If you're an FBA seller you know the 2019 holiday season is coming up fast. This year the Fulfillment by Amazon team is offering guidelines to sellers to make sure their inventory is in-stock and ready to ship for the year's most important sales opportunities around the holidays. If you aren't already starting your 2019 holiday [...]
Highlights from Expo East 2019 It’s that time of year again – time for Natural Products Expo East convention aka Expo East! We always look forward to seeing the new trends in the organic and natural food industry. This year did not disappoint. Some exciting new products are coming to the market. If you were not [...]
Amazon Frustration Free Packaging Program In the ever-changing world of Amazon, packaging changes remain one of the very few constants. We have all received "that package" from an online store. It sucks all the joy out of what is inside the box because it is so difficult to open. Amazon, in an effort to create a [...]
Amazon’s New Predictive Replenishment Program (FLOW*) will help brands forecast Amazon Orders, and alleviate the issue of Out of Stock. Amazon recently beta launched their Forward Looking Order Workflow (FLOW). Through FLOW, Amazon will place POs with shipment windows that open on a future week for your best-selling product. This is their way of committing ahead [...]
For most consumers, the extra packaging on items received often seems wasteful and can be a bit cumbersome to dispose of. For this reason, Amazon put in place the Frustration-free Packaging program back in 2008. The aim was to lower costs, reduce waste, and improve customer experience through the introduction of easy-to-open, fully recyclable packaging. In 2019 Amazon's [...]
A recent prospective client notified us that their manufacturing facility was going to be packaging their product into medium sized Gaylords. The manufacturer would then be shipping Gaylords to us for distribution. Consumers do not often have need for a Gaylord of product. Consumers often do not purchase whole cases of product. Due to limitations [...]
How does pack size relate to the average consumer? Visiting family in upstate New York, I came across a product that I thought was just amazing. Grandma Brown’s Baked Beans. Upon my return to Chicago, I was not able to find that product. After many weeks of traveling from grocery store to grocery store, I [...]
The world knows that Amazon and other online marketplaces are the future of eTail. As brick and mortar stores are closing in preference of an online only presence, smaller businesses are facing the reality that they will need to break into the online marketplace space. Unfortunately, many small businesses are not equipped to handle the cumbersome [...]
As previously discussed in the Pack Size article, “right sizing” is also valuable when creating variety packs. Variety packs are essential to tempt consumers to try other products in your catalog that they wouldn’t normally try. Variety packs are also a great way to bundle new products and/or slower selling products with popular items. We [...]
What is Channel Conflict? Channel conflict is the process in which a manufacturer or supplier of a product bypasses their normal method of selling their product in favor of selling it directly to the end user. This creates competition amongst the distributors of a product and the product’s manufacturer or main supplier. Some examples of channel [...]
