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The Independent Sales Force
Happy Fourth of July to all my readers. If you are a retailer the big push has come and gone and now comes the ‘dog days’ of summer. If you are a distributor you are now releasing your teams for a needed...
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Sales, Sales, Sales
I have spent a week on the road with clients. 3 days at LibDib launch party working with company leadership on the changing three tier landscape. 3 days in NYC with two clients on sales strategy and national...
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Adult Beverage Retailers Need to Be VERY SCARED of the Amazon Purchase of Whole Foods
Bezos does not make mistakes. We, regular people, we make mistakes. I am not going to gasp at $13.7B price tag. I am not in the camp that it was overpriced. I am not going to gasp at what it means for...
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6 Ways Not to Get Dropped by Your Distributor Partner
Last week I was in Maui with clients. Today I am in Minneapolis St. Paul with clients. Two very different cities for sure on all fronts. Different weather, different people, and different topography....
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The Weed and Booze Battle
Weed through distributors is likely just a smoke screen! As the battle over marijuana heats up in various legislative bodies there are a lot of articles written about how weed will just be another...
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The Half Way Point of 2017
From where I sit I am 30,000 feet up in the air coming back from a supplier meeting in California and musing about my week. Some key takeaways from this week where I was in Chicago (Big 5 distributor...
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The Three Tier System Can Hurt You
I am in NYC this week for the USA Trade Tasting. If you have not been in New York City in May, I highly recommend it. One day it can be sunny and 90 degrees and the next it can be 55 and cloudy. This week...
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How to Get Off in the Best Possible Way
I am sure that many of you clicked this link for all the wrong reasons. The title is meant to evoke the ease of click baiting – you should mirror the ease to move your products off an retailer’s...
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Small Brands Need a Better Fit in the Market
In my role as National Spokesperson for Liberation Distribution I have been making the rounds at industry meetings and events for the last few months. I sit at the podium, microphone, or stage and...
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The Adult Beverage Version of the Berlin Wall Has Fallen
From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin Wall cut off and divided West Berlin from East Berlin. In November of 1989 it came down and reunited a city, a county, and perhaps Europe. Why it was there and what it stood...
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