Category: Retail Space Management

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Evolving Distributors Winning with Tech Solutions

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So many brands, so little time. Our industry has become highly diversified and there’s too much to keep track of without a technological assist. Today’s larger suppliers manage dozens of brands each with its own series of strategic…
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Cost Analysis of Distribution Programs

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By setting smart goals, companies can save 50% of their investment on sales driving programs. An obvious leading indicator of sales is distribution. The thought is, the more accounts sold, the more volume will follow. This is…
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Advice for Distributors in the Age of Amazon

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Science fiction writer H.G. Wells is credited with uttering the famous quote, “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative”. As purveyors of technology that would have been considered a flight of science…
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5 Strategies for Becoming Beverage Selling Superheroes

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Want to know how to become the beverage distribution superhero that you know you can be as a wholesaler? Want to be able to leap the tallest competitor in a single bound? Then you’ll want to learn these top five strategies wholesalers…
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How To Use Goals for Better Results

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It’s a New Year and you know what that means? If you work in sales, its goal time! Yes friends, it’s that time of the year when leadership goes through the exercise of establishing the goals that will drive the company’s…
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GreatVines Supports M&A Activity for Alcoholic Beverage Companies

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  Shanken News Daily’s article titled, “Craft Spirits Continue Bull Run, With More M&A Activity On The Horizon” details the growing wave of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity occurring within the alcoholic…
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High Cost of Cheap Sales Tools

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“The high cost of cheap food” is a well-known object lesson in the dangers of cutting corners. In a nutshell, the idea is this: what one saves in terms of cost by eating nothing but fast food dollar menu fare is more than offset…
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Experiential Marketing Part Of Your Brand Strategy?

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Brand activation – campaigns, events, or experiences enabling your brand to engage directly with consumers – is a hot strategy in beverage alcohol sales these days. Building a loyal brand community around your beverage via…
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Suppliers Need To Up Their Game

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If there’s one thing technology is exceptionally suited to address, it is collaboration between groups across widely diverse locations as well as within the relationships between business organizations and their partners. Case…