The Age of Digital Purchasing is Here: RangeMe on the Nexxt Level Podcast

June 18, 2020 00:48:16
The Age of Digital Purchasing is Here: RangeMe on the Nexxt Level Podcast
NexxtLevel Brands Podcast
The Age of Digital Purchasing is Here: RangeMe on the Nexxt Level Podcast

Jun 18 2020 | 00:48:16

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Hosted By

G. Steven Cleere

Show Notes

Brandon Leong is the Vice President of Marketing and Growth at RangeMe. He brings with him a unique blend of CPG industry experience along with expertise in high technology growth startups. He has held senior marketing roles for over a decade in companies such as Quri and Aria Systems. Currently, Brandon leads a talented and energetic team focused on the growth of the RangeMe marketplace.

Vir Satyan is RangeMe's Director of Supplier Success. He has lived and worked across three continents holding key roles in people-centric industries including consumer packaged goods. He is the second ever employee of RangeMe and is immensely passionate about helping suppliers grow their businesses. Vir currently leads the very talented supplier success team.

From very small beginnings to being the industry standard for product sourcing online, RangeMe streamlines product discovery for over 7,000 category buyers and the world's largest retailers while enabling over 175,000 product suppliers and manufacturers to have greater control over the marketing of their products.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

How RangeMe's founder, Nicky Jackson, came up with the idea for the online platform

Why RangeMe decided to shift their headquarters from Australia to the US

Why new startups should be willing to sell online and use e-commerce platforms

How RangeMe works and why it’s important to build an optimized RangeMe profile

Success stories from RangMe clients

How RangeMe replaces the sell sheet for a brand and its other benefits to suppliers and buyers.

Why it’s crucial for RangeMe users to be active on the platform and to keep their profiles updated.

How has the COVID-19 crisis impacted RangeMe and its clients?

How ECRM, RangeMe’s parent company, has adapted to market changes by creating an Efficient Supplier Introductions (ESI) solution.

RangeMe's signup and verification process, and benefits of having a premium account

RangeMe's future plans in creating greater efficiencies for sellers and buyers

In this episode…

The growth of e-commerce had been amazing prior to COVID 19, and now it has literally advanced a decade in a space of 90 Days. And while much of the focus has been on the consumer altering behavior from buying at brick and mortar stores to online, there is a similar revolution on the purchasing side. Big retail buyers and purchasing agents are working from home with no physical meetings with vendors or suppliers. The answer now lies in 'digital purchasing' and RangeMe is already here to help.

RangeMe is an online platform that enables retail buyers to efficiently discover innovative and emerging products while empowering suppliers to manage and grow their brands with the tools, insights, and services they need.

In this episode, G. Steven Cleere talks with Brandon Leong and Vir Satyan from RangeMe about the rapid growth of e-commerce and digital purchasing, and how they are making the process easier for all parties involved. They explain how the RangeMe platform works, its benefits to sellers and buyers, how it helps in fostering and growing brand awareness and visibility, and why educating suppliers has been a top priority for RangeMe. Stay tuned.

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Resources Mentioned in this episode

Kitchen2Shelf

Nexxt Level Marketing

Steve Cleere’s email: [email protected]

RangeMe

ECRM

Brandon Leong on LinkedIn 

Vir Satyan on LinkedIn

Nicky Jackson, CEO and Founder of RangeMe, on LinkedIn

ECRM's Efficient Supplier Introductions (ESI)

Tylers Coffee

Expo East 

Expo West 

Summer Fancy Food Show 

Zoom

Thrive Market 

Credit Suisse

 

Sponsor for this episode...

Our podcast today is sponsored by Kitchen2Shelf, the educational arm of NexxtLevel Brands. Kitchen-2-Shelf provides online and in-person courses and workshops for CPG entrepreneurs at any stage of growth. 

Whether you're an early-stage startup, a local growing business, or if you want to just expand your distribution to a national level, Kitchen-2-Shelf can help you learn what you need to know to grow.

Visit their website to get access to some free tools that can help you understand where your business stands. 

Contact them today to find out how they can help you grow your brand and expand your business to reach its full potential.

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