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BeatBox National Sales Meeting: Shaquille O’Neal Invests, New Product Reveals and a $38M Marketing Spend for 2025 BeatBox National Sales Meeting: Shaquille O’Neal Invests, New Product Reveals and a $38M Marketing Spend for 2025

BeatBox National Sales Meeting: Shaquille O’Neal Invests, New Product Reveals and a $38M Marketing Spend for 2025

by Justin Kendall,

Party punch maker BeatBox hosted its first national sales meeting in Houston, which had the feel of a Meow Wolf, with a faux convenience store decked out in neon, a trippy giant mushroom-covered hard tea garden, a Las Vegas-themed area with casino games, a lab for new innovations with “scientists” that looked strikingly like Rick of Rick and Morty Adult Swim fame and the usual presentations about the coming year.

Chamberlain Coffee’s Influencer Founder Emma Chamberlain Takes Co-CEO Mantle Chamberlain Coffee’s Influencer Founder Emma Chamberlain Takes Co-CEO Mantle

Chamberlain Coffee’s Influencer Founder Emma Chamberlain Takes Co-CEO Mantle

by Brad Avery,

Emma Chamberlain is getting a big promotion at her namesake coffee brand. Chamberlain Coffee announced today that she has been named co-CEO of the company, to serve alongside the brand’s former COO Gustav Hossy. The duo are replacing Christopher Gallant in the chief executive role.

Join Us at the BevNET x Naturally San Diego Industry Meetup on September 25 Join Us at the BevNET x Naturally San Diego Industry Meetup on September 25

Join Us at the BevNET x Naturally San Diego Industry Meetup on September 25

by BevNET.com Staff,

The BevNET team is hosting a SoCal food, beverage and beer industry meetup on Wednesday, September 25th from 5PM to 7PM PT. Join Naturally San Diego and our BevNET San Diego team, as well as the Producer & Editor of Taste Radio, Ray Latif, and Taste Radio co-hosts John Craven, Mike Schneider and Jacqui Brugliera.

Reed’s: Net Sales Gain, Losses Fall in Q2 Earnings Reed’s: Net Sales Gain, Losses Fall in Q2 Earnings

Reed’s: Net Sales Gain, Losses Fall in Q2 Earnings

by Brad Avery,

Reed’s, Inc. continued to make strides in its turnaround efforts during Q2 2024, showing a double-digit increase in net sales and further reduction in operating losses in Q2. Net sales in Q2 were up 19% year-over-year to $11.9 million.

Taste Radio: How Everlane’s Founder Is Fashioning Success In CPG Taste Radio: How Everlane’s Founder Is Fashioning Success In CPG

Taste Radio: How Everlane’s Founder Is Fashioning Success In CPG

by BevNET.com Staff,

Michael Preysman, the founder of trailblazing fashion company Everlane and Magna, an upstart brand of sports wellness powders infused with magnesium, shares his perspective on differentiation, why Magna’s package draws inspiration from a cigarette brand, how he thinks about and implements a customer service strategy, and how to identify and work with mentors.

Dry Drinks Curator Sèchey Soaks Up New Funding from InvestBev Dry Drinks Curator Sèchey Soaks Up New Funding from InvestBev

Dry Drinks Curator Sèchey Soaks Up New Funding from InvestBev

by Brad Avery,

As it looks to expand its own branded line of NA wines in retail this fall, no- and low-alc drinks “curator” Sèchey announced last week it has received an investment from adult beverage-focused private equity firm InvestBev. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Taste Radio: Simple Is So Powerful. Complicated, On The Other Hand… Taste Radio: Simple Is So Powerful. Complicated, On The Other Hand…

Taste Radio: Simple Is So Powerful. Complicated, On The Other Hand…

by BevNET.com Staff,

A promising brand shut its doors this week, and its founder claimed that a confluence of factors led to its demise. Taste Radio’s hosts, however, wonder if the company’s problems stemmed from a single simple issue. They also riff on the ubiquity of “brat summer,” toss Twinkies and pop bottles of the NA variety.