If you have a product or a product idea and have ever wondered how to get it placed in a Major Big Box Retailer, "On The Shelf" is the show for you. Every week we tackle important subjects crucial to mounting a successful sales campaign into Big Box Retail. From timeframes to packaging to Pricing we cover it all. Using simple steps, information and instruction, On The Shelf will be your personal wholesale consultant. Presented by TLB Consulting, a concierge consulting company, who has over 22 years of retail / wholesale expertise.

TESTIMONIALS

“Dear Mr. Bush, I just wanted to thank you for all the content that you are putting out there. I am in a starting phase of launching a product to retailers, and I have benefited greatly from the podcasts that I found on Spotify! Thank you again you had truly help motivate me. Best, Faisal Adnan Montreal, QC, Canada.”


FAISAL ADNAN

“Thank you again for everything you're doing to help manufacturers like myself! Your podcast has given me a total new outlook on how to approach trade shows and buyers with a plan for success.”


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BLOG EPISODES

Bringing Your Toy Idea To Life With Azhelle Wade

  An idea is as good as nothing if it’s not put to work. For every inventor out there, one of the initial struggles is to make something out of their ideas. Helping you do just that, Timothy Bush invites three-time patented toy inventor, Women in Toys Wonder Woman finalist, and one of the 100...

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How The Entrepreneur Deals With Setbacks In Business: A Five Step Strategy

  Business is, by nature, unstable, and entrepreneurs recognize that dealing with setbacks is just another facet of their job. Entrepreneurs live in a world of constant flux, and things can change on a monthly, weekly or even daily basis. If you’ve been in business long enough, you would know failure and disappointment like the...

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OTS 168 | Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing Strategies For Today’s Small Business With Carolyn Lowe

  Things will never be as they were before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and marketing is no exception. With a lot of people staying at home, digital marketing is making its way to the mainstream at an unprecedented and unforeseen pace. For the longest time, however, the industry has been dominated by the...

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OTS 167 | Product Development Process

Making Your Dream A Reality With Steven Selikoff

  Whether you’re an inventor wondering how to manufacture your product and expand into sales or an Amazon seller looking to expand into retailers, the fact is the ability to sell product right now is big. On today’s show, Timothy Bush talks to Steven Selikoff of the Product Development Academy, a company that teaches everything...

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OTS 166 | Protect Yourself

How To Protect Yourself In The Uncertain Times With John Frederick

  The world can be a scary place. We never know how many bad people are lurking out there. As fathers, we can’t help but be scared for the lives of our children who are out on their own. Departing from talks about products, Timothy Bush goes in-depth into a necessary topic that we must...

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OTS 165 | What Retailers Need Now

What Retailers Need Right Now #YourQuestionsAnswered

  Whether you’re out and about or if you are sequestered at home still, everybody has their own way of dealing with opening back up. As stores and establishments are creating their own standards –  which they have every right to do – all kinds of crazy sentiment are going on out there, especially on...

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OTS 164 | New Normal

Two Key Skills You Will Need In Our “New Normal”

  Let’s face it. The post-COVID-19 world will not be a return to normal, but a pivot to a “new normal.” It is in times like this when the entrepreneurial spirit comes into play and distinguishes those who hunker down and wait for everything to level out from those who see opportunity in the middle...

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OTS 163 | COVID-19 Pandemic

Navigating Our Business Around COVID-19 With Tom Hazzard

  The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a fundamental shift in the entire international landscape, and businesses are working overtime to adapt to the so-called “new normal.” In this new atmosphere, businesses have been figuring out – to varying degrees of success – new ways to continue doing business that still preserve the safety and wellbeing...

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OTS 162 | Developing Brand Strategy

Developing Your Brand Strategy With Zahra Cruzan

  No matter how great you are at what you do, if you don’t know how to apply a value to it for others to see, then you remain in the shadows. This is what today’s guest sees that is lacking among businesses and entrepreneurs and that ad agencies tend to miss out. Timothy Bush...

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OTS 161 | Growing Your Sales

Growing Your Sales With “Nutshell” Featuring Mike Carroll

    Sales number is the bottom line statistic for practically every existing business—that much can’t be denied. If you’re not growing your sales, then your company, at the end of the day, isn’t really growing, and no one wants that kind of stagnation to occur for their business. Mike Carroll uses his experience as...

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