BRADENTON, Fla., Dec. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Genius
Central, founded in October 1999, is
celebrating 20 years in business providing essential components of
the supply chain to the natural and specialty grocery industry.
Processing over $2 billion in orders
annually, the company's mission to provide effective, high-quality,
and affordable supply-chain technology and services to buyers and
sellers is accomplished through their online and mobile solutions,
including BUYiQ, SalesGenius, SupplierGenius, and others. Genius
Central also offers EDI services to vendors and retailers, recently
partnering with KeHE to provide EDI services as a part of their
Digital Supplier Integration Program.
Genius Central was founded by four partners, including the
husband-and-wife team of Linda and Jim
Sheehan, who currently serve as the CEO and Senior Vice
President of Operations, respectively. Having worked in retail for
a full-service natural food store, they saw firsthand the need for
technological support both in B2B ordering and web services.
Knowing that many independent retailers would not have the
resources to create these services for themselves, the Sheehans
formed Living Naturally (now Genius Central) to fulfill those
needs.
Originally focused on providing retailers with professional
websites during the dot com boom, Living Naturally pioneered a
precursor to BUYiQ by acquiring a fledgling ordering application,
ScanGenius, and redeveloping it to become the first universal
scanning application in the industry. Today that application is a
completely mobile, web-based solution branded as BUYiQ. "Twenty
years later, Genius Central is strong and growing because of our
ability to adapt to the market," says CEO and Founder Linda Sheehan.
"Our products have altered the landscape of ordering in our
industry," she continues. "We have a unique relationship with
retailers and their suppliers and brokers. It consists of respect
for their business models coupled with the willingness to provide a
technical solution that benefits all parties in the supply chain.
Our goal was not to disrupt or change the nature of the existing
business relationships. Rather, we wanted to augment, support,
enhance and add value to those business relationships."
Customers like Juno Raby, Chief
Administrative Officer at Vitality Works, can testify to the added
value to their businesses from automating orders through Genius
Central. Raby says, "Genius Central provides a seamless, effortless
solution to trading information with our business partners. With
their services we get speedy and error-free order entry, timely
invoicing, and accelerated payment. Trading via Genius Central has
allowed us to grow 5 times larger over the past 8 years without
added effort."
Of the continued momentum of the company, Jim Sheehan, Founder and SVP of Operations,
says, "I'm extremely proud that this company is still growing after
20 years. There were ups and downs, but I'm very proud of what our
company has become. To make it 20 years and still be helping the
industry is a good thing."
The 20th Anniversary celebration kicks off at SOHO this weekend
and will continue through the upcoming year, with an additional
celebration planned for the Genius Central booth at Expo West
2020.
About GeniusCentral
Founded in 1999, GeniusCentral is a leading provider of enterprise
retail and supplier order management, automation, and promotional
software platforms. The company's mission is to provide effective,
high-quality, and affordable supply chain technology and services
to buyers and sellers. GeniusCentral serves a large network of
independent and natural retailers, supports the largest natural
product database in the industry, and processes close to
$2 billion in ordering transactions
annually. Contact us for more information at
info@geniuscentral.com.
SOURCE Genius Central