February 28, 2023 by MMR
Greg Farrar, National Grocers Association (NGA), RangeMe
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Supplier News

WASHINGTON – The National Grocers Association has partnered with the online product discovery platform RangeMe to help its independent grocer members efficiently discover innovative brands and products that are not widely distributed at national chains. RangeMe has launched a special collection of suppliers — The NGA Collection of Emerging Brands — that will showcase thousands
February 23, 2022 by MMR
ECRM, Global Market: Spring Buying Days, Greg Farrar, RangeMe
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Supplier News

CLEVELAND – ECRM said U.S. retailers will be able to make wholesale purchases directly from participating suppliers during its Global Market: Spring Buying Days, which takes place from March 28 through April 1, 2022. That will be possible because of a new capability launched by RangeMe. With more than 200,000 suppliers representing nearly 1 million
May 24, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Chain Drug Review/MMR Video Forum, ECRM, Greg Farrar
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Videos

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
April 22, 2020 by MMR
ECRM, Greg Farrar, Kurt Repola
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Supplier News

SOLON, Ohio – Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM), the global leader in driving long-term, critical business relationships, announced Wednesday that it has developed a dynamic technology platform, utilizing the latest in virtual communications technologies, for facilitating face-to-face virtual meetings between buyers and suppliers. What this means for the industry is that all future ECRM Sessions
January 27, 2020 by David Pinto
Charles Bowlus, David Pinto, ECRM, Greg Farrar
2020, Issue 1-27-2020, Issues, Opinion

Under the innovative and productive leadership of Greg Farrar, ECRM, the retailer- and supplier-focused sales and marketing organization, has emerged as one of the most important trade organizations serving the mass retailing community. This didn’t happen overnight. When Farrar signed on as ECRM’s president some seven years ago, the organization, which had been founded over
January 14, 2020 by MMR
ECRM, Greg Farrar, RangeMe
Leading Headlines, Supplier News

SOLON, Ohio – ECRM has transformed its brand identity with an updated, modernized logo that signals a new era for the company. The company says that since it was founded in 1994, it has been helping buyers and sellers achieve success. ECRM adds that it has evolved with the marketplace, enhancing its business and processes
June 24, 2016 by MMR
Alan Mantel, BV Investment Partners, Campbell Langdon, Charlie Bowlus, ECRM, Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing, Greg Farrar, Mitch Bowlus, Snow Phipps Group
Leading Headlines, Supplier News

NEW YORK — ECRM has been sold by BV Investment Partners to private equity firm Snow Phipps Group. Financial terms of the agreement, announced Thursday, weren’t disclosed. BV Investment Partners had acquired ECRM in July 2013, at which time Greg Farrar joined ECRM as chief executive officer. Solon, Ohio-based ECRM facilitates category-specific buying and selling