DTC Growth Revenue size relative to a very small team suggests strong potential to scale direct-to-consumer online sales. Offer a turnkey DTC package including enhanced e-commerce, a wine club or subscription option, and compliant local shipping, supported by existing programmatic advertising to drive acquisition and retention.
Local Wholesale With a Baltimore base and a lean staff, there is a clear opportunity to expand wholesale to nearby restaurants, hotels, and event venues. Propose a sales enablement program with wholesale pricing, a B2B ordering portal, curated wine lists, and co-branded promotions to accelerate SMB adoption.
Marketing Enhancement Current use of Simpli.fi indicates familiarity with programmatic advertising. Upsell an integrated marketing stack including CRM, attribution, retargeting, and email automation to boost conversion, repeat purchases, and bundled wine offers, while leveraging SEO improvements.
Ops Efficiency A lean operation can benefit from outsourced order management and customer support. Propose packaged services for inventory integration, order fulfillment, returns processing, and API connections to e-commerce and POS systems to scale without proportional headcount.
Partnerships & Growth To compete with mid-market peers, pursue distributor partnerships and catalog expansion. Offer to broker supplier relationships, private-label events, and joint marketing programs to broaden product range and attract SMB retailers and hospitality partners.