More Retail Doors. Less Cash? The Hidden Cost of CPG Growth

By |2026-09-01T08:20:42-06:00September 1st, 2026|Category Leadership, Podcast, Video|

A CPG brand can add distribution, grow revenue and become financially weaker at the same time. I've watched it happen. A profitable brand expanded into more distributor DCs and markets. Distribution increased. So did inventory, free fills, chargebacks, distributor costs and the resources required to support all those new doors. The sales report showed [...]