ECRM Global Market Sets Record

Ohio-based ECRM, a leader in end-to-end product sourcing solutions for retailers, hosted a record number of participants at its October 2021 Global Market: Fall Experience, with more than 3,700 buyers and sellers gathering virtually from 68 countries.

The 2021 Global Market: Fall Experience combined RangeMe‘s immersive digital product discovery platform with ECRM Connect, ECRM’s virtual meeting environment, for brands to showcase relevant products to buyers from retailers and foodservice operators of all sizes and locations. Categories covered included food, beverage, foodservice, baby, household, housewares, pet, school and office, toy, seasonal, camping, beauty, health care and personal care. Buyers engaged in more than 2,200 supplier meetings around the clock during the weeklong experience.

During the Global Market: Fall Experience, buyers explored participating brands on RangeMe between Aug. 23 and Oct. 18, and with the click of a button, selected those brands with which they wanted to meet virtually. Scheduled meetings were 15 minutes in length and ran 24 hours a day during the week of Oct. 18 to accommodate global participants.

In addition to Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary’s presentation, the 2021 Global Market: Fall Experience featured a dynamic content lineup that included keynotes by Ahold-Delhaize USA, CVS, Petco, Sam’s Club, Walgreens, Walmart, and WSL Strategic Retail’s Wendy Liebmann, as well as interactive workshops led by industry leaders.

ECRM will continue its Global Market programming with a Spring, Summer and Fall Experiences in 2022, in addition to its existing lineup of more than 100 category-specific sessions. For more information, visit ECRM.MarketGate.com.

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