Orgill held their Vendor Partnership Conference this week and hosted top supply partners at their new 553,000 square foot innovation center. Several of the manufacturers received Excellence awards, including one from the outdoor cooking space.
It is no secret that a big part of our success is owed to the vendors we work with on a daily basis. Without their ongoing support and collaboration, we would simply not be able to fulfill our mission to help our customers be successful. This week, this event and these awards are all designed to strengthen these relationships, reinforce our vision and celebrate the support we get from our vendor partners.
Boyden Moore, Orgill president and CEO
While the conference was once held alongside Orgill’s Dealer Markets to showcase products and have collaboration between Orgill teams and suppliers, it’s evolved into a more dynamic event. It’s an oppotunity align Orgill’s merchandising, supply chain and retail services teams with strategic vendor partners.
Our Vendor Conference is an event where strategy and partnership come together. It’s an opportunity to celebrate success, collaborate with our vendors, and plan how we’ll grow together. Every success
Clay Jackson, Orgill’s executive vice president and COO
we achieve as a company is built on the strength of these relationships.
What made the conference this year extra special is Orgill opened their innovation center this month next to their headquarters. The new facility is designed to test new
retail concepts, merchandising strategies, and technologies.
The conference concluded with the Excellence awards where recteq earned the award for Innovative Partner of the Year.
We’re thrilled to receive the Innovation Award in just our first year partnering with Orgill. The collaboration between the Field and Merchant teams has been truly
Ryan Long, Vice President of Customer Development at Recteq
inspiring as we constantly seek new ways to be market leaders in innovation.
The recent partnership between Orgill and recteq shows how recteq’s distribution model has evolved. They used to sell purely direct-to-consumer, but over the past couple of years they’ve expanded much more heavily into retail.