Here is How to Survive Them Straight to the point: Your costs are going to go up. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but the trajectory is clear — tariffs are coming, supply chains are twitchy, […]
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Conlego’s Vendor Summit if done correctly delivers value to Retailers and their key vendor partners through a unique and effective tool designed to drive vendor investment in a retailer’s growth.
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Nothing is forever. Watch this three-minute video to gain insights on how to push back against cost increases of any kind including tariffs.
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Time, Tools, and Competing Priorities If you’re a retail buyer, you know all too well the complexities and demands of your role. You’re balancing inventory, trends, customer demands, and more, all while ensuring your decisions
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Companies continuously seek ways to drive revenue growth and improve profitability in an ever-evolving business landscape. One increasingly popular strategy to achieve these goals is through Joint Business Planning (JBP).
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In the early 1990s, legendary Texas Grocer H-E-B was faced with a challenge. The retailer was growing rapidly, but so were its competitors. To stay ahead, H-E-B needed a strategy that would streamline operations, enhance
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In most instances, business negotiation is simply a problem-solving exercise. You have unmet needs you believe your counterpart can satisfy, which is why you engaged them in the first place. Likewise, your counterpart has agreed
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Jason from the podcast Drivetime with DeRusha talks to Daniel Duty and Will Davis, co-founders of consulting firm Conlego about why we’re not seeing lower prices at the grocery store as other inflation markers drop. To
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Sometimes retailers and brands could use a little help aligning on a joint strategy, business plans or innovation paths. Sometimes they could use some help when dead-locked on a way to solve a problem they share,
Daniel Duty discusses the current price tug-of-war between supplier and retailers in an article from the Star Tribune titled “In tug-of-war over prices, grocers seek to wrest some control from food companies”. To read the
