Tag: retail
Artisan Sales Soar as Consumers Invest in Quality
Millennials like to express their individuality by buying one-of-a-kind items, plus artisan goods are often local goods made by small businesses.
Supplier Spotlight: C+Swiss skyrockets to success with Hy-Vee
Like most entrepreneurs Marc Lewin deeply believes that taking advantage of every available tool is necessary to achieve success...
4 tips for getting Christmas-ready NOW
The National Retail Federation estimates that holiday sales can cop up to 30 percent of annual sales.1 Wouldn’t it be in your best interest, then, to be as prepared as possible, and be ready to race out of the gate...
12 Ways Small Companies Can Win Big
Small is mighty. As shown by our recent post, In Retail, Small is Big, smaller consumer goods suppliers and retailers have an enormous edge in today’s evolving market. Since we published that post, a new report found that Millennials favor...
Infographic: The Explosive Growth In Retail Technology (Timeline)
The speed of innovation within retail has accelerated at a blistering pace in recent years. Here is a recent history of how real technology has shaped how we shop...
3 Reasons Supplier Diversity is Awesome
Supplier Diversity has been a hot, hot, hot topic in CPG these days, and with good reason. It brings in new consumers, it shakes up staid categories, and it hacks away at the stranglehold multinational conglomerates have on the CPG...
7 Tech Trends Empowering Shoppers
These tech trends can help your retail company make today’s discerning, empowered shoppers feel special, heard and willing to buy from you.
Supplier Spotlight: How a Respect for simplicity led to success
Seeing firsthand how consumer preferences have evolved over time, it wasn’t a surprise to see how the trends in food shifted to a health-conscious focus.
The Pinterest Effect
As a supplier, your packaging matters. You know that, and you know it well.
9 Tech Trends Connecting Retailers to Consumers
To remain relevant and competitive in today’s market, retailers are adopting the following tech trends to woo consumers by delivering superior speed, ease and convenience.