KEY services
Product & Category Development
Our teams create winning products every day. Let us help you bring innovation, style, and marketability to your product or brand portfolio. Our process helps drive growth through new product and business development. In simple terms, we work with you to:
- Understand the voice of the consumer
- Utilize your factory's strongest capabilities
- Source ideal factories if needed
- Map out the problem, solution and business opportunity
- Create a unique go-to-market strategy and execute accordingly
- Deliver results in a timely and cost-effective manner
Market Intelligence
Our teams are skilled in creating effective, efficient, and actionable business intelligence. Our expertise covers many aspects of this:
- Consumer Insights (surveys, focus groups, etc.)
- Comp shops
- Gap analysis
- Assortment analysis
- Product assessments
- Point of Sale (POS) reporting and analysis
- PowerBI dashboards
Strategic Sales Representation
Our group carefully considers certain sales representation opportunities. Our focus is on Lowe's, but we have established networks to support Home Depot, Target, Walmart, and others. Our ideal partners are manufacturers committed to:
- Exceeding the expectations of our retail customers
- Intelligently investing in business growth, including standing up competitive and strong teams that are positioned to win
- Understanding and servicing the end consumers' needs
- Operating with a "retail is a race" mentality
- Developing and growing business for the long term
Supplier On-boarding
Navigating through MSBA agreements, item set-up, audits, EDI, and other requirements of doing business with major retailers can be daunting. Our capabilities make this a smooth experience and mitigate risk.
Supply Chain Management
We understand what is involved in shipping merchandise around the world. We can help with managing production windows based on retailer commitments and POs, transit times, containerization and optimization, and more. Additionally, our compliance expertise can help reduce chargebacks and improve profits.
PLR Support
After all the hard work that goes into understanding the market, customer and consumers, the Product Line Review process can be one of the most demanding and exciting parts of getting products to market. Great samples and competitive pricing are combined with our next-level planogram and packaging design, market assessments and assortment planning to create a successful outcome. Our abundant planogramming space allows us to create a great environment to showcase your products.
Warehousing and Drop Shipping
Access to a combination of our own warehouses and our 3PL network can help effectively store product line review goods and also drop-ship inventory as needed.
Our Experience...
Our team has decades of experience with importing from Germany, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Thailand as well as domestic wholesale businesses in these categories:
- Holiday/Trim-A-Tree (Lighting, Ornaments, Tree Skirts & Stockings, Yard Decor, Tabletop Decor, Artificial Trees/Wreaths/Garlands, Picks/Silks, Animation, etc.)
- Lawn & Garden (Pottery and Decor)
- Toys
- Housewares (Porcelain/Stoneware, Decor, Accessories)
- Indoor Furniture (Home organization, electric fireplaces, upholstered furniture, wood furniture, and more)
- Kitchen cabinets and vanities
- Apparel
- Soft Goods (Bags & Packs)
- Seasonal Living (Patio Furniture, Umbrellas, Outdoor Heat, Shade Structures, Folding Furniture, Replacement Cushions and Pillows, Grills, Outdoor Kitchens and more)
- Small Appliances
- Sporting Goods (Camp Furniture, Beach Furniture, Water Toys, Fishing Gear, and more)
- Consumer Electronics (Powerstations and battery back-ups)
- and much, much more.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Strategic Business Planning
We can help you identify and develop short, mid, and long-term strategies to maximize revenues, profits, and return on investments.
Business Development & Category Expansion
Grow or die is the old mantra. We can help identify and develop new products and categories that effectively grow your top and bottom lines.
Product, Brand, Packaging Development
Our teams create winning products every day. Let us help you bring innovation, style, and marketability to your product or brand portfolio.
E-commerce
From developing Shopify or DTC sites to listing your products on Amazon, Wayfair, from creating effective social media campaigns to creating cost-effective, quality content, we've got you covered. 3PL services are available as well.
Strategic Sourcing, Near-Shoring, and COO Diversification
Our decades of travel to Europe and Asia for sourcing, development, and buying trips have allowed us to create a vast network of suppliers and knowledge of global and local buisness customs and requirements.
Intellectual Property (IP)
Innovation and patent development is one of our core strengths. We know how to create new innovations that can be protected and can help drive long-term success.
Licensing
With decades of experience in aligning great factories and companies with the strongest brands, we can help find, negotiate, and secure the best licenses for our partners.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Our network of business brokers, investors, accounting firms and attorneys can help you find and buy small to medium-sized businesses that make your company stronger.
Regulatory Requirements
From law labels to creating companies in the US; from product safety testing and certification; from CPSC/recall management to business and product liability insurance, we can help you through all of it.
Operations Improvements
Corporate HR structure assessments, HR benefits analysis, software systems review and implementation, employee training and education, best-practices implementation, corporate communications improvements, and more...
After-Sale Customer Service (ASCS)
We can provide customer service call centers and parts warehousing and fulfillment.
Which companies can benefit from working with us?
Overseas Manufacturers
Overseas Manufacturers
Overseas Manufacturers
Our Business Strategy Consulting and Sales Representation services help businesses develop a roadmap for growth. We work with you to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and create a tailored plan to achieve your business goals.
Growth-minded Vendors
Overseas Manufacturers
Overseas Manufacturers
Our Business Expansion Consulting services help businesses with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. We work with you to create a financial strategy that fits your business needs and helps you achieve your financial goals.
Start-Ups
Overseas Manufacturers
Operations Improvements
Our Marketing Consulting services help up-and-coming businesses develop a marketing plan that drives growth and increases revenue. We work with you to identify your target audience, create effective marketing strategies, and measure your success.
Operations Improvements
Human Resources Improvements
Operations Improvements
Our Operations Consulting services help businesses optimize their operations and increase efficiency. We work with you to identify areas of improvement, streamline processes, and help you run your business more effectively.
Human Resources Improvements
Human Resources Improvements
Human Resources Improvements
Our Human Resources Consulting services help companies create efficient and successful corporate structures. We work with you to develop HR policies and procedures that align with your business goals and help you build a strong and productive workforce.