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David Spencer
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Alka Ahuja
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Brad Simon
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It’s a new year, and I am
excited. This is the time when
we see months of effort and
planning come together in
one cohesive, logical whole.
You will see that the team at
Gourmet Business has been
hard at work preparing for the
upcoming year, and we have
some exciting things to share
with you.
We have made a commitment
to being the most comprehensive source of information
available to our marketplace.
Due to the overwhelming support for our publication, and
the sheer volume of information that we want to share with
you, we will be publishing a new issue every other week
in 2012.
The Gourmet Business team will travel the globe and attend
no fewer than 16 shows this year in a quest to uncover all of
the upcoming trends and report to you on the outstanding
new products coming to market. We realize that staying on
top of this information is critical to your business success.
We will not just show you products and leave it to you to
figure out how to sell them. We will feature informative
articles from industry experts exploring best practices and
trends, and provide helpful hints on merchandising for selling
success. We have even formed a cooperative partnership
with the retail Web site www.littleindependent.com, which
utilizes the Internet in an innovative way to support Main
Street brick-and-mortar businesses. Littleindependent.com is
providing a platform for specialty retailers to leverage a large
consumer audience to turn over out-of-season or close-out
inventory, providing you with more buying dollars to invest in
the merchandise that will sell today.
Do you feel the need to have access to all of this informative
content on your favorite mobile device?
There is an app for that! We have
watched with amazement as the audience for the Gourmet Biz™ app on the
Apple App Store and on the Android
Market grew rapidly this past year. I
guess it should be no surprise after
shattering the old record for retail
e-commerce sales this past holiday
season, partially attributed to our
favorite network appliance, the iPad.
This year, we will add a second app,
Cheese Biz™, for our recently introduced publication Gourmet Business
Fine Cheese & Charcuterie. They are
free, so download them today and
never miss an issue!
This month, we will also debut our
weekly e-mail newsletter, Gourmet
Bytes, that will bring you additional
timely information from the marketplace that we think will be of interest.
The stories that we bring to you in
Gourmet Bytes will be archived on our
newly redesigned Web site that will
be unveiled this month. Our goal was
to make our new Web site the most
comprehensive resource for news and
information from our industry. In addition to current news, we will have a
special section where industry suppliers
can post current promotions, feature
supplier spotlights, and provide a library
of searchable digital catalogs from the
industry’s top brands. We will also unveil our exciting social media strategy
intended to allow our audience to share
