Finding the Helpers in COVID-19: Celebrating Brands that are Supporting Their Communities — etailz, Inc.

The news cycle is pretty bleak lately, but as Mr. Rogers famously reminded us, it’s important to take time to look fo r the helpers. Medical professionals, personal protective equipment producers, emergency workers, grocery store workers, util i ties workers, and more have all continued providing essential services to keep our day-to-day lives running as smoothly as possible, even as the world takes historic measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Without the ir efforts , things would be even more difficult.

In this post , we are celebrating more helpers: etailz partners that have gone beyond their normal operations to support their communities locally and across the nation.

SRAM, QBP, and HLC Provide DTC Shipping to Help Keep Local Bike Shops in Business

SRAM, a brand that produces bike components and accessories, is working with Quality Bike Products (QBP), and Hawley-Lambert Company (HLC) to provide direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping for local bike shops. Bikes sales tend to rise in spring and summer, and these shops depend on these seasonal sales to continue operating. SRAM’s, QBP’s, and HLC’s efforts will allow shoppers to still patronize local bike shops during quarantines without having to physically visit the store, helping these local businesses stay in business even as more people practice social distancing.

Combat Wipes Donates Sanitary Wipes to Local Police Department

Combat Wipes, a brand that produces sanitary wipes for use in the outdoors, made a large donation of their sanitary wipes to the Voorhees Police Department, to help officers stay safe as they continue working through quarantines. The biodegradable wipes can be taken with officers in their patrol vehicles and kept in the office, helping maintain sanitization policies.

BrilliantPad Helps Produce up to 500K Face Masks per Day

BrilliantPad, a brand that produces an automated indoor dog potty, has worked with one of their suppliers to repurpose their factory from creating BrilliantPad puppy pads to producing surgical face masks. These face masks are FDA and CE approved, complying with GB/T 32610–2016 and GB 15979 standards. BrilliantPad and their supplier hope to produce up to 500K masks per day and deliver them to hospitals within 10 days of order.

BrilliantPad is also now providing COVID-19 tests and continuing to work with their factory to begin production of N95 masks, which is expected to begin in several weeks. The surgical masks and test kits can be purchased in bulk for government, hospitals, first responders and critical care teams .

Scotch Porter Provides Free Resources for Grooming, Fitness, Meditation, and Cooking

Scotch Porter is a brand that makes men’s grooming products. Practicing isolation and social distancing can take a toll on the mind and body, so Scotch Porter has begun creating a series of content via Instagram Live, articles, and videos to help people through the stressful climate. So far, they’ve produced content for the following:

• Grooming: How to groom and take care of yourself when you can’t visit the barbershop
• Fitness: Ab Circuit Workout w/ Blane Fitness @Blanefit and other fitness sessions
• Meditation: Live meditation/holistic healing sessions
• Cooking: Quick, Healthy & Yummy cooking demonstrations

Check out their article about how to manage your day with a routine and follow their Instagram to be alerted of their next wellness livestream.

Be a Helper

Uncertainty can be frightening, but taking action can be empowering. Not everyone or every business is in a position to take extra actions right now, but those that can, should , no matter small it may seem . The more we can help our communities and country, the easier this hardship will be.

For our part, etailz has leveraged our supply network to send hundreds of thousands of personal protective equipment to hospitals in several states . This effort could not have been done without our General Manager of Sourcing, Denise Abraham .

We’re also temporarily offer ing free access to our for 45 days to brands who could benefit from automating their marketing campaigns and increasing efficiency when there are so many things demanding our attention. We also temporarily reduced our commission rate for our Amazon ad management software , so brands can get even more back from reimbursement cases during this time when brands have to tighten their belts. FBA cost recovery software

Thank you to all the Helpers out there. Let’s get through this together.

Originally published at https://www.etailz.com on March 31, 2020.