KeySmart won the ECMR-MMR Buyers Choice Award for its MagConnect keychain during ECRM’s Automotive, Hardware, & ASOTV Program held earlier this month. FTI Brands was a finalist for its AutoERASERS, Instant Auto Detailing Sponge. The products were selected from dozens of entries submitted by participating suppliers. Buyers were able to evaluate each entry and cast
SAN DIEGO – Petco Health and Wellness Co., a complete partner in pet health and wellness, will host its first-ever Sustainability Vendor Summit on Sept. 22, 2021 as part of the company’s public commitment to increase its assortment of sustainable pet products to 50% by the end of 2025. The event, hosted in partnership with ECRM and RangeMe, will connect
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Inc. will host its third quarterly “Best of Local Brands” summit in September, the retailer said on Monday. The virtual event is intended to allow the regional grocery chain to discover new local brands that can expand and enhance the product offerings at its more than 280 retail stores
CLEVELAND – Building on the success of its Global Market: Food & Beverage event in June, ECRM on Thursday announced plans for a massive virtual event this fall that will bring together buyers and product suppliers from around the world across all major consumer packaged goods (CPG) categories. ECRM’s 2021 Global Market: Fall Experience will
SOLON, Ohio — Rite Aid will host its inaugural Clean, Green, and Better for You virtual product summit on July 29 to meet with product suppliers across food and beverage, health and beauty care, and general merchandise categories that support whole health and include clean ingredients. Erik Keptner “Providing a compelling selection of products that are
SOLON, Ohio — More than 640 buyers met with 485 brands during ECRM’s recent Diversity Week, which included programs for diverse- and minority-owned suppliers across food and beverage; general merchandise; and health & beauty care categories. Over 3,800 curated meetings were held on the ECRM Connect platform across the three programs. The programs were launched to introduce retailers to
In this week’s Video Forum, Greg Farrar, chief executive officer of ECRM, talks about how the experience of the COVID pandemic has impacted the company’s business and the way retailers and suppliers interact. The growing role of digital technology, including ECRM’s RangeMe product discovery platform, and emerging trends in the marketplace are among the topics
CLEVELAND — ECRM says registration velocity for 2021 Global Market: Food & Beverage has already reached nearly 1000 buyers and brands from over 30 countries just three weeks after registration opened. The digital experience will bring together retail and foodservice buyers and product suppliers from around the world on June 28 through July 2. “We
CLEVELAND — ECRM announced on Tuesday a first-of-its-kind industry experience that is said to completely change how consumer packaged goods (CPG) products get discovered. ECRM’s 2021 Global Market: Food & Beverage will bring together retail buyers and product suppliers from around the world to meet face-to-face on June 28 through July 2. “The scale and magnitude of
SOLON, Ohi0 — ECRM announced Tuesday it has reached a new milestone surpassing 100,000 curated meetings hosted on the ECRM Connect proprietary platform, which the company developed to enable buyers and sellers to engage in live, interactive digital meetings at scale. What’s more, top-tier buyer participation has grown over 20 percent since before the pandemic as retailers and foodservice operators have embraced virtual
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer will host a supplier diversity event in May, allowing diverse-owned businesses nationwide the opportunity to get their products in front of the retailer’s merchants. After meeting with nearly 250 diverse suppliers at its first Supplier Diversity Summit in November, the retailer plans to meet with even more at the upcoming
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Inc. will start hosting quarterly “Best of Local Brands” summits in 2021 to expand and enhance the product offerings at its more than 275 retail stores in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Hy-Vee is currently accepting submissions for its “Best of Brands” summits online