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RangeMe's articles

  1. Associates & Employees

The Pros and Cons of Hiring an Agency to Do Your Marketing

Scaling is one of the most challenging things for businesses today. It takes time, money, strategy, and top-notch marketing to skyrocket from a successful small business to a more prominent, established brand.   But many retailers, e-commerce, and CPG brands get stuck on marketing. It makes sense. Marketing can and does feel quite nebulous to those […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

How Outsourcing Your Fulfillment Will Grow Your Business

Fulfillment is a broad term that encompasses every aspect of storing, packing, and shipping your goods. When you launch your products, you may manage this work yourself to save on labor and storage costs. There’s a reason many successful businesses started in garages or basements – it works!  As your business gains traction, you may […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

Overcoming Cash Flow Challenges with Inventory Funding

When you run a business, the amount you are paid is important. But the timing of incoming cash is often even more important. It can be a key determinant of success. The reason is that cash flow — the timing of when you get paid and when you have to pay bills — can mean […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

3 Unexpected Benefits of Fast Fulfillment

What Fast Fulfillment Means to Consumers The unprecedented growth of the e-commerce industry has been front-page news – as have the global supply chain disruptions that followed. Most retailers’ supply chains were not prepared for the abrupt switch in transportation and fulfillment needs or the sudden spike in consumer demand.  With supply chain disruptions making […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Four Steps to Product Pricing Success

Do you know if your product is priced right for its category? Do you know exactly how much you’re making on each unit you sell? And if so, have you considered all the hidden or additional fees associated with doing business in retail?   If you answered ‘NO’ to any of these questions, you’re not alone. […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Innovative Incubator Programs are Driving Success for Small Brands

Between 2017 and 2019, large brands in the U.S. lost volume at a rate of 1.5% a year, while small brands grew 1.7%, according to a report from management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. The time for small brands is now. Consumers are frequently turning their backs on mainstream companies and looking at what small […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

All About Shrinkflation and Its Impact

As retail costs balloon, certain products deflate. Across retail categories, more manufacturers are making products smaller to offset rising costs, a practice called shrinkflation, or downsizing. Retail costs keep climbing, as U.S. inflation hit its highest one-year price hike in more than 40 years in March 2022. Global supply chain disruption has made raw materials, […]
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  1. Agencies & Vendors

Instant Biologics: Sowing the Seeds of Success at Retail

When it comes to plants, I’ve always had two brown thumbs. Whenever I bought one for my apartment, I had little success maintaining it, or keeping it alive. Feeding it was a hassle that involved mixing and measuring that often turned into a mess on my kitchen counter. It was simply time and effort I […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Micro Health And Wellness Trends Consumers Are Melting For: How To Drive Sales This Summer

If you’re reading this wearing sweatpants, make-up free, with unbrushed hair, you’re not alone. But with people starting to leave their homes more last year, the overall consumer health industry grew by 4% in 2021, according to Euromonitor International. So, what’s driving sales of health and wellness products? Multi-use products Hybrid products mean consumers buy […]
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  1. Agencies & Vendors

Advice From One Supplier to Another: How to Succeed on RangeMe

What makes a supplier successful on RangeMe? That’s a question I sought to answer at this year’s Summer Fancy Food Show, held recently in New York City. I met with over a dozen suppliers, who each got onto retail shelves from connections or direct purchases made on RangeMe. During our discussions, these brands – which […]
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  1. Department: Beverage

Upcycled Food and Beverages Are on the up and Up

Our grandmothers did it really well: Taking leftover foods and turning them into something else. Scraps of vegetables and animal bones made stock; leftover bread turned into bread pudding; croutons became breadcrumbs.  What’s old is new again and companies are following grandma’s lead. And now it’s got a new fancy name: Upcycling. Upcycling means taking […]
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  1. Agencies & Vendors

TensCare Shocks Retailers with Innovative Electro-Therapy Pain Relief

“No pain, no gain.” It’s a common expression thrown around by coaches, bosses, or parents when growing up. Luckily today, many innovative solutions help with the pain so you can strictly gain. TensCare Ltd is a drug-free solutions provider based in the United Kingdom, helping people feel better naturally since 1997. The brand is committed […]
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