April 2024
DocuSign Self-Declaration
Self-Declaration forms are now being finalized through DocuSign. When Suppliers submit their Self-Declaration of Diversity Qualifications, they will be prompted to sign via DocuSign. Once approved, Diverse Powered Brands will retain a copy of the DocuSign form for our records.
March 2024
Messaging Center
Buyers, Wholesalers, and Investors can message Suppliers through the Diverse Powered Brands system. Suppliers will be able to reply within the system. No emails or personal contact information is displayed in the system.
The messaging center also features an “Announcements” area where Diverse Powered Brands can send announcements to all subscribers.
January 2024
Integration with Republic National Distributing Company eCommerce
Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) is the first to market with integration with Diverse Powered Brands™. Supplier subscribers in the Diverse Powered Brands platform that are distributed by RNDC are automatically integrated into the wholesalers eCommerce platform, eRNDC, with their diversity badges, and “Powered by Diverse Powered Brands” logo.
December 2023
Diversity Badges
New on Supplier brand pages are badges identifying the diversity qualifications each Supplier has declared. These badges are found at the top of the brand detail page, below the Brand Story Carousel display, and serve as a quick reference to Buyers, Wholesalers, and Investors on whether the brand is “Owned” “Led” or “Made” and at what diversity qualification, ie: “BIPOC” “Disabled” “LGBTQIA+” “Veteran” or “Women”.
August 2023
Diverse Powered Brands “Brand Story” Banner Carousel Display
Use this premier space on your brand page to visually represent your brand with images and content that will ignite your brand story. Be sure to choose visually compelling images that represent your brand’s look and feel. You will have space to include primary and secondary logos, other brand images like bottle shots or headshots, important text, seasonal messaging, video, etc.
NEW Intake Questions as requested by our beta buyers and suppliers
A. What are your top 3 markets in sales?
- Requested by Chad Sokol, Vice President, Wine/Spirits, Costco Wholesale
- Buyers want to know where you are already having success
- This is found in your Brand Information page in your Account Dashboard
B. Seeking distribution in these states:
- If you are looking to expand distribution in specific states and looking for a wholesale partner this is where you can let them know. This will be great information for our wholesale subscribers to see when we onboard them
- This is found in your Brand Information page in your Account Dashboard
C. Suggested Retail Price Range
- This will help buyers narrow down what they are looking for based on the price of your products.
- This is found in your Brand Information page in your Account Dashboard
D. Wholesale URL links
- Please revisit your U.S. Wholesaler entries that you added by state. Click Edit next to each wholesaler you have identified. You will see you have the ability to add a URL for each wholesaler. If you have a brand-specific page in the wholesaler’s e-commerce platform please type in that brand page URL in. If left blank, we will fill in the wholesaler homepage URL for you.
- This is found in your Brand Information page in your Account Dashboard
E. Incubator Program/Venture Capital Company: Is your company part of an incubator program and/or received venture capital and ready to scale? If so, please provide incubator name and/or VC company name.
- If you are involved in an incubator program and/or receive Venture Capital support, please share here.
- This is found in your Company Information page in your Account Dashboard
June 2023
Diverse Powered Brands Pitch Day with Target Wine Buyers June 28, Minneapolis, MN
Target wine buyers explored, discovered, researched, and selected 13 diverse suppliers from the Diverse Powered Brands Marketplace.
Only subscribers in the marketplace were considered for this special event. Diverse Powered Brands extended invitations to the selected suppliers to join us on June 28th at Target’s headquarters in Minneapolis for the first ever Diverse Powered Brands Pitch Day, hosted by Founder & CEO, Deborah Brenner.
April 2023
Diverse Powered Brands Launches at WSWA Access Live!
The Premiere Centralized B2B Marketplace Creates Global Access to Diverse Suppliers
Read the press release here.