Category: Sales

April 21, 2022

How Crisp Helps Brands Detect Retail Voids

Gaining distribution at a retailer is a big win for growing brands — but after working hard to secure that prized shelf space, they often discover that their work has […]

March 3, 2022

RangeMe Adds Direct Purchasing Product to Discovery Platform

Product discovery and sourcing platform RangeMe has expanded its service offering by giving U.S. retail buyers the ability to buy products directly from suppliers. According to the company, this move […]

November 28, 2020

Celebrate Small Businesses & Support Emerging Brands This Holiday Season

We’re proud to share the 2020 Emerge Holiday Gift & Entertaining Guide! Featuring many of the small, growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) teams who are part of the Emerge learning […]

December 14, 2019

2019 Emerge Smarter Available Content

As we finish out 2019, we are pleased with the valuable education content we hosted and have available for subscribers.

You can dive into recorded thought leadership on fiancing, e-commerce, co-manufacturing/production, packaging, distribution and more. 

2019 Emerge Smarter Available Recordings for Emerge Subscribers
e-Commerce Insights – What are Upcoming Changes with Selling on Amazon
What Retailers Desire in Emerging Brands
Finding Finance for Growth
Packaging & Design Strategy
Working with Distributors
Exploring Food Service as a Channel
Retail Strategy for Growth

September 25, 2019

Cash is King, So Plan Accordingly

It’s no surprise that substantial funding is needed to start a business from the ground up. However, business founders often underestimate the amount of cash necessary to grow their business […]

August 30, 2019

Emerge Subscriber Companies in the News!

Join us in celebrating the recent wins and industry recognitions of several Emerge subscriber brands! Seeing brands succeed and reach their goals reminds us why we do what we do […]

August 23, 2019

Online Shoppers & In-store Grocery Shopping

In a constantly evolving world where new forms of technology aimed at making our lives easier come to life every day, it is no surprise that shopper mindsets are adapting. […]

July 17, 2019

Trends: A Look at Today’s Grocery Shopper

For more than four decades, FMI has been tracking consumer’s grocery shopping trends. Join us as we share the highlights of findings from FMI’s 2019 U.S Grocery Shopper Trends study conducted by […]

May 1, 2019

Welcome to the Golden Age of Vending Machines

By Margaret Core, Vice President, Marketing & Industry Relations, FMI A few summers ago, I was having dinner with a college student and he was in the middle of an […]

March 21, 2019

Key Trends and Products from Natural Products Expo West

The energy was palpable at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim earlier this month. There was truly a community feel throughout the event. See all the Expo West photos I took here!

The FMI Emerge team was there to speak with emerging brands wanting to grow their distribution and scale sustainably. In the same way that Expo West brings the entire food and grocery retail industry together, this too is one of the key tenets of the FMI Emerge program and community. It is a nurturing environment with regional and nationwide retailers, the industry’s leading experts, mentors, education, supportive outreach and access to investors. Our team helps emerging brands fully integrate into the larger industry, by getting the education they need, and access the resources they’re seeking, fast.

A highlight of Expo was catching up with FMI Emerge subscribers: MyFitMode and StepOneFoods, were unveiling new products at Expo as they continue to grow distribution. World of Chia, the first chia fruit spread, also continues to expand their distribution and grow across e-commerce. FMI Emerge resources enabled these companies to tackle challenges such as finding the right co-packer partners, updating their packaging and revising their product formulations and growing their e-commerce and Amazon sales.