This week, we tried to temper the bad news with useful resources. Sure, Amazon is an ever-consolidating behemoth who is constantly making it harder for your small brand to succeed. But luckily, you know how to be flexible and adaptable! Check out New Hope Network's guide to choosing distribution channels if you're looking to prep for the Amazon purge.
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Here's a rundown:
Learn: What’s the right channel for your brand? (New Hope Network)
Where should you focus your efforts as a small and resource-light food brand? Like many questions, it really depends on the specifics of your business. But this overview of the concentric circle approach is helpful and easy to understand. Food for thought!
Listen: NYU Conversations Podcast: Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle is an icon in food studies, having authored several books on the seedier undertones of food marketing and the industry groups that influence what we eat. Fans of her work will enjoy this podcast from NYU, where she is a professor. She discusses everything from soda taxes to pet food.
Read: Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Long-Feared Purge of Small Suppliers (Bloomberg)
This week in ominous news, Amazon sources are reporting an impending purge of smaller suppliers to make room for larger ones like Procter & Gamble. Sellers who have previously wholesaled to Amazon may now be forced to sell on the marketplace as third parties, using their own resources. Think you'll be affected by the cuts? Time to read up on Amazon third-party sales and marketing.
Read: The Hottest Food Startups in Chicago (Inc)
This list isn't long enough to cover the hundreds of innovative and fast-growing Chicago food businesses, but it's a start. From your favorite airport food vending machine to the brew bike that is changing college campuses, here are some of the buzziest startups in CHI!
This week, we tried to temper the bad news with useful resources. Sure, Amazon is an ever-consolidating behemoth who is constantly making it harder for your small brand to succeed. But luckily, you know how to be flexible and adaptable! Check out New Hope Network's guide to choosing distribution channels if you're looking to prep for the Amazon purge.
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Here's a rundown:
Learn: What’s the right channel for your brand? (New Hope Network)
Where should you focus your efforts as a small and resource-light food brand? Like many questions, it really depends on the specifics of your business. But this overview of the concentric circle approach is helpful and easy to understand. Food for thought!
Listen: NYU Conversations Podcast: Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle is an icon in food studies, having authored several books on the seedier undertones of food marketing and the industry groups that influence what we eat. Fans of her work will enjoy this podcast from NYU, where she is a professor. She discusses everything from soda taxes to pet food.
Read: Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Long-Feared Purge of Small Suppliers (Bloomberg)
This week in ominous news, Amazon sources are reporting an impending purge of smaller suppliers to make room for larger ones like Procter & Gamble. Sellers who have previously wholesaled to Amazon may now be forced to sell on the marketplace as third parties, using their own resources. Think you'll be affected by the cuts? Time to read up on Amazon third-party sales and marketing.
Read: The Hottest Food Startups in Chicago (Inc)
This list isn't long enough to cover the hundreds of innovative and fast-growing Chicago food businesses, but it's a start. From your favorite airport food vending machine to the brew bike that is changing college campuses, here are some of the buzziest startups in CHI!
This week, we tried to temper the bad news with useful resources. Sure, Amazon is an ever-consolidating behemoth who is constantly making it harder for your small brand to succeed. But luckily, you know how to be flexible and adaptable! Check out New Hope Network's guide to choosing distribution channels if you're looking to prep for the Amazon purge.
Our newsletter subscribers get our Reading Roundup delivered right to their inbox. Join them!
Here's a rundown:
Learn: What’s the right channel for your brand? (New Hope Network)
Where should you focus your efforts as a small and resource-light food brand? Like many questions, it really depends on the specifics of your business. But this overview of the concentric circle approach is helpful and easy to understand. Food for thought!
Listen: NYU Conversations Podcast: Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle is an icon in food studies, having authored several books on the seedier undertones of food marketing and the industry groups that influence what we eat. Fans of her work will enjoy this podcast from NYU, where she is a professor. She discusses everything from soda taxes to pet food.
Read: Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Long-Feared Purge of Small Suppliers (Bloomberg)
This week in ominous news, Amazon sources are reporting an impending purge of smaller suppliers to make room for larger ones like Procter & Gamble. Sellers who have previously wholesaled to Amazon may now be forced to sell on the marketplace as third parties, using their own resources. Think you'll be affected by the cuts? Time to read up on Amazon third-party sales and marketing.
Read: The Hottest Food Startups in Chicago (Inc)
This list isn't long enough to cover the hundreds of innovative and fast-growing Chicago food businesses, but it's a start. From your favorite airport food vending machine to the brew bike that is changing college campuses, here are some of the buzziest startups in CHI!
