products on retailers’ store shelves and attracting happy customers.

/ August 10, 2016

Trading Up: Making the Most of Your Trade Show Experience

There’s more room for the smaller suppliers to strut their stuff. There’s more time for buyers and other interested parties to talk with those manufacturers, and make connections.

/ August 5, 2016

Hungry for Health & Wellness: 5 Major Food Trends

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and retailers’ bottom lines are poised to triumph if companies adapt to this unstoppable trend.

/ July 26, 2016

Supplier Spotlight: How the Pie King is baking up new opportunities

Baking under the Pie King name now for more than 15 years, the Lancaster Pie King sells fresh, all natural pies to individuals, restaurants and other commercial markets.

/ July 20, 2016

Becoming Certifiable

It can be a daunting, confusing process, achieving these certifications. And there are so many to choose from: Organic, GMO-free, fair trade to name a few.

/ July 12, 2016

CPG: Capturing Hearts One Product at a Time

CPG, consumer packaged goods, may not resonate the same for all of us, but we can’t say we haven’t been exposed to it. Anytime you make a purchase at a store? Yup, that’s CPG.

/ June 23, 2016

The Trouble with Labels–Are Certifications Right For Me?

Labeling a product with a specialty designation can be great. And as entrepreneurs with innovative products, I’m guessing you’ve looked into the different certifications, qualifications, and other –ations your product might bear.

/ June 15, 2016

The Explosion of Natural and Organic

Natural and specialty is now integrated into the mainstream shopper experience, and the access to it for every family is hugely exciting.

/ June 1, 2016