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Importers and distributors of fine Wines and Spirits from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Chile as well as ot

08/15/2022

We are pleased to share this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast, featuring Seaman's Beverage and Logistics.

07/08/2022

Seaman's Beverage and Logistics was recently featured in an Oracle NetSuite article, "Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics Uses NetSuite ERP to Deliver a First-Class Customer Experience."

As companies look to third parties to tackle supply chain challenges, Seaman's Beverage and Logistics (SBL) continues to be uniquely positioned to assist alcoholic beverage companies.

As the article explains, Seaman's, the 'logistics solutions provider' offers warehousing, fulfillment and last-mile logistics along with traditional distribution, private labeling and US representation for international brands." According to Glenn Langberg, CEO of SBL, "Before Seaman’s launched, the management team sought cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to ensure they could spend time growing the company rather than managing technology and hardware. In Oracle NetSuite, SBL found a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution for good value."

Read the full Oracle NetSuite article > https://bit.ly/Oracle-Netsuite-Seamans-Customer-Experience

To learn more about working with Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics, contact the management team at (973) 424-0600.

06/27/2022

Oracle highlights a software solution collaboration with Seaman's Beverage and Logistics in a recent article, "Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics Drinks in Success with NetSuite."

Full Oracle NetSuite article > https://bit.ly/Glenn-Langberg-NetSuite

In this recent interview, Oracle NetSuite SVP of Customer Services, David Rodman, talks with Glenn Langberg, CEO at Seaman's Beverage and Logistics (SBL), about how NetSuite software has helped SBL scale and succeed in these changing times.

Founded in Clifton, New Jersey, in 2013, SBL is an international importer, public warehouse and wholesale distributor of fine wine and spirits. Today, the demand for its services is stronger than ever with five-year growth totals for warehouse revenue up 561% and total cases moved up 705%.

As SBL scales, NetSuite software helps the company get one view into data across all critical operations so that quick, well-informed decisions to address supply chain, inflation and other external challenges can be made. Plus, SBL has extended NetSuite to help its clients spend less time doing manual tasks and more time building their businesses.

“NetSuite is a straightforward system with range and scalability that has allowed us to expand without any disruptions," said Glenn Langberg. “It helps us manage complex operations and analyze and digest our data, making it easier for us to provide seamless business processes to our clients.”

To learn more about working with Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics, contact the management team at (973) 424-0600.

12/14/2021

The 5-piece perpetual puzzle confounds us when, despite adding two additional pieces, the puzzle still fits inside the original rectangular frame.

At GRL Strategic Services, the puzzle reminds us of the challenges that arise when trying to find impactful and creative solutions that can strategically grow a company.

Great company culture instills the courage to relook at business practices and emphasizes the importance of moving outside of your comfort zone. Doing so may allow you to see things that, at first glance, were not visible.

The natural path in today's economy involves:

• reinventing business
• a never-ending effort to challenge existing processes
• introduction of new technologies
• propagation of creative ideas

Along the way, all companies deal with successes and their fair share of challenges.

At GRL Strategic Services, we will challenge you because we know that fear is the greatest enemy of any company trying to see the opportunity directly in front of them.

12/03/2021

[IN THE NEWS] Glenn Langberg, the CEO of Seaman's Beverage and Logistics, was recently featured in the September issue of Inc. Magazine

In an article entitled, “You Made the Inc. 5000! Congratulations! Now What?” Langberg outlines three ways companies can leverage the Inc. 5000 distinction.

Read the full Inc. Magazine article here: bit.ly/Glenn-Langberg-Inc

SBL is based in Clifton, New Jersey and has previously made the Inc. 5000 three times in 2020, 2019, and 2018. The company was named to the Inc. 500 list in 2019.

To learn more about working with Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics or any of the GRL Capital Companies, contact the management team at (973) 424-0600.

Inc. Magazine

04/14/2021

Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics (SBL) is proud to be included in The Financial Times’ list of Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2021, the second FT annual ranking of high-growth companies in North, Central and South America:

The Financial Times, in partnership with Statista Inc., have now completed the ranking of the Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2021.

Out of the millions of existing enterprises in the Americas, only the top 500 firms were named to the list, and SBL is delighted to be part of this prestigious ranking.

We thank our clients, partners and team for their contribution to our success in achieving this recognition.

The 500 companies featured on the list have also been included as an interactive table, and can be viewed on the FT website:
https://www.ft.com/content/ac773779-98ba-442d-a1f2-a14f1a67ddfe

Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics, a wholly owned affiliate of GRL Capital Companies, helps bring alcoholic beverage products to market faster, cheaper and more efficiently. Entrepreneurs can also use the Seaman’s team as a sounding board and leverage SBL relationships to tackle challenges, raise capital, and grow smartly.

Keep following as we share more information on The FT’s Special Report when it is published in hardcopy.

Financial Times Statista

04/06/2021

[IN THE NEWS] After being named to the Inc. 5000 list for the third consecutive year, Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics (SBL) was recently featured in Inc. Magazine's 5000 Honoree Spotlight: “Delivering What Companies Need to Grow.”

Read the complete article here > bit.ly/SBL-Inc

In the feature, CEO, Glenn Langberg, explains how SBL, a wholly-owned affiliate of GRL Capital Companies, helps bring alcoholic beverage products to market faster, cheaper and more efficiently. Entrepreneurs can also use the Seaman’s team as a sounding board and leverage SBL relationships to tackle challenges, raise capital, and grow smartly.

To learn more about working with Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics or any of the GRL Capital Companies, contact the management team of SBL at (973) 424-0600.

03/23/2021

Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics (SBL) is pleased to have been featured in Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Honoree Spotlight: “Delivering What Companies Need to Grow.”

For the third consecutive year, SBL was named to the Inc. 5000 list. Offering turnkey operational solutions for companies in the alcoholic beverages industry, SBL helps clients save time, reduce costs and improve gross margins.

Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics is a wholly-owned affiliate of GRL Capital Companies, which recently launched its new website (grlcapitalcompanies.com). GRL Capital Companies has a diversified portfolio of wholly-owned businesses focused on the strategic growth and support of startups and established enterprises in a multitude of industries that include:

• Food and Beverage
• Alcoholic Beverages
• Cosmetics
• Apparel
• Real Estate Development, Construction and Management
• Metal Fabrication and Recycling
• Entertainment, Advertising and Film
• Banking
• Automotive
• Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
• Electronics and Controls
• Engineering
• Transportation
• Hard, Soft and Consumable Manufacturing
• Logistics
• Retail
• Sports

CEO, Glenn Langberg, explains, “We understand thoroughly how companies can get more out of every dollar they spend.”

Read the Inc. article > bit.ly/SBL-Inc

01/28/2021

As part of its certified renewable energy commitment, Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics (SBL) received the Renewable Energy Certificate Acknowledgment. SBL accomplished the following for the January 2021-January 2022 calendar year:

Energy & Pollution Reductions (per EPA)

109,198 kWh of RECs purchased on an annual basis
170,213 lbs. CO2 greenhouse gas avoided on an annual basis

Conservation Equivalents (per EPA)

191,582 miles driven by an average passenger vehicle, OR
101 acres of U.S. forests in one year

As part of Seaman’s commitment to being carbon neutral by 2025, the certificate acknowledges that SBL purchased Green-e® Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from AEP Energy for the period January 2021—January 2022 in a quantity sufficient to match the electricity provided by conventional or non-renewable generation sources.

SBL is committed to sustainability and will be completely carbon neutral within the next 4 years. We remain mindful of the importance of the green logistics movement and are transitioning to a Net Zero energy warehouse able to supply and sustain its own power using solar panels and battery storage, an electric fleet, and energy-efficient lighting.

Center for Resource Solutions

12/03/2020

“Time is not your friend in a crisis.” —Glenn Langberg, CEO of GRL Capital Advisors and CEO of Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics (SBL)

In the recent Expert Webcast thought leadership roundtable “Risk Management for Boards of Directors During a Crisis,” Glenn was asked,

“Directors have a fiduciary responsibility to understand risks that can impact their organizations. However, in a pandemic, how do you ascertain what those risks are and decide what is mission critical when the situation and guidance are changing on a daily basis?”

Glenn discusses how it is more difficult today than ever to be a director, but here are some components of his strategy:

• Seek guidance from professional advisors
• Develop a remedial action plan
• Consider human capital safety and logistics
• Understand and comply with State restrictions
• Review ongoing business operations and when to pivot
• Assess critical needs
• Communicate regularly with all stakeholders
• Ensure adequate funding, protect assets, control liabilities
• Verify reports/information obtained from professional assessments

Watch Glenn’s full response at 13:44—19:48 in the webcast replay: http://ow.ly/7qwc50CBdf9

11/30/2020

Available Now | Video Replay of the latest Expert Webcast thought leadership roundtable: Risk Management for Boards of Directors During a Crisis

In case you missed this latest roundtable, the replay link is available below. The speakers discuss how the pandemic has created unprecedented financial and operating hardships and uncertainty for many industries, adding new business risks to corporate operations and making the risk oversight function of the board more critical and challenging than ever. The participants address:

• evolving risk monitoring and mitigation strategies
• recent legal developments
• financial and operating issues
• communications and crisis management
• investor concerns
• compliance

Featured speakers:

Glenn Langberg, CEO of GRL Capital Advisors and CEO of Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics (SBL)
Sharie A. Brown, Partner, Troutman Pepper
Don Navarro, Executive Chairman, KPN Health
Alex Kasdan, Managing Partner, Convergence

To watch the video replay on-demand, visit: https://www.expertwebcast.com/risk-management-for-boards-of-directors-during-a-crisis

11/26/2020

Warmest wishes this Thanksgiving from our families to yours. Enjoy the day and the start to the holiday season.

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Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics is a premier New Jersey-based, wholesale distributor of fine wine and spirits servicing licensed retailers, restaurants, and bars. Named the 38th fastest growing company in the 2017 NJBIZ Fast 50, a distinction which recognizes the 50 fastest growing companies in New Jersey, Seaman’s Beverage and Logistics has extensive experience providing warehousing, storage and logistics services nationally to the alcoholic beverages industry.