Sales Rep has over 20 years experience in International & Domestic Sales/Marketing, Sourcing and Management/Administration. Being a QVC vendor for over 15 years and now acting as a Manufacturer’s Rep & Consultant, he has the know-how from A-Z when it comes to TV Shopping and Retail.
He has brought products in the following categories to TV Sales Channels, Catalogs, Direct Mail, Department Stores, Big Box, Specialty, Discount, DIY & E-tailers on 6 continents: Residential Lighting, Computer Hardware, Food, Automotive Accessories, Garden Tools/Décor, Kitchen Gadgets, Fitness, Home Furnishings/Décor, Rugs, Bedding, Gifts and Apparel.
Conversational in Spanish & German, his specialties include Cross-Cultural Communications & Relations, Sourcing, Country & Market Analysis, Entry into Foreign Markets, Sales Rep/Agent/Distribution Network management, Key Account management. His “know how” in the industry makes him a great member to the team.
Whether you’re looking to sell your invention for the first time, or are a fully operational product giant looking to seek out additional distribution channels, FI’s team of manufacturers reps can help. FI has sold a wide array of products to Mail Order Catalogs, E-tailers, Brick and Mortar, Medical Distributors and TV Shopping Channels domestically and internationally.
We’ve all heard, “It’s not what you know but who you know” and in the product business, this rings loud and true. With buyers in place and a seasoned team of sales reps, intros are quick and easy. Give us 90 days and we’ll bring you orders.
Sales Rep can help you distribute and sell your products or services into specific retail channels. Being former buyers at Lowes they have a history built on the fact that our team members combine their experience for leadership, merchandising, and marketing to help position your brand in the market. Sales Rep can work with you to strategize about positioning so you can sell more and meet your business objectives.
Sales Rep has a broad range of global experience and expertise in business-to-business relationships and retail merchandising. Our knowledge expands to understanding how to develop merchandising that works and can increase consumer spend. We develop consumer-marketing programs that also increase foot traffic to brick and mortar retail or online retail site visits through various social media programs, web products, and services. Put our expertise in retail work for your products and services. We can help you deliver.
Results-driven Kroger sales representative with extensive experience developing and managing strategic retail partnerships within the grocery and consumer products industry. This includes strong experience supporting brands sold through The Kroger Co. and other major national retailers. Proven ability to grow sales, increase product placement opportunities, and drive category performance. This applies across a wide range of consumer product categories including Grocery, Health & Beauty, Household Goods, Seasonal, Pet, Beverage, General Merchandise, and Wellness products.
Kroger Sales Rep is experienced in retail strategy, merchandising, promotional planning, inventory management, category analysis, and in-store execution. Skilled at building trusted relationships with buyers, category managers, and retail teams. This is done while delivering consistent communication, accountability, and measurable results. Additionally, there is a strong understanding of consumer purchasing behavior, grocery retail operations, and the importance of execution at shelf level.
Kroger Sales Rep works closely with manufacturing partners to develop effective go-to-market strategies that increase visibility, improve retail performance, and maximize profitability. Recognized for being hands-on, responsive, and solutions-oriented while helping brands successfully grow within highly competitive retail environments.
Passionate about customer success and committed to representing quality brands with integrity, professionalism, and excellence. Kroger Sales Representative is dedicated to helping manufacturers expand their reach and strengthen their presence inside The Kroger Co. Furthermore, they help throughout the grocery retail marketplace.
Key Accounts: Kroger, Fred Meyer, Amazon, Bi-Mart, Jensen Distribution
Company is a manufacturer’s representative company with consumer electronics, home health care, furniture, food and drug, sports and hardware accounts in Michigan. Service and honesty are the company trademarks that insure dealer and distributor confidence. Close contact with the customer guarantees that vendor programs, promotions, and/or advertising campaigns can be maximized. Current representation includes Antennas Direct, Bell’O International, Brands Unlimited, Cable Wait, Indy Audio Labs, Mobi Technologies, OEM Systems, Powercam, Touchstone Home Products, Truly USA and Wagan. Customers of the company include ABC Warehouse, Altron Int., Almas Hi Fi and Frank W. Kerr. As a manufacturer’s representative, sales representiative won several awards representing JVC, Marantz, Teac, Sanyo, and many others. After ten years as a representative, he moved on to the Sanyo Fisher Corporation, servicing several of the Midwest’s top retailers: Highland Appliance, Kmart, Rex Stores, May Company and ABC Warehouse. As a Regional Manager, he built successful sales teams at two consumer electronics companies and two music/video companies servicing Best Buy, Target, Handleman, Rite Aid, Jo-Ann Stores, Factory Card and Party Outlets, among many others.
Company was founded to provide expert service to Service members and the military exchange system worldwide. Founder knows both. He was raised in an Air Force family, served in the Army, and spent 23 years as a buyer for the Army and Air Force Exchange service. He retired from AAFES as a Senior Buyer with over $300 million a year in sales.
He knows how to guide suppliers through the exchange system process, and knows what military exchange buyers require. He spent time in Bosnia, Panama, Iraq, Kuwait, Europe and the Pacific interviewing troops. His ultimate goal is to provide service members the merchandise they need and want. Few founders have traveled to war zones to make sales calls.
He also worked for Marantz, and Bose Corp, and as a military rep for Atari, Head Ski, Tyrolia ski bindings, and Nordica boots.
Company has spent the past 14 years increasing sales for both their vendor and retail partners. Located west of the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul they have built their reputation with retailers in the Midwest such as; Target, Best Buy, Menards and many more. Although company represents many vendors they also take great pride in pioneering many new products across several retail channels including national accounts, such as; Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, Sears and many more. Company built a very strong reputation in the Hardware industry and that base enabled them to add key team members that expanded their reach into a variety of categories that include hardware, furniture and consumer electronics. President has spent 25 years selling consumer products to all retailers across North America working in corporate America with Generac Corporation and Coleman Companies. After Coleman Powermate was sold to the Sunbeam group, he was instrumental in teaming with the Faip manufacturing company to private label a full line of electric pressure washers under the Powerwasher brand and the Husky private label brand for The Home Depot.
Selling to Home Depot is a goal for many manufacturers, but getting on the shelf requires more than a great product.
Home Depot buyers evaluate every aspect of your business—from product innovation and pricing to packaging, inventory, supply chain, and marketing support. Brands that are prepared before meeting the buyer have a much greater chance of success.
Why Home Depot?
With more than 2,300 stores and one of North America’s largest home improvement ecommerce platforms, Home Depot provides brands with an incredible opportunity to grow through both in-store and online sales.
What Buyers Look For
Before considering a new product, Home Depot buyers want to know that your company is retail ready.
Key evaluation areas include:
Product Innovation
Competitive Pricing
Retail-Ready Packaging
UPC & GS1 Compliance
Inventory & Supply Chain
Marketing Support
Product Photography & Videos
Sales History
Retail Margins
Reliable Fulfillment
A great product is important—but execution is what wins retail business.
Retail Readiness Matters
Many brands are rejected not because of their product, but because they aren’t prepared for retail.
Before approaching Home Depot, make sure you have:
✓ Retail Packaging
✓ UPC Barcodes
✓ GS1 Registration
✓ Product Specification Sheets
✓ Sell Sheets
✓ Executive Sales Deck
✓ Master Cartons
✓ Pallet Configuration
✓ EDI Capabilities
✓ MAP Pricing Strategy
✓ Marketing Assets
✓ Product Photography
✓ Inventory Planning
✓ Liability Insurance
Common Mistakes Brands Make
Many products never make it to the buyer because companies:
Lack retail-ready packaging
Price products incorrectly
Cannot support retailer margins
Don’t have enough inventory
Are missing compliance requirements
Have weak marketing materials
Preparation is one of the biggest competitive advantages in retail.
How DPG Distribution Helps
Since 2011, DPG Distribution has helped brands prepare for retail and connect with major retailers across North America.
We work with manufacturers to improve retail readiness, strengthen buyer presentations, and position products for success with retailers like Home Depot and many others.
Whether you’re launching a new product or expanding into national retail, our team can help you prepare for the opportunity.
Ready to Sell to Home Depot?
Getting into Home Depot starts long before the buyer meeting.
The brands that succeed are the ones that are prepared.
Key strategies and retail readiness metrics for getting your products onto Home Depot shelves.
Become DPG Retail Ready™ and give your product the best opportunity to earn shelf space.
Connected Home Depot Sales Representative with extensive experience building and growing strategic partnerships within the home improvement and retail industry, including strong relationships with The Home Depot merchants, buyers, and category managers. Proven track record of driving sales growth, expanding product placement opportunities, and supporting both national brands and emerging manufacturers across multiple categories including Hardware, Outdoor Living, Power Equipment, Consumer Electronics, Housewares, Lighting, and Seasonal products.
Home Depot Sales Rep is recognized for developing long-term retail relationships built on trust, communication, integrity, and execution. Skilled in managing all aspects of the sales process including line reviews, merchandising strategy, promotional planning, forecasting, inventory management, retail analytics, and in-store execution. The Home Depot Rep has a deep understanding of retail operations, customer expectations, and what it takes to successfully position products within a competitive big-box environment.
Home Depot Sales Representative works closely with manufacturing partners to create winning retail strategies that drive incremental revenue, improve brand visibility, and maximize profitability. Known for being hands-on, responsive, and solutions-oriented while consistently delivering results for both retail partners and vendor clients.
Hardware Store Sales Broker
With a passion for customer success and a commitment to excellence, this sales representative understands how to navigate the complexities of today’s retail landscape while helping brands grow market share inside The Home Depot and beyond.
Sam’s Club is a membership warehouse club, a limited-item business model that offers our members quality products at an exceptional value unmatched by traditional retail. Our sales representative Sams Club has experience getting your bulk products into Sams to be an exclusive product with little competition.
Instead of stocking every item in every available brand, Sam’s Club merchants do the homework, stocking the right products and purchasing them in large quantities, passing on the savings to their members. They also reduce costs by maintaining a simple shopping environment, often displaying their merchandise on shipping pallets so they can move new items in just as quickly as they move out.
Company has over seventeen years experience with Wal*Mart Stores Inc. and its various domestic and international subsidiaries. From a beginning with his own oral care products, company represents clients successfully in many categories. With reps located in Toronto, Florida, and of course north Arkansas, company represents several large corporations and overseas factories to Wal*Mart, Sam’s Club, and other retailers.
Our sales representative Sams Club has specialized marketing knowledge in building brand awareness, category retention & development, incremental sales development, execution of WMT promotional programs and SKU introduction tactics, including sample access, price point negotiation and packaging consulting.
Key Accounts: Sam’s Club, Walmart, Publix, Canadian Tire, London Drugs, Office Depot
Our Sales Representative Bed Bath and Beyond started his career in this business in 1990. After a couple of years he started working with Bed Bath & Beyond when they had roughly 45 stores. Today they are over 1000 stores and own other divisions like Harmon, Christmas Tree Shops and Buy Buy Baby. He represents products into each division.
Our team’s office is located 2 miles from Bed Bath & Beyond corporate campus. He is known in their world for representing roughly 50 percent of their AS Seen On TV business. He has been fortunate to be able to represent great tv driven products and lines to BBB.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. operates the largest house ware goods specialty stores in the United States. The company has a chain of over 300 stores that sell such domestic merchandise as bed linens, bath accessories, kitchen textiles, cookware, dinnerware, kitchen utensils, small electric appliances, and basic home furnishings. Throughout the company’s short history, bigger has proven to be better. In the mid-1980s, Bed Bath & Beyond was a pioneer in the concept of superstores: large, well-stocked specialty shops with prices allegedly comparable to, or lower than, department store sale prices.
Some Bed Bath & Beyond stores have over 80,000 square feet–the average is 45,000 square feet–of selling floor and offer more than 300,000 different items, stacked literally from floor to ceiling. The company expanded rapidly in the early 1990s on the strength of the superstore concept. Store count continues to grow at a rapid clip and in 2000, the company recorded its eighth consecutive year of record earnings. The $1.8 billion company has operations throughout the United States and plans to continue opening new stores to support its goal of doubling its earnings every three years.
Our Sales Representative Bed Bath and Beyond currently does in excess of $100 million dollars at cost to BBB in many different categories. Fortunately a lot of his TV business is done in personal care and he has a very strong relationship with the buyer, the DMM, and the GMM. My relationship goes all the way to Arthur stark who is the CFO.
I love building brands so I look forward to any opportunity that might make sense at BBB.
Key Accounts: Bed Bath and Beyond, Buy Buy Baby, Christmas Tree Shops, Harmon
