Brokers

1. Southern Professionals
Specialties: Southern Professionals, Inc. is a full-service brokerage firm partnering with manufacturers and retailers since 1979. We are a team oriented company that works very closely with our buyers and manufacturers to ensure our clients achieve excellent results and substantial business growth.

2. Vista Brands
Specialties: We are creating something new at VISTA BRANDS…

A forward-thinking, results-oriented way of doing business in the CPG world. We believe the traditional broker model is no longer relevant in our industry. It once was a great way to get support for a brand, but as brokers took on more and more clients, many fell through the cracks. Seeing this, we wanted to DO better and BE better and not let that happen to you.

That is how VISTA BRANDS was born...
From mature to emerging brands, our guiding philosophy is to treat each one of our clients as if they are our only brand. We work alongside you and act as an extension of your company, representing you as if we are shareholders.
We represent a limited number of brands so each one of our clients receives specialized attention. VISTA BRANDS offers national coverage in all retail channels. We are set on changing the way business is done between the retailer and the brand. Whether you currently have an internal sales team that needs support, or you are looking for an outside team to represent your brand, we tailor our services to your needs.

VISTA BRANDS brings a unique perspective and exceptionally deep experience and expertise — on both the manufacturer and retail sides. Forward-thinking clients come to us – and stay with us – because we immerse ourselves in their business and understand their marketplace needs.

VISTA BRANDS brings a unique perspective and exceptional experience and expertise- on both the manufacturer and retail sides of the business. Ultimately, the best metric of our success is the longevity of our client relationships. When we become a trusted partner and an integral part of the team, we know we have delivered value.

If you are looking for a new type of sales-driven company that is a virtual extension of your business, where trust and an unwavering commitment to delivering is paramount, you've found the right team at VISTA BRANDS.

Area's of Expertise:
- Defining a specific sales strategy that works with your philosophy for building your brand
- Meeting with you, or on your behalf with buyers from all major retailers in the U.S.
- Managing your trade spend and assisting to find "lost money" from deductions
- Completing all new vendor paperwork flawlessly without errors or penalties
- Provide retail store coverage for audits, demo's, couponing and "feet on the street" support for your brand
- New item creation and introduction from concept to shelf
- Guidance and support in finding the best contract manufacturing, ingredient sourcing and formulation in the industry
- Consumer marketing support including social media, influencers and event planning
- Expertise in direct to consumer e-commerce sales support
- Assistance in sourcing the right investors for your brand

Give us a call today for a free consultation to see how VISTA BRANDS can take your brand to a new level...

3. BRIDGETHORNE
Specialties: Bridgethorne is part of Ceuta Group, and we work with manufacturers, suppliers and retailers internationally, helping get products listed and ranged into UK supermarkets.

We are retail and FMCG specialists delivering category management, shopper marketing, and sales services through:
- consultancy
- research
- training
- outsourced services

Our core aim is to drive profitable growth for clients and their brands through supermarkets. We transform data and research into practical and compelling insight that you and engaged buyers can act upon with absolute confidence.

Our expert team provides consultancy, outsourcing, training, and research to get products onto the right shelves and into the shopper’s baskets.

We work with large and small businesses to meet our client’s specific requirements by offering a wide range of strategic to tactical services and capabilities over a broad range of disciplines including:

Strategic Category Management:
- Category Visions and Strategies

Operational Category Management:
- Range Reviews, Space Planning, Market Entry, Compelling Selling, My Perfect Store

Shopper Marketing:
- Strategy Development, Shopper Planning and Activation

Sales:
- Account and Channel Management, Collaborative / Joint Business Planning

Data Management:
- EPOS/Retail Analytics, Category tools

Training:
- Capability Assessments, Capability Programmes, Training Workshops and Virtual Training across all commercial disciplines for retailers and suppliers

Outsource and Interim:
- From full outsource to short and long-term solutions in Category Management, Shopper and Sales, with hand selected, experienced professionals.

Research:
- A full suite of services using state of the art quantitative and qualitative methodologies to generate proprietary insight on shoppers and consumers.

Sourcing:
- Services in sourcing, moving, storing and managing products for retailers through our international brand and product sourcing arm called BIBS.

Our team is easy to work with, passionate about what they do and experts in their respective fields.
We have extensive experience working with clients and brands (including own label) at all stages of their evolution, from new category entrants to household names.

4. Active Marketing Group Inc
Specialties: Active Marketing is very selective in the brands we partner with. We keep our number of brands small and give those brands our full attention EVERY day.
The traditional broker model promises you equal coverage, BUT it’s easy to see that there’s not enough time in the day for an organization to have the brand knowledge or the time to represent each brand equally when the line list contains more brands than they can handle.
That’s why we created our BROKER MODEL. Our small number of distinctive brands fulfill the unmet needs of our retailer partners, ALLOWING focus for continuous growth. When successful, our BRAND PARTNERS and ACTIVE MARKETING grow. WIN/WIN.

OUR SERVICES –

Brick and Mortar Retail
• Headquarter Sales and Strategy
• Business Intelligence Through Syndicated Data
• Account Management Support
• Forecasting and Order Management
• Competitive Analysis

Digital Commerce
• Full-Service Account Management
• Listing Optimization
• Advertising Management
• Product Detail/Brand Store Development
• Operational Solutions/3rd Party Fulfillment

Endorsements
“Active Marketing was a strategic partner when I joined the WaterWipes team this past year. The AMG Team are well managed and bring great knowledge of the retailer landscape in North America to our internal WaterWipes team. Active brings enthusiasm, can do attitudes, and collaboration to the table every day. I am extremely happy with our third-party partner Active Marketing and am confident as a team we will continue to growth the WaterWipes brand robustly for years to come.”
Lindsay Martin
Regional VP, North America - WaterWipes

“Active Marketing was a strategic partner when we acquired TruVision Readers. Prior to the acquisition and during transition, Active Marketing partnered with our sales team to review each sales process while managing our Amazon business. Active Marketing offered valuable insight as we built our new sales forecast and established KPI’s. Active Marketing has passionate leaders with strong expertise in the CPG space. Active’s team was great to work with and eager to learn how to best grow our brand on Amazon. They have an entrepreneurial eye for business and are willing to test and learn new strategies or ideas to uncover growth opportunities.”
Troy Peaden
President, Owner - TruVision Readers

“Active Marketing has been our sales team for Amazon for the past three years. Their execution and reporting as well as their communication have exceeded all of our expectations. Active Marketing helped us develop our Amazon Store and significantly increased sales by driving our consumers to the store through sponsored ads. We can count on them to help resolve our listing issues quickly as well as effectively manage our detail page content. We look forward to working closely with Active Marketing in the future to continue our robust growth.”
Adam Kobren - President BSN

5. KartSmartr
Specialties: KartSmartr is an eCom Agency specializing in selling your items on Amazon (Amazon.com and Amazon Fresh), Instacart and Walmart Marketplace. KartSmartr has "triple downed" on the 3P Marketplace/Seller Central within Amazon, and are experts in the field with a strong & proven track record. In addition to being an Omni-Channel partner with major retailers, our management practices are completely turnkey. Benefits of being our partner: Complete brand integrity and consumer transparency, complete control of consumer price, catalog and for Amazon management—Amazon ships to the consumer (Prime Badge) and we don’t go to sleep until your hero item is on page one for organic search results. We’re a group of eCom experts with a track record of launching an Amazon store into the top 5% of all Amazon Sellers. We also have specialist: Ads (Amazon Sponsored/Display, Instacart, Kroger), logistic (FBA management), Creative and more. KartSmartr is your brand partners on Amazon—not just trying to sell product but building your brand. Whether your small, med or a larger company, KartSmartr is your wholesale partner solution for doing eCom right and profitably.
And now let’s talk advertising as in addition to Amazon Ad specialist, we’re an official Instacart partner and can offer Amazon, Hulu and Roku streaming commercials placement. Moreover, podcast ads. We know how to manage external traffic to Amazon: Attribution and referral discounts for doing so.

6. Retail Smarter
Specialties: You’re ready to launch a new product, or expand distribution with major retailers — but you need help to make it happen. We’re a team of award-winning CPG and retail experts, whose sales, marketing and supply chain experience drives growth at the largest retailers in America — and we’re ready to help.

GET THE RETAIL EXPERTISE YOU NEED, BY THE HOUR, BY THE PROJECT, OR MONTH-TO-MONTH
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RETAIL SALES PRESENTATIONS — Putting a new product on the shelf is always risky. If your presentation isn’t beautifully compelling, then retailers won’t “get it” — and you could miss your chance on the shelf. We’ve created hundreds of successful retail presentations, so we can help you upgrade or create a new presentation that truly resonates with retail buyers.

BRAND/SHOPPER MESSAGING — Brand messaging takes design, copywriting, and retail expertise to get it just right. If your messaging isn’t expertly crafted, it could cost you a place on the shelf. With decades of successful retail and brand experience, we can help you craft a message that connects with retail category managers and shoppers.

CONSUMER PACKAGING — Packaging must grab a shopper’s attention and convince them to buy in record time. If your packaging isn’t stunningly succinct, shoppers (and retailers) will pass it by. We’ve designed (and re-designed) for dozens of successful CPGs, so we can help you create packaging that retailers and shoppers can’t resist.

OMNICHANNEL PRESENCE —Retailers look at your website, social media, Amazon content, and business profiles on RangeMe and LinkedIn. If your online content isn’t ready for retail, then retailers won’t even consider giving you a place on the shelf. We know how to design the kind of omnichannel content that retailers love, so we can help you optimize your online presence to match.

RETAIL MEDIA & MARKETING — If retailers don’t trust that you can sell off the shelf, they won’t put you on it. And, if you don’t have the right marketing in place, you won’t meet sales requirements to stay on the shelf. We’ve managed brand marketing, merchandising, and retail media for years. We’ll help you impress retailers with a comprehensive retail media strategy that inspires confidence and builds brand loyalty.

PRICING STRATEGY — Supply chain, overhead, marketing — and profitability. If you don’t have the right pricing strategy, retailers won’t trust that you can manage the business well enough to be on their shelf. We know how to create the kind of profitable pricing strategy retailers are looking for — a strategy that drives growth and fosters long-term retail partnerships.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT — Supply chain management is critical to retail success. If your supply chain isn’t ready for a national scale, retailers will limit your distribution or keep you off the shelf. We know how and where to use 3PLs, EDI providers, and other partners effectively. We can help you implement and manage supply chain systems that exceed retailer expectations.

RETAIL DATA SYSTEMS — Retail systems can be a complex labyrinth of acronyms, jargon, and forms. Mistakes can cost thousands in delays, fines, or being discontinued from the shelf. With our retail experience, we know how to quickly and accurately navigate retailer systems for complete and accurate first-time setup that connects you with millions of retail shoppers.
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We love helping small brands get their big break!

We believe small and diverse businesses make our world better. We are humbled and honored to do our part to increase opportunity and prosperity for all. We’re ready to help! You’ll retail better, because we’ll help you retail smarter.™
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Established in 2011, Retail Smarter is WBENC-certified. The founder is a former Group Director at Energizer Battery with similar level experience at Purina and Anheuser-Busch. Our team has proven success with brand share gains and multiple vendor of the year awards from national chains.

CASE STUDIES: https://retailsmarter.com/our-clients/case-studies/
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/retail-smarter/

7. C.A. Fortune
Specialties: We are committed to making brands better through passionate people and advancing technologies, inspiring healthier lifestyles for consumers and their families. As the nation's leading vertically integrated consumer brands agency, we seek to strengthen brands of all sizes from incubation to market leader, guided by the industry's thought leaders and cutting-edge technology.

8. DIVERSITY INSPIRED SALES and MARKETING, LLC
Specialties: DISM is a multicultural, woman-owned, full-service Sales, Marketing, and Fractional Chief Sales Officer Hire Agency: DISM Specializes in go-to-market sales & marketing strategies. DISM is focused on bringing mission-driven, socially responsible, & diversity-inspired CPG brands courageously and successfully to market.

We Bring More Diversity and Socially Conscious Brands to Market!
• Women-Owned
• Minority-Owned
• Multiculturally-Owned
• Veteran-Owned
• LGBTO-Owned


DIVERSITY INSPIRED SALES and MARKETING, LLC, AKA DISM SERVICES:

• Strategically Focused Go-to-Market Strategies
• Creative Ideation
• Experiential Marketing (Creating Deep Emotional Consumer & Brand Connections)
• Social Media Digital Campaigns
• Gaining New Points of Distribution
• KEHE & UNFI
• Relationship Building & Customer Service
• Leadership, Team Building & Coaching
• Broker Team Vetting and Motivational Leadership

9. Insight Management Group
Specialties: With more than 45 years experience in the Retail business, we help Suppliers achieve their dreams and goals by selling to the largest Retailer in the world. Our services range from helping with early stage development (like packaging and brand development), business analytics (how is the product selling?), replenishment (do we have enough in the stores?), supply chain (do we have enough product coming?), business advocate (we are here for you!) and more.

We work with small and large suppliers; new and existing suppliers. We build plans that work for your needs because every supplier has different needs.

10. Mr. Checkout Distributors
Specialties: Areas of Focus:-
Natural Grocery
Nutrition, Health & Wellness
Convenience & Pharmacy
Boutique & Gift
Beauty, Hair & Spa
Foodservice Distribution

Since 1989, the Mr. Checkout group is composed of independent distributors, convenience store distributors, merchandisers, wholesale-to-distributor warehouse companies, and wagon jobbers better known as small distributors. We are not a franchise; each distributor remains independent and autonomous. Distributors retain total control over their businesses, as well as full control over all purchasing, placement, and marketing methods.

With over 60 products in major retailers, Mr. Checkout works as manufacturers reps for specific products depending on their marketability and retail focus. Taking a product direct to retail may be a better path to market for some products than through the network of distributors, jobbers and wholesalers that works with Mr. Checkout.

Working along with many manufacturers reps, we deliver a clear path to success through trust, provide transparency in our business relationships, and use our technology to give product manufacturers insight into what we are doing. We view product brokers as a great partner and work with a number of manufacturer reps to find the best placement and deals.

If you have a product that you think that we would be interested in taking direct to retail, let us know by sharing your product information here: https://MrCheckout.net/submit
Submit Your Product: https://MrCheckout.net/submit
About Us Video: https://youtu.be/2hQ00oI75uE