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Walmart to host Open Call and focus on US business development

By Andrew Merecicky | April 29, 2014

Over the next 10 years, Walmart will spend an additional $250 billion on U.S.-made products as part of its commitment to domestic manufacturing and American jobs. With this initiative top of mind, Walmart will be hosting the first ever domestic manufacturing Open Call Summit on July 8 in Bentonville, Ark. Current suppliers that want to present new categories will be featured alongside suppliers with US manufacturing capabilities who are currently not doing business with Walmart. They’ll have a chance to meet with senior leaders, buyers, and Walmart executives. Typically the vendor rooms are open by appointment only, so this is the first time that Walmart has put out an open invitation to all suppliers to come on one specific day. They’re expecting hundreds of companies to attend and pitch their products.

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The Open Call Summit will be focused on new business development on products and categories that are made or grown in the US. Applicants will be evaluated on the ability of their items to meet Walmart customer needs including:

  • Product: design, quality, and innovation.
  • Price: competitive costing, value, EDLP (every day low prices).
  • Strategic fit within merchandising strategy.
  • Ability to execute: production, logistics, etc.

For applicants, proposed items must be able to qualify as U.S. Country of Origin +$3 million in annual cost shipments (suppliers with less than $3 million in revenue may be interested in Walmart’s Local Supplier Program). The review process will close on June 6. If applicants are selected for the Summit, they will be notified by June 17.

Click here to access Walmart’s open call registration.

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