How New StartUp Products Get Into Big Retailers with Yohan Jacob, Founder of RetailBound

Yohan Jacob is the Founder and President of RetailBound, an agency that helps emerging hardware brands get into major retail stores and sales channels. RetailBound has been around for 14 years and has worked with over 4,000 product companies.

Yohan himself has spent 30 years in the industry, including being a major buyer for Sears and Office Max. On the Product Startup Podcast, Yohan shares some valuable knowledge on how inventors, startups, and small manufacturers get into the big retailers, including the 3 major tips on what retailers are looking for these days, and furthermore, how to succeed and scale once you are on the shelves with your invention.

Listen to Yohan and Kevin talk about:

• The difference between retail and marketplaces

• Three traits retailers look for: Unique, capitalized, nice people.

• Three metrics retailers look for:

• 1. Revenue, profitability, inventory turns

• 2. Past sales history

• 3. What are you going to do to build awareness

• It’s not just about sell-in, but it is about sell-through.

EPISODE LINKS

Yohan Jacob / Retail Bound Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yohanjacob/

• Website: https://retailbound.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retailbound

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/retailbound

The Product Startup Podcast Links:

• Website: https://www.ProductStartup.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ProductStartup/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ProductStartup/

• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProductStartup/

• Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProductStartup/

• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ProductStartup/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProductStartup

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent

Mako Design Links:

• Website: https://www.makodesign.com/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MakoInvent/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/MakoDesign/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakoInvent/

• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MakoInvent/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakoInvent/

Kevin Mako Links:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Entrepreneurs/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/KevMako/

• Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Kevin-Mako

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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevMako/