Hello EBW Suppliers and Partners:

Here is to hoping everyone is having a great week.

Its been another busy week here.  Our #sheforppe program is growing and looking forward to announcing soon- the 25 women we are selecting to open EBW Cares Distributors businesses with us.  We are investing a lot of time, energy and resources into making sure our entire delivery system is done with excellence.  We can’t wait to share who we select with you!  These leaders are those women who help EBW Cares HQ extend our sales force and community impact.  We are excited in this model to see the sales impact they will bring for all of us.  We got to award a pay-out this week to one of our EBW members who is part of our partner program and it was life-changing for her family!  The marketing team is messaging that story and will share with you all in this coming week.

As we continue to grow and do quality checks and control on the solutions we sell for our customers, we are seeing across the board that the diligence, quality control, on-the-ground checking to insure customers are getting exactly what they ordered.  Believe it or not, (not hard to believe when you read the media)- this service we provide to our clients is in fact unique.  Products arriving into warehouses from other distribution companies are often times coming damaged, are not what the client ordered and more.  Not with EBW Cares Distributors.  We insure that our customers (and therefore yours too) are taken care of with excellence.  Along with our Steering committee and executive team- we put eyes, ears and experience on making sure products get where they need to go.  Any problems- we are going to make sure they are solved.  Attached, please see a few photos from the week from a couple of our locations.

As a side note but related, this past Friday (August 7,2020) represents 90 days until November 7, 2020 or “EBW Day”.  We have set some significant sales and impact goals for ourselves as a business and we look forward to continuing to grow with all of you.

NEWS

As pandemic rages, PPE supply remains a problem
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/07/pandemic-rages-ppe-supply-remains-problem

In The FDA’s list of dangerous hand sanitizers has now grown to more than 100
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/health/fda-hand-sanitizers-list-expands-trnd/index.html

China Dominates P.P.E. Manufacturing – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/business/china-medical-supplies.html

SUPPLIERS

  • We are looking for AAMI and FDA approved Level 4 Gowns.
  • Also, this week we will be actively reaching out to suppliers that can manufacture or source 3-ply masks.
  • Face shields are still a priority if you have great pricing in the U.S. and abroad.

Please reach out to Travis Shrader (travis@ebw2020.com) if you have access to any of these items.

BUYERS

We are working with a large enterprise company on a potential long-term partnership to be their sole supplier of PPE. The state and local bid submissions are increasing and we are building relationships with key team members in those state and local offices. If you have relationships with State Procurement officers and officials who you know are seeking to expand their supplier diversity initiatives in a way that State tax dollars will get them the PPE they need while also creating jobs in their communities, please contact our Director of Sales Enablement, Sharon Barnes (sharon@ebw2020.com).  We would be honored to team with you to help execute on the goals for the States.

Thank you everyone and we hope you have a wonderful next week

Best,

IV + Team

Ingrid Vanderveldt, M.Arch, MBA
CEO EBW2020 + EBW Cares Distributors