Product Acquisition
Identify practical product opportunities and connect inventors and product owners with Telebrands.
Manish Israni ↗WORK WITH TELEBRANDS
A product has potential.
Experience brings it forward.
Product development, creative, operations, retail relationships and digital marketing, connected by a team with decades of consumer-products experience.
Start a business inquiry ↗THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND THE BRANDS
Experience across
the product journey.
Specialist leadership connects the product, its story and its route to market.
Manufacturing and Procurement
Connect with Telebrands about manufacturing capabilities, supplier relationships and procurement opportunities.
Arline Wall ↗Operations & legal oversight
Coordinate manufacturing, technology and distribution to keep the business running smoothly, with oversight of all legal and intellectual property matters.
Bala Iyer ↗Creative & brand storytelling
Shape product names, packaging, television, social content, websites and marketplace presentation.
Giuseppe Landolfo ↗Retail relationships & sales
Bring consumer-products experience to national retail relationships, go-to-market planning and sales execution.
Michael Aquilino ↗Marketing & digital commerce
Connect marketing leadership with the channels where consumers discover and purchase the company’s products.
Shail Prasad ↗Financial leadership
Support the business with financial experience, including Bob Barnett’s service as VP of Finance since 2000.1
Bob Barnett ↗BRINGING PRODUCTS TO RETAILERS
See the products.
Experience the presentation.
At an Ace show, Telebrands brings product demonstrations, Pocket Hose displays and a hands-on presentation together for retail buyers.
Ace recognized Telebrands with its inaugural Impulse Wood Spoon Award at the Fall 2023 Show; the company’s collection also includes a Spring 2024 Vendor of the Show trophy.
Explore the Ace honors & photographs ↗
THE PRODUCTS BEHIND THE RECORD
Everyday products.
Extraordinary chapters.
PedEgg Classic · official product photography
PEDEGG / COMPANYWIDE MILESTONE
PedEgg
Over $400M in companywide consumer retail sales
40 million PedEgg units sold companywide.3
Read the story & source ↗
Pocket Hose Ballistic · a current brand example
Joe Grady, AJ Khubani and Griffin Sorenson at Walmart · December 2015.
WALMART U.S. / NOVEMBER 2015
Star Shower
A No. 1 retail week
By retail sales dollars · November 21–27, 2015.5
Read the story & source ↗BUILDING THE AS SEEN ON TV RETAIL FORMAT / 1990–1993
From a television idea
to a retail destination.
Telebrands brought Jamesway its first dedicated As Seen on TV section in 1990. In 1993, Andy Khubani represented Telebrands in developing Walmart’s dedicated program with its merchants. Their firsthand accounts show how the company connected consumer recognition with assortment, buying and store placement.
Jamesway: where the format began ↗Walmart: the next chapter ↗
JAMESWAY → WALMART
Angelo Bianco and Andy Khubani
1990 · The first rollout.
1993 · A larger stage.
Angelo Bianco and Andy Khubani
PLANNING A BUSINESS CONVERSATION
Start with the information
that matters to you.
Which brands can I explore?
The featured portfolio includes Pocket Hose, BulbHead, Hempvana, Bull Shot, Eggagen, PedEgg and Star Shower. Visit the brand directory for official websites and product categories.
Explore the brands ↗Where can I review Telebrands’ track record?
Start with the three brand stories, then explore retailer honors, campaign recognition, dated press coverage and the company’s history. Each account identifies its source and relevant period.
Awards & recognition ↗Company history ↗How do retail buyers and distributors get in touch?
Contact Michael Aquilino for U.S. wholesale and distribution, or Poonam Khubani for international distribution. Include your company, territory, sales channels, brands of interest and expected order requirements.
Find wholesale contacts ↗How should I approach Telebrands about a product?
Contact Manish Israni for product acquisition and new product opportunities. Prepare a concise description of the problem, the product benefit and its development stage.
Inventor resources ↗WORK WITH TELEBRANDS
Put our experience
to work with yours.
Bring our brands to your customers.
Connect with Michael Aquilino about U.S. wholesale, retail and distribution opportunities.
U.S. wholesale & distribution ↗Start a market conversation.
Connect with Poonam Khubani about your territory, sales channels and brands of interest.
International distribution ↗Explore the path for your product.
Connect with Manish Israni about product acquisition and new product opportunities.
Product acquisition inquiries ↗Notes & sources
- Experience across the product journey.Based on the company’s leadership roles and executive-supplied biographies. Explore the people behind the work ↗↩
- Photograph or illustration: Telebrands at an Ace showTelebrands at an Ace show · photograph supplied by AJ Khubani.↩
- PedEgg companywide milestone40 million PedEgg units sold companywide. Cumulative totals reported by founder and CEO AJ Khubani, October 2026.↩
- Pocket Hose cumulative unit salesCumulative consumer unit sales across the Pocket Hose brand, reported by founder and CEO AJ Khubani, October 2026.↩
- Star Shower retail weekRecalled by former vice president Joe Grady; by retail sales dollars, November 21–27, 2015.↩