PHOENIX — Jocko Willink, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer and the co-founder and CEO of the leadership consultancy firm Echelon Front, will be a keynote speaker at ECRM’s upcoming Vitamin, Weight Management & Sports Nutrition session. Willink is co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and
KEASBEY, N.J. — Wakefern Food Corp. plans to host a store brand sourcing event on Thursday, May 17. The one day exclusive supplier program at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, N.J., will pair potential new vendors with Wakefern buyers and category managers in private, 20-minute meetings. ECRM (Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing)
SOLON, Ohio — ECRM is expanding its presence to Europe with a new business unit that will be based in the Netherlands. ECRM Europe will aim to bring the capabilities its parent company has honed in the United States to European retailers, suppliers and distributors. “Innovation and creativity are increasingly being developed by emerging and
ORLANDO, Fla. — Innovative products in the beverage, snacks and dry grocery categories were recognized by ECRM and MMR earlier this summer, at a pair of ECRM EPPS events held here. Beverage Award Winners Bottlegreen won the ECRM/MMR Buyers Choice Award for its Elderflower Sparkling Pressé during ECRM’s Beverage EPPS held here recently. MoodWater was
MATTHEWS, N.C. — Family Dollar is inviting new companies to join its roster of branded and private label suppliers. To that end the retailer, now a division of Dollar Tree Inc., is hosting a pair of Open Buy Day events next month at its headquarters here. An event scheduled for October 19 will focus on
SAN FRANCISCO — Rite Aid Corp. is enlisting the RangeMe online product discovery and buying platform for a major initiative to scale its product innovation efforts. San Francisco-based RangeMe, recently acquired by Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM), said Tuesday that its platform will enable Rite Aid’s category buying teams to source trending, consumer-ready products faster and more
ITASCA, Ill. — Walgreens teamed up with ECRM this week to host a one-day Supplier Diversity Summit here. The Walgreens-ECRM Supplier Diversity Summit, held Wednesday, provided an opportunity for the retailer’s category managers to meet with suppliers with diversity in ownership in the health and wellness, beauty and personal care, competitive convenience, and wellness over-the-counter
SOLON, Ohio — Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM) has acquired RangeMe, a San Francisco-based provider of an online platform that streamlines new product discovery between consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers and retailers. ECRM said Tuesday that San Francisco-based RangeMe will add scalability and bolster the technology foundation that it has developed over the past two
LAS VEGAS — Baruvi Fresh LLC’s Hummustir and Lesley Elizabeth’s Spinach Seasoning won the ECRM/MMR Buyers Choice Awards during ECRM’s Winter Snack & Dry Grocery EPPS held last month in Las Vegas. The two companies were selected from more than a dozen entries in the award program which were sampled by attendees during the New
SAN DIEGO — Fetzer Vineyards, Left Hand Brewing, and Quintessential Brands took home Gold Medals from the ECRM/MMR Grand Tasting Awards, held during ECRM’s Global Wine, Beer & Spirits EPPS here last month. Fetzer won for the Wine category with its 1,000 Stories brand, Left Hand Brewing for its Milk Stout Nitro, and Quintessential for its
ROSENBERG, Texas — Aldi, seeking to attract potential suppliers to support its expansion in the Southwest, is hosting a supplier engagement event on November 2 at its divisional distribution center here. The event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., includes lunch and will feature a presentation from Aldi, testimony from one of
SOLON, Ohio — Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM) has launched the Prestige Cosmetics & Beauty Care Efficient Program Planning Session (EPPS). ECRM said that the new EPPS focuses on prestige, masstige and indie cosmetics, fragrance and beauty brands and was developed to connect suppliers in these categories with buyers at department, specialty and alternate channel