Its common practice at accounting firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, to assist privately held distributors and other corporate clients with what the firm calls walkaway cashflow modeling, where they evaluate how the client would...
Fluctuating prices from hundreds of vendors, customers who want to be kept in the loop as to the source of price increases and signs of a potential market slow down are all impacts for distributors...
Latest Baird survey finds aggregate revenue growth up 3.2%, a deceleration of 90 basis points compared to last quarter. Despite the softening, industry leaders remain positive about the economy and expect a relatively normal second...
Primary author and economist Brian Lewandowski of CU-Boulder shares how an enhanced outlook in this 14th edition of EBWD will allow distributors to better forecast growth potential for 19 business sectors. Subscribers should log-in below...
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...
Jergens Industrial Supplys user-friendly order replenishing button is becoming increasingly popular with the Ohio distributors customers who have installed the IoT devices. With more than 400 in operation, JIS is also gaining valuable insights from...
With a nod to customer-pleasing practices implemented by leading B2C e-commerce companies, the Pennsylvania-based distributor is committed to continually improving the WebstaurantStore customers online experience through internal technology investments led by a strong talent recruitment...
The distributor brought in more than $250,000 in the last year from new website business after involving both its customer service team and loyal customers throughout its four-year website and e-commerce improvement project. Subscribers should...
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...
By investing in and embracing an e-commerce strategy nearly 20 years ago, this Columbus, Ohio-based distributor brings in more than half of its sales from its website, with both web and local business growing about...
