UpstartWorks provides ecommerce expertise for companies shifting to online sales
CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2021 – UpstartWorks, an advanced ecommerce commercialization platform for industrial brands, today announced a strategic partnership with the Jobes Company, one of the oldest heritage brands in the lawn and garden category.
Jobes has more than 200 products sold through leading home improvement, garden, hardware, and discount stores across North America. The Jobes partnership with UpstartWorks will focus on expanding the e-commerce footprint, further developing the e-commerce product offering and providing consistent content and branding of the Jobes Company and their products.
“UpstartWorks is the perfect partner to help Jobes establish a greater ecommerce foundation for their brand while leveraging our distribution services to ensure timely delivery to its customers,” said Rohan Thambrahalli, CEO of UpstartWorks. “Jobes is a leader in their industry and is well positioned to rapidly expand their ecommerce footprint—which is going to delight their incredibly deep customer base.”
UpstartWorks is an advanced ecommerce commercialization platform company for industrial brands. The UpstartWorks software platform offers customers advanced logic-based, automation, and AI tools designed for e-commerce optimization through a single all-access portal. UpstartWorks will leverage its e-commerce expertise, using its Accounting Automation Engine, to channel deeper into existing partnerships. UpstartWorks will immediately begin content management across all sales channels for Jobes, provide more accurate forecasting and mitigate chargebacks.
“The Jobes brand is an industry leader in the lawn and garden category, and control of our catalog and brand across the ecommerce landscape should reflect that,” said Nick Prater, Director of National Accounts for Jobes. “Jobes is poised for significant growth in the ecommerce channel, and after a long search for the right partner, it was clear that UpstartWorks has the platform and people to assist us in realizing our short-term objectives, while solidifying our long-term growth strategy. Jobes will benefit greatly by utilizing UpstartWorks’ tech stack to forecast more efficiently, optimize operational performance, and more effectively manage content across all platforms.”
The Automation Accounting Engine, offered exclusively through UpstartWorks, is designed to streamline receivable vendor data, identify, track, and resolve costly ecommerce marketplace chargebacks and overbilling though a single all-access portal. It is a driving force helping companies increase cashflow and boost outcomes as it sifts through Amazon’s complex collection model.
About UpstartWorks
UpstartWorks helps industrial brands establish, expand, and propel their presence on Amazon and other e-commerce marketplaces. UpstartWorks combines a suite of advanced technologies, paired with a deep understanding of marketplace dynamics to optimize brands’ e-commerce profitability. With a focus on industrial brands, UpstartWorks creates strategies focused on the commercial buyer, enabling brands to reach a more extensive customer set. Centrally located in Chicago IL, UpstartWorks’ 55,000 sq. ft. warehouse offers clients full pick, pack and ship capabilities, as well kitting and direct fulfilment solutions.
About Jobes
The Jobes Company specializes in home, garden, and outdoor products with a commitment to giving consumers better products that deliver better results. The company is the nation’s #1 organics fertilizer brand and produces over 1 billion square feet of consumer and commercial-grade landscaping fabrics, annually. Additional innovative products include plant spikes, soils and potting mixes, fencing & netting, as well as sun shades and accessories. The Company is represented by a robust portfolio of brands including Jobes Organics, Easy Gardener, Ross, WeedBlock, PowerGrid, Sun Sail, and others. With over 200 products at retail, Jobes brands are available online and at leading home improvement, garden, hardware and discount stores across North America.
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Sara Threadgill
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