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With new products rolling out, a more streamlined operation, and demand building in key segments, the company believes it’s on track for a solid 2025.
AI in Distribution

Henry Schein, AWS Partner to Bring AI Intelligence to Dental Care

By combining cloud computing, data, and AI, Henry Schein is positioning itself as more than a healthcare distributor.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • November 4, 2025
Amazon’s AI-Powered Secrets to Success (and How Distributors Can Respond)
AI in Distribution

Amazon’s Agentic Commerce Push Redefines the Future of Wholesale Distribution

Amazon’s “agentic commerce” agenda signals the next transformation in digital distribution.
  • Mark Brohan
  • November 3, 2025
AI in Distribution

Generation X and AI: Why Experience Still Leads the Revolution in Distribution

If you’re a Gen X leader in distribution, this is your moment.
  • Brian Hopkins
  • November 3, 2025

Upcoming Programs

  • Upcoming Program

Using State of the Art Analytics to Understand Performance

Join us on Nov 5, 2025 at 9PT/12ET to learn how advanced analytics is reshaping performance management and strategic decision making.
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  • Upcoming Program

Data-Driven Transformation: From Chaos to Competitive Advantage

Join us on Nov 11, 2025 at 9PT/12ET to learn how leading companies are using AI and integrated solutions to create real business impact.
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  • Upcoming Program

From Order to Insight: Optimizing the Customer Journey

Join us on Nov 12, 2025 at 9PT/12ET to learn how tech leaders are modernizing operations, automating systems, and driving real digital transformation.
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AI in Distribution

Amazon Deploys AI Systems Blue Jay and Project Eluna to Reinvent Fulfillment

Amazon calls it a significant expansion of “physical AI.”
  • Mark Brohan
  • October 28, 2025
Operations

The New Era of Profit Maximization for Distributors

Distributors have access to a growing number of new technologies that enable them to work more efficiently and better understand their customers.
  • Gayle deDie
  • October 27, 2025
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AI in Distribution

The AI Revolution Isn’t What You Think: 4 Truths from the 2030 Playbook

The frontier of AI is moving beyond systems that simply analyze and recommend.
  • Brian Hopkins
  • October 21, 2025

Recent Reports

Navigating Distribution’s New Landscape in 2025

Strategic Approaches for Sustainable Growth

Best Practices to Compete in a Changing Market

Report: State of Distributor Pricing and Costing

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Operations

Distributors’ Warehouse Operations: Room for Improvement

Distributors share how they currently manage warehouse operations – and what their plans are given these realities.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • November 10, 2022
price increase
Distribution Marketing

5 Key Principles for Executing Your Next Price Increase

Here are five principles to keep in mind for your pricing strategy.
  • Pete Morelli
  • November 10, 2022
Distribution Technology

How to Amplify Productivity with AI: Think Beyond the Tech

To reap the benefits of technology like AI, companies must go above and beyond the initial tech investment to build ‘intangible assets.’
  • Benj Cohen
  • November 8, 2022
attracting top talent
Operations

How Distributors Can Attract and Retain Top Talent

Distributors continue to face struggles in the labor market and need to be aware of how to attract and retain talent as the economy
  • Alex Chausovsky
  • November 8, 2022
5 steps to rein in pricing
Distribution Sales Strategy

Stop Shaking Your Fist and Act: 5 Steps to Rein in Pricing

Here are five steps to take back control of your pricing.
  • Scott Sinning
  • November 7, 2022
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Build Key Account Plans That Get Results

Check out this key account management process that gets results for distributors.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • November 2, 2022
strategic planning
Operations

More Than a Budget: How Distributors Should Do Strategic Planning

Distributors need a strategic plan if they want to remain competitive and profitable.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • October 31, 2022
Global Industrial
Distribution Marketing

How Global Industrial Uses Merchandising to Add Value and Solve Customer Problems

How merchandising in distribution compares to retail, and the importance of value-added services for Global Industrial.
  • Ian Heller
  • October 19, 2022
delayed erp
Digital Strategy

Distributors: What’s Delaying Your ERP’s ROI?

Distributors need to know the ins and outs of what ERP can do for them.
  • Karthik Chidambaram
  • October 17, 2022
news distribution
Operations

‘Freight Recession’?: What to Know About Logistics in 2023 and Beyond (The Discerning Distributor, Episode 3)

Anthony Smith, Chief Economist for Freight Waves, discusses the state of the freight industry, and steps distributors and manufacturers should take.
  • Alex Chausovsky
  • October 17, 2022
one size does not fit all
Distribution Sales Strategy

One Size Does Not Fit All: Stop Force-Fitting Sales Model, Process & Methodology

Mike Kunkle shares why one size does not fit all distributors.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • October 13, 2022
3 Rules for Building a Successful Distributor Marketplace
Marketplaces

3 Rules for Building a Successful Distributor Marketplace

It’s important to follow best practices when building a distributor marketplace.
  • Ryan Lee
  • October 10, 2022
break down walls
Distribution Sales Strategy

Break Down the Walls Between Channels: How an Omnichannel Approach Keeps Customers Spending More

Going beyond the traditional approach and building an omnichannel experience.
  • Benj Cohen
  • October 4, 2022
Dead Skunk Pricing
Distribution Marketing

Distributors’ Dead Skunk Pricing: How to Avoid the Stink

7 examples of common dead-skunk pricing practices distributors need to let go of.
  • Scott Benfield
  • October 3, 2022
News Grainger
Distribution Industry Analysis

The 5 Growth Engines of Grainger’s High-Touch Solutions Division

A look at Grainger’s 5 growth engines and how the distributor plans to use them to drive growth.
  • Ian Heller
  • October 3, 2022
Who Sells What to Whom and How
Distribution Sales Strategy

The Surprising Power of Understanding ‘Who Sells What to Whom and How’

When you understand this, you can foster alignment, communicate effectively and improve customer experience.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • September 28, 2022
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Distribution Industry Analysis

Commodity Prices: A Softening – But By How Much … and For How Long? (The Discerning Distributor: Episode 2)

Get expert context on the commodity market conditions, other input prices and what the latest developments mean for your business.
  • Alex Chausovsky
  • September 27, 2022
cyber security
Distribution Technology

Cybercrime Hits Distribution: How to Protect Your Business’s Sensitive Data

Hacking and cybercrime is a growing concern for distributors. Learn more about who is at risk and how you can keep your business safe.
  • Erika Torres
  • September 20, 2022
bridging the gap
Distribution Technology

Bridging the Gap: The Innovators Summit

Attend the wholesale distribution industry’s first matchmaking event for distribution executives on Nov. 2-4, 2022, to meet tech founders from B2B’s most exciting innovators.
  • Alex Moazed
  • September 19, 2022
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Operations

How Specialty Building Products is Building a Bridge Between Generations

Learn about SBP’s philosophy that happy, purpose-driven employees are the foundation of company success.
  • Ian Heller
  • September 19, 2022
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Distribution Marketing

Value Management for Distributors, Part 3: The Role of the Value Manager

Industrial distributors, purveyors of commodity products, need a more targeted, tangible, and manageable aspect of value add.
  • Scott Benfield
  • September 19, 2022
top down
Strategy

Why “Top Down” No Longer Works in a Post-Pandemic World

Hierarchy? Command and control? Short-term thinking? Money as the only motivator? Those no longer create the results they once did.
  • Dirk Beveridge
  • September 14, 2022
inflation
Distribution Industry Analysis

Inflation: What’s Coming – and How Distributors Can Manage It (The Discerning Distributor: Episode 1)

We dig into inflation, interest rates and what distributors can expect in the face of a potential economic slowdown.
  • Alex Chausovsky
  • September 13, 2022
sales management
Distribution Sales Strategy

How a Sales Management Operating System Can Transform Your Results

When implemented well, an SMoS can radically improve sales force performance.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • September 8, 2022
value management 2
Distribution Marketing

Value Management for Distributors, Part 2: The Lifecycle of a Service

Services go through predictable stages and become mature, price-sensitive and commoditized.
  • Scott Benfield
  • September 1, 2022
news distribution
Digital Strategy

Product Content Syndication: A Tutorial

Syndication is a tool for manufacturers to easily and efficiently get information to their partners.
  • Fabien Legouic
  • August 26, 2022
megaphones
Distribution Sales Strategy

Your Sales Managers Think They’re Coaching, But They’re Probably Not

Sales coaching is the most powerful tool for improving employee performance and company results. 
  • Mike Kunkle
  • August 22, 2022
A conversation with NAW
Distribution Industry Analysis

How NAW is Promoting Cooperation in Uncertain Times

Hoplin shares distributors’ key concerns and how NAW is working to support distributors.
  • Ian Heller
  • August 22, 2022
building bridges
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: Building a Bridge Between Generations, featuring Jeff McLendon (August 17, 2022)

We talked with Jeff McLendon on bridging the generational gap in the workplace.
  • Ian Heller
  • August 17, 2022
Alex Moazed Q&A
Marketplaces

The B2B Marketplace Threat Is Coming from All Sides: What Distributors Need to Do Next

How can distributors differentiate amid stiffening competition from B2B marketplaces?
  • Ian Heller
  • August 17, 2022
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