Buyers on online discovery platform RangeMe - which is used by retailers from Whole Foods to Walmart to identify new products and suppliers - are increasingly using it as a tool to identify brands that align with corporate social responsibility goals, says SVP Brandon Leong, who said searches for products from businesses that are certified as minority-owned or women-owned have surged in recent months.
RangeMe - which has attracted 10,000+ retail buyers and approaching 200,000 suppliers since it launched in the US in late 2015 - offers buyers a more efficient way
to manage inbound approaches and compare what vendors have to offer.