ECRM is adding new features to its proprietary virtual platform after surpassing 25,000 curated meetings between retail buyers and sellers last month.

Retail Confectioners International has announced its Board of Directors will mostly remain the same for 2020-2021, with two exceptions.

ECRM has developed a dynamic technology platform, utilizing the latest in virtual communications technologies, for facilitating face-to-face virtual meetings between buyers and suppliers.

IT’SUGAR has opened its 22,000-sq.-ft. candy store, which features branded shops and a three-story Statue of Liberty covered in 1.5 million Jelly Belly beans.

Mars Wrigley and Standard Cognition have partnered to help retailers move into a new world of autonomous checkout by integrating seamless technology and impulse category sales. 

The Bristol Luxury Group, a subsidiary of Bristol Capital Advisors, has substantially purchased the assets of specialty candy retailer Sugarfina, Inc. through a sale approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.  

Specialty candy retailer Sugarfina, Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware, citing shifts in the retail sector, uncertainty in its international partnerships and difficulty in controlling margins as reasons for not being profitable.

Tennis star Maria Sharapova’s line of confections, Sugarpova, has launched exclusively at the Candylicious store in Dubai.

Sugarfina is poised to take on Asia with shops in Japan, Korea, Singapore and the Chinese mainland following the opening of its first Asian boutique at Harbour City in Hong Kong.

IT’SUGAR will open a three-story candy store in the American Dream retail and entertainment development in East Rutherford, N.J.