Collaborative exporting
Sanelin — from trading to a finished-product brand
Supporting a wholesaler towards creating a brand: awareness among 10,000 potential buyers.
- Client
- Sanelin
- Sector
- Textile wholesaler (fibres and fabrics), €8M revenue
- Markets
- Europe
Context
Already established in export as a wholesaler, the company needs to evolve its model towards creating a brand of finished and semi-finished products to respond to the falling margins of the wholesale trade.
Challenges
- A team in place but little experience in business development
- Support the leaders in establishing a strategy and an action plan
- Limit financial risk and unite the teams
Solutions
- Methodological support to define the development strategy and accompany its implementation
- Help setting up BPI France prospecting insurance
- Training and coaching of managers and teams
- Representation at international trade shows and meetings abroad
- Market studies and competitive intelligence
Results
- Partners established in several European countries
- Clarified export development strategy
- A trained and united team
- Brand awareness among 10,000 potential buyers
- Support still ongoing
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