Category: Business Best Practices

Category Reviews—To Know Them is to Use Them

For retailers, conducting category reviews is an essential part of doing successful business.

/ September 27, 2016

Getting Discovered: Learn From a Perfect Real-life Product Profile

If your profile has an attractive image, and is a high percentage match, a buyer can click on your product to get to the meat of your posting.

/ September 22, 2016

Demystifying Product Standards: How These Can Impact Your Business

In order to sell products that meet the changing attitudes of their customers, retailers are taking a firm stance on the type and quality of products they sell in their stores. And that translates into their product standards.

/ September 14, 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

More than Just Miles: Setting the Pace for Exponential Growth

I have to pinch myself that the team of incredibly talented individuals to fill the office space is a reality, not a dream.

/ August 3, 2016

Getting Discovered: 5 Qualities of a Great Product Profile

Product information comes in numerous shapes and sizes--your website, your pricing sheet, your sales deck…all of these sources house information you want to get in the hands of retail buyers.

/ July 15, 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

What’s in a Name? (Part 2)

Whatever the reason, it can be a bit panic inducing to realize that the name you thought was so perfect is not really. But it doesn’t have to be! It’s fixable.

/ May 24, 2016

What’s in a Name? (Part 1)

What you name a product can definitely impact its overall swagger, just like packaging and shelf-placement can. But determining the best name for your product can be incredibly challenging.

/ May 4, 2016

Engage Shoppers with Omnichannel Personalization (Part 1)

The explosive changes in retail today are due in part to pervasive mobile technology, which is empowering consumers.

/ April 28, 2016