Services
The Wellness Initiative helps build brands, and connect products to consumers.
Prior to entering our distribution network, we work with selected brands from innovation right through to shelf, providing guidance and support along the way. We have a unique way of working with each of our brands and enjoy the relationships that are built along the way. We pride ourselves on slotting into your business as seamlessly as possible. Contact us to find out more about how we can work together.
Existing Range
Review
Our team assists with reviewing and rationalising the current range, identifying areas for cost-saving and growth, while maintaining a high standard of quality and ethics. Let us help you bring your base cost down, ensuring a profitable business and affordable end product.
Product
Compliance
We conduct label reviews to ensure your products are in accordance with South African legislation and provide guidance on certifications required. We work alongside your label designer to ensure all products meet South African retail standards.
Brand
Positioning
We build the value chain of your products, taking all standard business and retail margins into account. From here our team conducts a commercial viability study. Alongside this, we provide in-depth competitor research to best understand your category and build a competitive pricing strategy as a result. At the end of this stage, you will have retail-ready products.
Trade
Presentation
It’s time to present your brand to the retailers but you require a compelling retailer deck or trade presentation. We will drive the development of this presentation, ensuring it contains all information required by buyers.
Brand & Retail
Marketing Plan
Brand and retailer marketing is key to ensuring the success of your brand and ensuring sales both into retail and through to customers. Our team builds comprehensive brand plans, and can guide you on expected marketing spend and budgets.
Warehousing, Sales
& Distribution
Become part of our family and enjoy the benefits of a skilled sales team to launch your product into the market. Let us take care of the administrative part of stock management, distribution, invoicing and receiving payments from multiple accounts.
Account
Management
Effective relationships make or break the success of products on shelf and we pride ourselves on effective account management. We work with category managers, marketing teams and planners to ensure each brand is well looked after.
Testimonials
Drue is highly knowledgeable about the Wellness industry and she understands retailing as well as the challenges of building a brand. She is a pleasure to work with and we will definitely be using her services again
Drue: everything you need in one package. And what a joy it is to work with her. She is quick, efficient, thorough, insightful, sees the bigger picture and the small detail, and has a passion for all things wellness. Work with her.
Just had the best experience working alongside Drue and her services. Very insightful and efficient! So lovely having the human interaction and guidance in the retail industry.
It has been an absolute pleasure working with Drue over the past few months. She has excellent knowledge in the wellness retail space. Her guidance and advice has been brilliant. She has equipped me and our company with plans, processes and the knowhow to navigate the space a lot more successfully. It all is much simpler now! I highly recommend working with Drue
Drue is incredibly knowledgeable. Her wide skill set lays the foundation for a brand’s imminent success.
Drue has been excellent. She is a delight to work with and communicates very well. She provides the perfect support to get your business from the ground onto its feet and a lot more in the retail health & wellness space. Her expertise is invaluable.
I would highly recommend using her full spectrum of services.
I will continue to use her services for as long as I can.
“It was a pleasure working with Drue; she seamlessly fit into our team from the first day and always added an uplifting spirit to the room.
Her solutions-driven mindset and analytical skills led to notable improvements in workflow and financial planning, proving instrumental in the positive changes our company experienced. We are grateful for the valuable insights, motivating energy, and improvements she brought to
Skin Creamery”
Drue and the team at The Wellness Initiative have been such a pleasure to deal with. Their professionalism, efficiency and overall knowledge of the industry has been instrumental in how our brand is positioned in the market. It has been great to work with a partner that understands our needs and provides holistic advice on any questions we may have. Thanks for the help, and looking forward to working together for many more years!
