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Sugro UK and KP Snacks combine to inform retailers with pioneering WhatsApp campaign

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Sugro UK, KP Snacks and b2b.store have worked together to complete “the first pre-sell campaign of its kind” using a wholesaler’s WhatsApp channel. Using functionality in b2b.store’s ProConnect Platform, Sugro UK trialled the new functionality with one of the key group members, R&I Jones. The…

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