Find out what retail buyers look for, where to meet them and what to consider when pitching to independent stores and national retail chains.

How to secure and deal with a retailer

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In this Lunch and Learn, business adviser

unveils the secrets to securing a retail deal and catching the attention of buyers. She will take you through the steps, and what your brand needs to have in place to be ready.

Carol has 30 years of experience in the beauty industry, working for Boots and L'Oréal, setting up brands in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, the USA, and Canada.

She founded Grow Your Brands International in 2016, focusing on supporting start-ups and multi-country brands to scale their distribution. Passionate about beauty, business strategy, trends, and sustainability, Carol is also a 

 and certified positive psychology coach.

Enterprise Nation is the UK's most active small business network, helping thousands of people turn their good idea into a great business. 

 to get everything you need to start and grow your small business, in one place.

offers email and digital marketing tools that make it easy for your small business or nonprofit to get the attention and revenue it deserves. Constant Contact has joined Lunch and Learn to share its extensive marketing expertise.

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I&apos;m Emily, owner of the brand &apos;Storklings&apos; (space themed toys!), for more than 10 years selling, and building on ecommerice platforms. My main area of expertise is teaching other product business owners how to leverage Amazon, to become a major income stream.

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Caroline Kay is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance business coach, and keynote speaker. In 2019 she founded Vincita, a performance accelerator operating in London, York and Rome.
Caroline brings more than 19 years of experience to her role as chief training officer at Vincita. She holds a Master of Arts from Loughborough University with a Distinction in Practice, Research &amp; Entrepreneurial Skills and a Gold Standard Certificate of Teaching from Cambridge.
A former business development director and award-winning marketeer for global agencies, she’s delivered record levels of sales for the world’s best loved brands including Warner Bros, Diageo, L’Oréal, and Vodafone.
Caroline has coached and trained over 100+ leaders and facilitated training for teams and organisations. Many of her clients reflect top-tier firms, such as Unilever, The London Stock Exchange, Channel 4 Television, all of whom have placed their professional trust in her to become one of the elite.
Caroline is passionate about helping leaders and organisations reach peak performance and sustained wellbeing. In her keynotes she teaches the critical tipping point that elevates world class organisations and high-performance people above everyone else - she calls it The Vincita Effect™. Through her talks, Caroline entertains, inspires and challenges people to fully show up every day and make a positive difference at work and in life.
Find out more on Caroine&apos;s <a href=&apos;https://carolinekay.co/brain-gym/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>website</a> or listen to her <a href=&apos;https://open.spotify.com/show/5L55nWe4cC9saxrEI4NNVw&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>podcast</a>, Snippets of Genius.&nbsp;
Ready to jump in? <a href=&apos;https://tidycal.com/carolinekayco/brain-gym&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Book a discovery call</a> today.&nbsp;

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1 to 1 Strategy Support with Vincita

Are you preparing for a big opportunity, be that pitching yourself or your business, and need strategic advice and industry expertise? 

You’re in the right place. 

Sometimes you just need an outside perspective, to get deep with someone who’ll help you validate what will and won’t work. 

This one-off session allows us to dive into the challenges you’re currently facing and shine a light on what you need to gain a competitive edge so you can develop your plan and begin implementing it immediat

I specialise in helping your business to generate income, develop and grow, with practical help, advice and support to grow sales and win more business.
I specialise in Bid and Proposal Management, Sales, Capture Management (ask me if you don&apos;t know what Capture is!), Key Account Management and can help you get &apos;Bid Ready&quot; if you are interested in competing for part of the 33% (£131bn) of annual Government spend earmarked for Small Business in the UK.
I provide consultancy services to add capacity and capability to your business or I can arrange training in all of the key disciplines where I provide support to help you to learn, develop and grow.
We also provide business intelligence and bid writing services and support for companies looking to compete to win public sector contracts.
To complement this work we also offer training and development opportunities in Capture Management, Sales, Key Account Management, CRM, Bid Management, Bid Writing and will shortly be launching our new Social Value workshops.
On a personal level, I am partnering with Jeremy Brim on his <a href=&apos;https://www.growthignition.co.uk/financial-freedom&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Destination Freedom</a> programme that offers resources and advice in a community setting to help members to achieve financial literacy and freedom.
I&apos;m an experienced entrepreneur having lost one business but subsequently successfully built and sold two others, I&apos;m currently working on this, my fourth and am an investor in <a href=&apos;https://www.justablip.co.uk/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>blip</a>, the new, innovative and specialist small business insurer,
I have been a mentor with the School of Hard Knocks, am Sfedi trained and my passion is for making things work, my personal motto is
‘Aut inveniam viam aut faciam’ which means &apos;I will find a way or make one&apos; and that pretty much sums up my approach to helping my clients

Director

Tony Round

I specialise in helping your business to generate income, develop and grow, with practical help, advice and support to grow sales and win more business.
I specialise in Bid and Proposal Management, Sales, Capture Management (ask me if you don&apos;t know what Capture is!), Key Account Management and can help you get &apos;Bid Ready&quot; if you are interested in competing for part of the 33% (£131bn) of annual Government spend earmarked for Small Business in the UK.</p

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