The Retail Community

2024 - Season 2: Ep.1: Question, Pull Back & Recalibrate

Welcome to 2024! On this episode of The Retail Community, Chrissy and Fernanda discuss their new mindset and way-forward mantra for the new year: QPR: Question / do your research, Pull Back when needed and Recalibrate to keep going.

Episode 8: TRC (4) Best Practices Every Product Business Should Implement After the New Year

On Episode 8 of the The Retail Community, co-hosts Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes outline 4 best practices every product based business should implement in the beginning of the year.  The Retail Community is a retail-centric collective made up of experienced retail and CPG founders that took their product based brands from their kitchen to national level retailers. Hosted by Retail experts: Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes, we’re here to peel back the curtains on what it means to launch a product at retail and to provide the tools to successfully navigate the CPG world. From entrepreneurship, branding, manufacturing, finance,  sales and marketing, join us as we give you a front seat into the world of making it at retail. Visit www.theretailcommunity.co to learn more.  Topics: Retail, Wholesale, Sales, CPG, Product Business, Entrepreneurship, Business

Episode 7: TRC - Manifesting into 2023

Co-hosts of The Retail Community, Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes kick-off Season 2 with our Episode 7: Manifesting into 2023. Learn why manifesting is important, why it matters and how to apply it to your life and business. The Retail Community, a retail centric collective made up of experienced retail and CPG founders that took their product based brands from their kitchen to national level retailers. Hosted by Retail experts: Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes, we’re here to peel back the curtains on what it means to launch a product at retail and to provide the tools to successfully navigate the CPG world. From branding, manufacturing, finance,  sales and marketing, join us as we give you a front seat into the world of making it at retail. Visit www.theretailcommunity.co to learn more. Topics: Retail, Wholesale, Sales, Entrepreneurship, Business

Episode 6: TRC Buyer's Corner: Alli Ball from Food Biz Whiz

On this episode of The Retail Community Podcast: Buyer's Corner, co-hosts Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes interview Alli Ball, Founder and CEO of the Food Biz Whiz and the Retail Ready Program. On this episode, Alli dives into how to get a CPG brand on the shelf and then off the shelf along with providing key tips from inside the mind of a retail buyer. The Retail Community, a retail centric collective made up of experienced retail and CPG founders that took their product based brands from their kitchen to national level retailers. Hosted by Retail experts: Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes, we’re here to peel back the curtains on what it means to launch a product at retail and to provide the tools to successfully navigate the CPG world. From branding, manufacturing, finance,  sales and marketing, join us as we give you a front seat into the world of making it at retail. Visit www.theretailcommunity.co to learn more. Topics: Retail, Wholesale, Sales

Episode 5: TRC Buyer's Corner: Jazmin Alvarez from Pretty Well Beauty

On this episode of The Retail Community Podcast: Buyer's Corner, co-hosts Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes interview Jazmin Alvarez, Founder, CEO and Chief Curator at clean beauty retailer: Pretty Well Beauty. Jazmin discusses what buyers look for (from a data and vanity metrics perspective) when onboarding a new brand at retail; the do's and don'ts for building a successful retail relationship and what to do when a buyer is not interested in your brand. The Retail Community, a retail centric collective made up of experienced retail and CPG founders that took their product based brands from their kitchen to national level retailers. Hosted by Retail experts: Chrissy Cabrera and Fernanda Gomes, we’re here to peel back the curtains on what it means to launch a product at retail and to provide the tools to successfully navigate the CPG world. From branding, manufacturing, finance,  sales and marketing, join us as we give you a front seat into the world of making it at retail. Visit www.theretailcommunity.co to learn more. Topics: Retail, Wholesale, Sales