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SUMMARY:Emerge Founders Forum 
DESCRIPTION:A quarterly peer forum for Emerge member teams to discuss business challenges\, share best practices and guidance with one another\, network and receive support and encouragement.
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/quarterly-founders-forum/
CATEGORIES:Leadership,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T130000
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SUMMARY:Emerge Member Care & Share with Betsy Gillette
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun and engaging virtual education session\, as you and your teams continue to navigate during Covid and beyond! \nJoin Emerge CEO\, Julie Pryor and Betsy Gillette\, Co-Founder of Synergy Consulting and Emerge mentor. Betsy will share valuable insights on: \n\nSales team structure\nWhen to hire brokers\nWhat to think about and questions to ask when interviewing brokers\nSales Management vs hiring internally\n\nNot yet an Emerge member? See details here and schedule a complimentary consultation to discuss how Emerge can support your company growth goals! \nAll calls are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-virtual-care-share-community-call-with-betsy-gillette/
CATEGORIES:Retailer Relationships,Sales,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T133000
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SUMMARY:Emerge Member Care & Share with Specialty Food Partners
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this fun and engaging virtual education session\, hosted by Emerge CEO\, Julie Pryor and the Specialty Food Partners (SFP) team. \nSpecialty Food Partners (SFP) operates private online marketplaces for grocery wholesalers and distributors who want to sell more specialty products to their stores. Expand your distribution network and ship your products directly to stores with SFP. Learn about how SFP and Emerge have partnered to support emerging brand growth. The SFP platform provides:\n\n\nEmerging brands with the ability to make their products available to multiple distributors and their retail customers in the SFP Marketplace\nDistributors’ retail customers the ability to easily view and order Emerge member products\nSingle point of contact for sales and order history for all the distributors in the SFP network\nNo set up fees\, no slotting fees\, and no surprise chargebacks\n\n\nNot yet an Emerge member? See details here and schedule a complimentary consultation to discuss how Emerge can support your company growth goals! \nAll calls are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-care-share-with-specialty-food-partners/
CATEGORIES:Distribution,Sales,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200826T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200826T130000
DTSTAMP:20200824T160602Z
CREATED:20200811T211304Z
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SUMMARY:Emerge Member Care & Share with Raj Kapur
DESCRIPTION:“It is not the strongest of species that survive\, nor the most intelligent\, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin  \nWe all agree that the world has changed over the past four months due to COVID\, so let’s talk about how best to pivot your marketing focus and efforts. Raj Kapur and his team from &Marketing will share how they’re working with emerging brands to adjust their marketing during this pandemic\, through the end of 2020 and for the foreseeable future. During this session\, Raj and his team will review: \n\nShifts in consumer shopping and purchase behavior\nWhat other companies (across industries) are doing to pivot and get ahead\nWhat Emerge members should be thinking about in regards to messaging\, marketing mix and spend\n\nNot yet an Emerge member? See details here and schedule time for a free 30 minute consultation to discuss how joining the program can support your company growth goals! \nAll calls are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-virtual-care-share-community-call-with-raj-kapur/
CATEGORIES:e-Commerce,marketing,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200731T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200731T130000
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SUMMARY:Emerge Care & Share Virtual Community Call with Proquo AI
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this bi-weekly virtual session\, hosted by Julie Pryor and the Emerge mentor community. \nCelebrate\, learn and ask questions\, along with other Emerge member teams. \nNot yet a member? See details here and schedule time for a free 30 minute consultation. \nAll calls are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-care-share-virtual-community-call-with-proquo-ai/
CATEGORIES:Data and Insights,marketing,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200612T120000
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SUMMARY:Care & Share Virtual Community Call with Alli Ball
DESCRIPTION:Emerge mentor and former Grocery Buyer turned Wholesale Consultant Alli Ball will share her predictions for the future of wholesale\, how Buyer relationships are shifting on the retail level\, and where you can capture the most sale moving forward. Join us! \nNot yet part of the Emerge community\, and interested in learning more? More details here\, or schedule time to speak with Julie Pryor\, Director of the Emerge Program. \nAll calls are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-smarter-call-22/
CATEGORIES:Retailer Insights,Retailer Relationships,Sales,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200501T120000
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SUMMARY:"Care & Share" Virtual Community Call
DESCRIPTION:As an adjunct professor of Marketing at the University of Maryland Global Campus and veteran broker across specialty food\, center store and fresh perimeter departments\, Jerry joins us to share first-hand what he’s seeing and experiencing as he works with emerging brands to increase retail distribution and navigate the new realities. He’ll share what category trends he’s seeing based on current consumer shopping behaviors\, and what’s changing and staying the same related to in-store marketing\, promotions and expanding distribution. \nOur community of experts is here to help you grow your business and navigate with focus and confidence\, during the new realities of COVID-19. \nNot yet a subscriber? Join us\, and subscribe to Emerge!
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-care-share-with-dr-jerry-chadwick/
CATEGORIES:Data and Insights,Distribution,Retailer Insights,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200421T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200421T140000
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SUMMARY:New Hope Webinar: The State & Future of Natural & Organic
DESCRIPTION:The $230 billion U.S. natural & organic products industry is facing significant challenges and opportunities as the result of the COVID-19 crisis. The state of the industry today is different than it was a month ago\, and New Hope Network and Whipstitch Capital have joined forces to pull together the data and insights that can help you navigate a changing landscape. We will look at how the industry performed in 2019\, how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted industry sales and growth\, and what we might expect throughout 2020 and beyond based on short- and mid-term consumer behaviors and macro forces and trends. While staying grounded in reality\, we’ll explore the long-term opportunities that could await natural & organic products as people increasingly value and invest more in human and planetary health. \nCarlotta Mast\nSVP and Market Leader\nNew Hope Network \nNick McCoy\nManaging Director & Co-Founder\nWhipstitch Capital \nRegister Here
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/new-hope-webinar-the-state-future-of-natural-organic/
CATEGORIES:Data and Insights,education,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200417T120000
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DTSTAMP:20200403T154119Z
CREATED:20191202T180954Z
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SUMMARY:Community Care & Share: Optimizing Your Site Experience to Drive Sales
DESCRIPTION:For all Emerge subscriber companies. Bring specific questions you have and receive live guidance.  \nAs the Coronavirus pandemic has progressed\, much of the world’s commerce is moving online. Join FMI Emerge mentor Rajat Kapur from &Marketing to learn how to craft your brand’s online experience and optimize for sales. \nJoin this live Zoom call to gain insights into: \n\nUsing fundamentals to build your brand’s “story” – which aligns your brand’s unique positioning to your target consumer’s challenges\nEnsuring your brand’s visual identity aligns with its uniqueness\nBuilding an online web presence that reflects this uniqueness in a compelling way (and how to choose from the various platforms)\nDriving traffic to your site so consumers can purchase\, using a mix of content\, social media\, email marketing\, paid advertising\, influencer marketing\, or a myriad of other tactics.\n\n  \nReady to take advantage of Emerge community expertise? Join here.
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-smarter-call-17/
CATEGORIES:Branding,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200410T133000
DTSTAMP:20200406T201243Z
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SUMMARY:Community Care & Share: Optimizing Amazon During COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:Emerge mentor David Tenzer of Amplify Goods\, will join us to share what’s happening at Amazon this week\, and answer any questions you have about selling or fulfilling through Amazon. Whether you’ve recently launched on Amazon and need guidance\, are considering how best to launch on Amazon\, or you’ve been set up for a while and want to optimize your strategies\, David has seen it all and can help! \nDavid is an expert at advising brands on how to grow and manage their Amazon business by identifying the right strategies and effectively managing their business. Here’s his LinkedIn profile if you’d like to learn more about David\, prior to the zoom call.
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/community-care-share-optimizing-amazon-during-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:e-Commerce,education,Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T160000
DTSTAMP:20200318T152529Z
CREATED:20191202T175302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T152529Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Emerge Smarter: Confidently Developing your Product Pricing Strategy
DESCRIPTION:We understand that the food retail industry is working around the clock to replenish and restock. In light of this\, and everyone’s attention on COVID-19\, we want to be sensitive to our community\, and will postpone this education session. \nLearn how to think about the building blocks of setting your price\, which is closely connected to the margins expected at various steps in the supply chain. Join us for an educational session where you’ll receive the tools to do these calculations on your own from pricing expert\, Scott Sanders.   \nJoin this call to gain insights into:  \n\nBuilding your price two ways: “up” from COGS and “down” from suggested retail price \nAn overview of ways to find the right retail price \nA sampling of psychological pricing tricks 
URL:https://emergecpg.com/event/emerge-smarter-call-12/
CATEGORIES:Emerge Smarter,Sales,Strategy
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