1-800-Flowers.com, known for curing gift-giving headaches for millions of people, has bought itself a present: the SmartGift intelligent gifting solution. SmartGift enables brands and corporations to engage consumers, employees and prospects by providing a premium digital gifting experience within a unified platform, allowing users to send, track and manage gifts and recognition campaigns. In June…
By: Doug Wyatt, VP of Sales & Marketing at SPARXiQ The role of sales manager is evolving quickly in distribution. Over the past year, we’ve heard from numerous distributors that they are taking a fresh look at what’s expected of their managers. Stretched thin and serving traditionally as “jacks of all trades,” sales managers must…
This is a classic post from 2011. Lemonade Day is Sun. May 7, 2023 Lemonade Day, started by Michael Holthouse in Houston 16 years ago, shows youth K-12 how to become entrepreneurs. I was the Lemonade Day champion for Greene County, New York with a goal of registering 500 kids to open stands on May…
E.l.f. cosmetics is seeking to tap the power of celebrity with its new digital series, Vanity Table Talk. Last month’s premiere episode featured White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge, and episodes slated for release this summer will feature actress and singer Ashley Park and comedian, writer and musician Ziwe. Much like the TikTok-native Get Ready With…
Alimentation Couche-Tard has reached an agreement to acquire 112 fuel and convenience retail sites from Mapco Express — predominantly in Tennessee and Alabama with some in Kentucky and Georgia. The acquisition is contingent on a separate transaction in which Mapco and its remaining locations and assets will be sold to Majors Management. All of the…
As a number of Adidas’ high-profile celebrity partnerships fizzle out — or in the case of its collaboration with Kanye West, a.k.a. Ye, go up in flames — the company is shifting its strategy to make sports the focal point of its U.S. business, according to the Wall Street Journal. “We have to be focusing…
Uniqlo reportedly plans to expand its North American footprint by 10% by opening 20 to 30 stores annually to reach 200 locations by 2027, Daisuke Tsukagoshi, CEO of Uniqlo North America told Reuters. The Japanese retailer currently has 47 stores in the U.S. and 16 locations in Canada, and Tsukagoshi noted that it is looking…
Following a year of significant pull-back in 2022, venture capital (VC) and growth investors in private companies are continuing to be cautious with their money — a potentially long-term trend that’s impacting the growth trajectories of both emerging and high-growth brands in the retail sector. Global funding in Q1 2023 was $76 billion, a 53%…
If you run an online store that caters to both standard and wholesale customers, you likely already know that shipping costs and processes can vary greatly from order to order. Therefore, you may be looking for a way to set up a preferred shipping method for your wholesale customers in WooCommerce. Fortunately, when you use…
