AGIO HAS LAUNCHED its new domestic-fulfillment and warehouse program, which is intended to meet the demand for the company’s brand name and product line. The 2016 domestic program allows qualified buyers to carry selected Agio collections without a container requirement or minimum order. Agio’s sales representatives will coordinate this program with buyers in their territories.

“Over the years, we have had so many requests for orders less than a container that we have had to decline. Next came e-commerce companies that wanted our brand. Now, we don’t have to turn these customers away,” Andy Sokol, Agio’s vice president for sales, explains.

Agio’s initial domestic-fulfillment program began last year, with just four collections offered through a national distributor. For 2016, 12 collections will be available. Program sets range from comfortable deep seating groups and casual bar and dining sets to firepit chat groups and rocking-chair sets. For this new program, Agio has contracted Shelba Johnson Trucking for warehousing, trucking, and fulfillment services and will self-manage inventory levels.

Retailers who are already container buyers may also use the program to balance inventory or to place in-season orders, which can be shipped on an as-needed basis. “This is an opportunity for retailers to get involved with Agio from the ground floor and build their programs with some of our most popular collections,” Sokol says. “This is also a great opportunity for the decorators and project managers who love and want our product now to serve their clients.”