Q&A with Mona Bijoor, Founder of Joor & Grovara Senior Advisor The e-commerce explosion of the last 18 months means there is no turning back. The opportunities in B2B are especially ripe. B2B made up 83% of the $25.4 trillion in global ecommerce sales in 2018. By now, only 6% of B2B buyers do not […]
Here we go again. Seventeen months ago, COVID stormed onto the scene, canceling Natural Products Expo West, the largest and most important trade show for natural and organic food and beverage products, with historic annual attendance of up to 29,000. Late last week, with the lingering Delta variant bringing masks and potential cancellations back to […]
This has been a remarkable year so far for Grovara. In addition to the $5.5 million seed round we raised in the spring, we expanded our team across the globe and we are now well positioned to accelerate our growth. Heading into July, Chief Innovation Officer Peter Groverman promised our team that if we beat […]
Pennsylvania has been a manufacturing powerhouse ever since William Penn helped establish the first mills in and around Philadelphia. Then came oil, textiles, iron, coal, steer, lumber, and machines. These days, food and beverage make up the majority of PA manufacturing’s second-biggest sector. Pennsylvania farmers increased sales of organic yields by 12% from 2019 to […]
(10/01/20 Press Release) Its launch delayed because of Expo West trade show cancelation, Philadelphia exporter’s proprietary and data-driven technology B2B Global Marketplace now empowers brands to export with little barrier to entry PHILADELPHIA – Grovara began processing transactions on its global B2B e-commerce marketplace for American wellness products this week, reducing exporting ramp-up time from […]
(Grovara Press Release) PHILADELPHIA (March 12) — As governments, industries and citizens alike scramble to stay ahead of the global pandemic posed by the Coronavirus, it is increasingly apparent that now is the time for companies and industry leaders to re-think how we do business. That’s why Grovara is announcing a major initiative to support the […]
Last week, award-winning veteran reporter Lesley Stahl asked many of the questions we’ve all been wondering about PPE on 60 Minutes, uncovering the rampant fraud, shady dealings, and inherent challenges in the global supply chain since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Stahl enlisted Grovara as a source for the story, which aired on the […]
“You only find out who’s swimming naked when the tide goes out.” -Warren Buffett This is a favorite of the financial legend, uttered, for example, when the nation’s top financial institutions were exposed by plummeting home prices more than a decade ago. I couldn’t help but think of Buffet’s nugget of wisdom — that […]