Thank you for your interest in OPEN Portland Supply – a first-of-its-kind virtual trade show created in partnership between Prosper Portland with Candid Wholesale.
Enclosed are various marketing materials and programming details for the 100 Portland sellers participating in this online event.
Send a personal note to your buyers letting them know about your participation in this trade show and remind them to register to make access and purchasing easier.
Sample email:
Please join me this September for OPEN Portland Supply, a curated virtual wholesale trade show where you can shop new items from my Fall/Winter 2020 line as well as explore 100 other Portland brands.
Portland Supply is an OPEN on Candid event which is a new discovery experience that features intuitive search functionality, and easy wholesale ordering through the wholesale e-commerce platform of Candid Wholesale.
In addition to the online shopping experience, there are recorded presentations from some of the makers that you can watch now to learn more about the featured brands, their process and products.
Click here to start shopping! Make sure to shop early as this virtual trade show is only available through mid-October.
Make sure to tag @aop_portland, @portland_made and #portlandsupply in any of your promotional posts so we can share them.
On September 2nd and 3rd, we hosted live virtual events to get to know the Portland-made products and the makers behind them better. If you missed them, or want to view again, all of our live presentations were recorded and available to watch:
APPAREL & UNDERGARMENTS
featuring Michelle from Changewear and Jennifer from Handful
WATCH
ATHLETIC & OUTDOOR ACCESSORIES
featuring Sam from North St. Bags and Jeremy from Blaq Paks
WATCH
CANDLES
featuring Shakira from Ritual + Fancy, Joe from Penrose Candles, Leslie from Yo Soy Candle and Heather from Wild Mountain Wax:
WATCH
HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES
featuring Sterling from Hew and Sam from Like Woah Handmade:
WATCH
VERY PORTLAND
featuring Ami from Pink Tiger Games, Hannah & Mary from March Party Goods, Dave from 33 Books, and Morgan & Jaime from 20 Leagues:
WATCH
GREETING CARDS
featuring Jacquie from Stone Henge Designs, Rachel from Everglow Handmade and Libby from Egg Press:
WATCH
PETS & HOBBIES
featuring Seth from Red Pig Garden Tools, Kim from Patika Pets and Lanette from Cycle Dog:
WATCH
GREETING CARDS
featuring Savina Monet, Abigail from Art Jaden, Chelsea from Snowmade, Graphic Anthology and Alshiref from Alshiref Design and Print
WATCH
LITERARY FOCUSED
featuring Steven from Iltopia Studios, Elly from Microcosm Publishing, Briana & Josh from Taylored Tees and Suzanne from Mugwump:
WATCH
ATHLETIC & OUTDOOR
featuring Ron from Looptworks, Sensi from Sensi Graves Swim, Gilad from CNOC Outdoors and Peter from Dehen 1920:
WATCH
JEWELRY
featuring Rachel from Barrow PDX, Audrey from Audrey Weaves and Lluvia from Indigenous Come Up:
WATCH
PERSONAL CARE
featuring Rodi from Rose Alchemista, Make & Mary, Jasmine from Essance Skincare, Sophia from Recreating Society and Jamie from Goddamn Man Beards:
WATCH
Prosper Portland creates economic growth and opportunity for Portland. Our vision is to make Portland one of the most globally competitive, healthy, and equitable cities in the world by investing in job creation, encouraging broad economic prosperity, and fostering great places throughout the city. We aspire to be a workplace of choice with passionate staff excelling in an open and empowering environment and sharing a commitment to our collective success.
OPEN on Candid is a virtual trade show platform that arose in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As real-world trade shows have been canceled or postponed, we created OPEN as a collaborative and free solution to help like-minded groups of brands open up, support each other, and build online communities of engaged buyers.
During each OPEN event, buyers have time-based access to a curated selection of brands, with the ability to make introductions, begin placing orders right away or schedule appointments for later. Brands have access to powerful tools for reaching new buyers and building orders faster.
Candid Wholesale is a B2B ecommerce platform that helps brands, retailers and showrooms manage and optimize their wholesale operations. The Candid web app makes it easy to buy, sell, and pay for wholesale, with a strong focus on building relationships rather than pushing through one-time transactions.
Basic features are free forever, and all brands exhibiting at Portland Supply will receive Complete-level features at no cost for 12 months following the show.
Portland Made is a membership organization that supports emerging makers in Portland, Oregon by making space for creatives to meet their peers, learn, collaborate and share their stories.
Mercatus elevates the unique and universal narratives of entrepreneurs of color in Portland and connects the city and region with local talents, businesses, services and products that come from the ethnically diverse entrepreneurs in the city.
