The Art of: Selling at Retail
You’ve successfully launched a product line and now you want to sell it at retail. While it’s exciting to think about the possibilities of putting your product on the shelf of a big box store, it can be a complicated and expensive space to navigate.
You can trust in Thill Inc.!
Ever thought about all the details that go into retail sales of your product? Securing the right retailers, creating eye-catching packaging, forming strategic alliances, and ensuring you achieve a stellar return on investment, all require flawless execution. Moreover, the real cost of your product goes beyond manufacturing and encompasses packaging, bar coding, shipping and every other expense you incur before your product sits on a store shelf.
Just pause and take a moment. With Thill Inc, we take the burden off you. Since 1959, we have been proficiently handling Retail & Wholesale orders, developing a robust and comprehensive fulfillment strategy that saves you from costly mistakes and simplifies your transition to retail. Our expertise, drawn over years of experience, coupled with modern-day Retail Fulfillment Industry insights, gives us a competitive edge in managing your retail fulfillment aspects.
Harness the power of Electronic Data Interface (EDI) technology!
Thill Inc embraces the latest and advanced Electronic Data Interface (EDI) technology, enabling streamlined movement of data related to orders, shipping and receiving, invoicing, and payments along your entire supply chain. With over 64 years of industry experience, it’s no surprise we handle EDI with all the popular standards, including ANSI and EDIFACT effortlessly. Need a custom interface for a specific EDI standard version? Our expert in-house programmers will create a smooth translator ensuring unhindered data transfer.
Our proprietary software “BiBi Solutions”, a culmination of our knowledge and expertise, allows you to access your EDI information in real-time via our web portal anytime, anywhere. This is why we say, “BiBi Solutions – Software Solutions That Simply Rock.”
Experience & strategic partnerships bring unmatched benefits Retailers run their businesses in unique ways, and it is crucial to understand your partners and the rules that apply. At Thill Inc, backed by our experience since 1959 and strategic partnerships with major retailers such as Bed, Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, CVS, JC Penny, Kohl’s, Macys, Mills Fleet Farm, Target, Walgreens, Walmart, and others, we have you covered.
Count on our quality control specialists who consistently interact with these major retailers, strengthening relationships while procuring the latest information and specifications. Leverage our experience, relationships, and technology for your business success!
Avoid costly retail chargebacks and retain profitability!
Retail chargebacks can be a nightmare, with penalties for not complying with retailers’ varying rules and regulations. Thill Inc, with its veteran staff and comprehensive auditing systems, ensures compliance is never an issue. By initiating correct preventative measures, we help mitigate common mistakes involving Advance Shipping Notices (ASN), barcode labels, ticketing, fill rates and shipment windows. We’re here to help you stave off disagreements and resolve them promptly, with apt documentation and photos to solidify your case when wrongfully charged for a violation.
Remember, retail chargebacks can rapidly eat into your profits. Trust Thill Inc to implement the right procedures to reduce these expense offsets and keep your retail sales profitable. Having been in the business since 1959, fulfilling Retail & Wholesale orders, our knowledge, expertise, and our proprietary software “BiBi Solutions” will secure your success and profitability. Indeed, “BiBi Solutions – Software Solutions That Simply Rock.”
Thill can make it easy for you
There are a lot of components that go into selling your product at retail. You’re going to pay a lot of money to put your product on a store shelf, so it’s important that you select retailers that reach your prime demographic. You also need to make sure that your packaging, point of sale displays and strategic partnerships work in those environments and get you the best return on your investment.
Then you’ve got to nail down your actual cost per widget, which goes beyond manufacturing costs to include packaging, bar coding, shipping and every other expense you incur between raw materials and putting your product on the shelf.
Thill can help you develop a flexible comprehensive fulfillment strategy that will help you avoid costly mistakes and make the move to retail straightforward and cost effective.
Reap the benefit of our experience & strategic partnerships
Every retailer has their own set of particulars about the way they do business, and it’s important you know who you’re dealing with and the perimeters that apply.
Thill has five decades of experience dealing with some of the biggest retailers in the industry: Bed, Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, CVS, JC Penny, Kohl’s, Macys, Mills Fleet Farm, Target, Walgreens, Walmart, you name it.
Our quality control specialists are constantly working with the major retailers to build strong relationships and ensure we have the latest information and specifications.
We’ve worked hard so you don’t have to! Let us put our experience, relationships and technology to work for you!
Use the latest Electronic Data Interface (EDI) technology
Thill uses the most advanced Electronic Data Interface (EDI) technology so you can move data relating to orders, shipping and receiving, invoicing, and payments along your entire supply chain seamlessly.
Thill can transfer data with all the most popular EDI standards, including ANSI and EDIFACT. Our integration is quick and easy. Even if you need a customized interface for a specific version within an EDI standard, our expert in-house programmers can write, test and implement a fluid translator so your data can transfer without a hitch!
You can easily access your EDI information in real time using our web portal at anytime from anywhere, so you can see the information you need to run your business on your own terms.
Our technology can help you reduce cost, improve accuracy and efficiency, and enhance business relationships with your trading partners.
Learn how to avoid costly retail chargebacks
Chargebacks or expense offsets happen when retailers deduct penalties from your invoice for not complying with their long list of rules and regulations. The variation of infractions, penalties, fees, procedures and dispute resolution options can be overwhelming.
Thill can help you reduce your chargeback exposure by taking the correct preventative measures to avoid common mistakes involving Advance Shipping Notices (ASN), barcode labels, ticketing, fill rates and shipment windows.
The combination of our veteran staff and comprehensive auditing systems make sure that compliance is never an issue.
Thill can also help you avoid disagreements and resolve them promptly when they arise by keeping the proper documentation and photographs to prove when you’ve been charged incorrectly for a violation.
Chargebacks add up quickly and can put you in the red before you know it. Thill can help you put the proper protocols in place to reduce expense offsets and keep your retail sales profitable.
Want more information about about how Thill Inc. can help you save time and money?
Contact one of our experts at 920-967-9201 or email us at sales@thillinc.com.