A sense of urgency in developing or enhancing a digital strategy for your business could be a core theme of 2020. The key word? Marketplaces.
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In the coming years, major disruptive forces are aligning that will potentially restructure the wholesale distribution industry, McKinsey analysts recently predicted. However, the report notes, “while the overall picture may look bleak, we see opportunities across...
As the number of B2B buyers who start their research, product selection and buying online has skyrocketed, so too have the opportunities available to wholesale distributors who put time, effort and money into their online presence. The...
Ransomware has evolved into a billion-dollar enterprise, affecting two-thirds of small to medium-size businesses in the past 12 months, the Ponemon Institute and Keeper Security reported in a recent study. Yet many in this group...
No matter how a distributor may be impacted by factors such as the uncertain state of the economy, the growing reach of a competitor or even where their company sits on the technology scale, the...
Three real-life examples of distributors who have adopted successful strategies.
B2B e-commerce is a $1-trillion industry thats rapidly growing. For distributors to keep up, Marty Acks of CDI Technology recommends making mobile website optimization a priority, as well as improved page speed and a variety...
As top distributors become more proficient with data analysis, others are falling behind, creating a critical gap in competitive business intelligence. Four of the speakers at MDM’s upcoming Analytics Summit share their recommendations here for...
Halfway through 2019, an increasing number of leading indicators are pointing to an economic slowdown in the second half. Anecdotally were hearing of sluggishness in the past two months across many sectors. Subscribers should log-in...
The transition away from keyboards is already underway and it has big implications for distributors.
Theres a meme bouncing around the internet thats attributed to a Walmart banner that hung at its headquarters many years ago. It read something like this: You cant out-Amazon Amazon. Great advice! But if you...
Just as important as technology and perhaps more so for distributors are building the right business processes and organizational structures to make sure you are creating the best value for your customers. Thats the core...
