Los Angeles, CA--Welcome to the 2024 CVA voting season! In a few days we are excited to present the 2024 COVR Visionary Awards Voting Guide containing all the 2024 entrants. (April 4th) So keep a look out for it. We would also like to thank everyone for contributing your voice to the 2024 COVR Industry Survey! We are thrilled to reveal the results HERE, in this months issue of Retailing Insight Magazine.

COVR has some great news for our independant product creators, self-publishers, and retailers. We have two new distribution and print/distribution members to introduce you to this month. The first is Stephen Lordanous of Quanta Distribution. His company distributes mind, body, spirit products to Canada and the United States. Read his article below called Partnering with a distributor. Next, we have Inner Wisdom Fullfillment, a POD fulfilliment and distribution center for independant and self-publishers to offer their products to the worldwide community, and to retailers at a wholesale discount. Read the industry news release HERE. Add your products HERE.

Truly, these are precious and powerful times we are living in, and the turn-around-time for a new door opening, as other doors are closing, feels instantaneous. We at COVR are honored to be at the hub of it all and strive to get you the information and resources you need to run a successful MBS business. As always, we are grateful to our membership, whose incredible accomplishments continue to build our industry in a meaningful way.

Warm regards,

Tracee Dunblazier

President, COVR

PS: WE NEED WANT YOU! COVR has been growing over the last several years and our most important programs need your service. Currently, we would love your help on any of these four committees: Visionary Awards Committee, Visionary Awards Marketing Tools Committee, Member Benefits Committee, and Newsletter Content Committee. If you are interested in giving a few hours a month to any of these committees, please CLICK HERE to fill out the form.

If you’ve got a book or a sideline product that you want to bring to market, there are only a few options as an independent creator. Selling the products to stores yourself, setting up booths and tables at markets and expos, managing your own sales online, or working with a distributor on consignment or selling on terms. Read More

The 2024 COVR Visionary Awards voting season is upon us. The voting guide was to be released on April 1st, but due to events beyond my control, we will need a few more days. Look for our email with the CVA's Voting Guide on Thursday, April 4th, with this years spectacular nominee's.

Voting will commence on schedule, April 10th-30th. As a COVR member you will automatically receive a one-time use personal link to submit

your vote, and a public voting link to share with your community any way you can.

For all nominee's this year, remember to send the guide to your fans and other COVR members. This is, of course, a gentle reminder to all of our membership that you will be receiving multiple emails celebrating this years nominee's and their titles and products, and we appreciate your patience during the voting phase of the CVA's.

Thank you for celebrating the best mind, body, spirit products our industry has to offer!



Alex Fernandez, Vice President, COVR

CVA's Awards Director

The COVR board is waiting on some information from the Scottsdale Hilton, to make our final decision on this years 2024 COVR Visionary Awards Ceremony, so stay posted!

Dear Friends,

It breaks my heart to announce there will be no INATS® at the Crowne Plaza DIA in 2024.

The property is being sold to the city of Aurora, CO for use as a “regional navigation center” that provides temporary housing and services for people who are homeless. It will cease operation as a hotel and convention center on 5/31/24. In addition, financial issues surrounding the 2023 contract with the company that manages the hotel property have forced me out of business.

Retirement is calling! I have received multiple inquiries from other parties interested in acquiring and continuing INATS®. I sincerely hope that will happen. If you are also interested, please contact me at: andrew@inats.com.

Thank you for your support through the years. It was a dream to work on this event for so long and I have made many friends in the industry. I wish you all health and good fortune!

Best,

Andrew Toplarski, producer of INATS® - the tradeshow for conscious living

Stacey Shell, Company: iwei, LLC, Retailer, Website: www.iwei.one

Joan Marie, Company: Joan Marie Art, Artist, Website: www.Joanmarieart.com

Latosha Cole, Company: Tosh Cole, Author, Website: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58792974-one-veteran-s-perspective

Hayley Williams, Company: Chakra Prana, Retailer, Website: https://chakraprana.etsy.com/

Althea Provost, Company: Thea's Heart, LLC, Publisher, Website: https://theasheart.com/books/

Maurice Nobert, Company: SixthSense Partners, Website: www.sixthsensepartners.com

Stephanie Reef, Author, Website: www.stephaniereef.com

Catherine Athans, Company: CA Consults, Author, Website: https://www.catherineathansphd.com

Kate Neligan, Company: Awakening With Equines, Author, Website: www.kateneligan.com

Lee Fleshman, Company: DeVorss Publications, Artist, Website: https://issuu.com/artistryandlee/docs/portfolio_draft

Anne Lacourrege, Company: Missy Publishing, Author

Howard Eisenberg, Company: Center for Mind Enhancement, Author, Website: www.drhowardeisenberg.com

Join our new business education program: the COVR Masterclass, where we'll bring you Mind, Body, Spirit innovator's who are at the top of their game, to give you the information you need to begin, grow, or profit from your MBS business in a conscious way. You need not be present to learn, once the class has been broadcast, you can register and receive the link anytime.

If you have a terrific topic you'd like to teach in 2024, respond back to this email to get on the calendar!



Participate in COVR

There are many ways to contribute to our all-volunteer organization—become a part of the network by posting weekly on the COVR social media pages, do a FaceBook Live interview, write an article on your area of expertise for our newsletter, or volunteering your time (an hour a week) with many of the opportunities listed below—we'd really love your help.

Social Media

Please connect with us on social media! We want to hear from you and your business. COVR social media is a great place to connect with other COVR members. While it's industry standard to post on your own page daily, here at COVR we encourage you to post weekly on our pages.

However, now that the awards season is officially open, we do allow and encourage more frequent product and self-promotion posting--please, no more than once a day.

https://www.facebook.com/covrorg

https://www.facebook.com/groups/401068139938580

Volunteering

COVR wants you! Take a look below for our latest volunteer opportunities.