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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

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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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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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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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Distribution Sales Strategy

Webinar: A New Sales Model for Distributors

art of our Reinvention of Distributor Sales and Service series you’ll learn best practices in implementing a new model for engaging with your customers.
  • Dean Mueller
  • December 1, 2021
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Digital Strategy

From Master Distributors to Marketplaces: Part 1 – How Endless Assortment Moved from Behind the Scenes to in Front of the Customer

Marketplaces represent an existential challenge for master distributors.
  • Ian Heller
  • November 30, 2021
What’s Driving the Supply Chain Crisis, and How Distributors Can Navigate It
Distribution Industry Analysis

What’s Driving the Supply Chain Crisis, and How Distributors Can Navigate It

Helgi Leja, of Distribution Performance Solutions, and Bruce Strahan, of Argon & Co., talk about managing through a supply chain crisis like the one
  • Jonathan Bein
  • November 23, 2021
5 Ways to Build Resiliency for Any Disruption
Digital Strategy

5 Ways to Build Resiliency for Any Disruption

Whatever your company’s size, it is necessary to prepare for operational obstacles that may come your way. Here are five strategies to build resiliency
  • Benj Cohen
  • November 17, 2021
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Distribution Sales Strategy

Webinar: The Reinvention of Distributor Sales & Service

This is the second of three webinars on the Reinvention of Distributor Sales and Service. You’ll learn the value of and process for creating
  • Dean Mueller
  • November 17, 2021
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: How Buying Groups Help Distributors Fight Disruption (November 10, 2021)

What keeps Jennifer Murphy, President of NetPlus Alliance, up at night in a time of consolidation and disruption? The independent distributor’s relevance.
  • Ian Heller
  • November 10, 2021
Benco Dental
Digital Strategy

Benco Dental on Its Transformation into an “IT/Data Business That Also Sells Dental Products”

With his team, managing director Chuck Cohen has put his money where his mouth is by changing every foundational IT system at Benco Dental,
  • Jonathan Bein
  • November 9, 2021
Technology is Advancing Faster than Ever
Digital Strategy

Technology is Advancing Faster than Ever – Are You Keeping up?

We recommend distributors focus on getting their core technology stacks right so they provide solid foundations for adding on enhanced and emerging components.
  • Ian Heller
  • November 9, 2021
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Digital Strategy

Webinar: The Future of e-Business in B2B

In this webinar you’ll learn how to build the right customer experience to compete effectively in the future.
  • Dean Mueller
  • November 4, 2021
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Digital Strategy

Getting the Most from Cloud ERP

Our guest, Barb Zimmerman, Managing Director at ITDirections, joins us for a presentation about cloud ERP. Barb shares her expertise on how distributors can
  • Barb Zimmerman
  • October 27, 2021
Women in Your Workplace
Distribution Industry Analysis

Women in Your Workplace: They’ve Left and You Need Them Back

Now more than ever, the need for talent in your organization is critical. With the recovering economy but continuing virus fallout, distributors need the
  • Gail Ludewig
  • October 26, 2021
5 Ways Cloud ERP Returns Your Investment
Digital Strategy

5 Ways Cloud ERP Returns Your Investment – and Then Some

We expect that cloud-based ERP will be nearly universally adopted within the next decade.
  • Barb Zimmerman
  • October 20, 2021
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Distribution Sales Strategy

Webinar: A New Sales Channel – Telephone-Based Sales Reps

In this free webinar, we discuss how distributors have historically used telephone-based sales reps, how successful these programs have been, and how this has
  • Dean Mueller
  • October 20, 2021
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: How to Manage Through the Supply Chain Crisis (October 13, 2021)

Product shortages, supply-chain delays, hard-to-find labor – what are the best practices in navigating through the current supply chain madness?
  • Ian Heller
  • October 13, 2021
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Distribution Marketing

The Younger Your Customers, the More Important Your Sales Reps

Your value proposition – not the age of the buyer – determines the value your sales reps can add.
  • Ian Heller
  • October 12, 2021
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Distribution Sales Strategy

Webinar: State of Manufacturer Sales Channels

In this free webinar you’ll get the latest research on manufacturers’ plans to reach the end-user, and how distributors fit into the picture.
  • Dean Mueller
  • October 6, 2021
Manufacturers’ Top 3 Concerns About Traditional Distribution Channels
Digital Strategy

Manufacturers’ Top 3 Concerns About Traditional Distribution Channels

Here’s why an increasing number of manufacturers are going direct to the end customer.
  • Ian Heller
  • October 5, 2021
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: On the Front Lines of Benco’s Digital Transformation Story (September 29, 2021)

In this episode you’ll hear from this visionary leader about how they came to the decision and how the journey is going.
  • Ian Heller
  • September 29, 2021
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Distribution Marketing

40+ Ways Distributors Are Using Analytics for Growth

Here are more than 40 ways distributors are using analytics to improve sales effectiveness, increase efficiencies, and drive growth.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • September 27, 2021
Shake Up Sales Models and See Results
Digital Strategy

Shake Up Sales Models and See Results

An early jump into next-generation capabilities could help distributors grow at twice the rate of the economy. 
  • Benj Cohen
  • September 23, 2021
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: Global Industrial CEO Barry Litwin: Driving Differentiation Amid Disruption (September 15, 2021)

In this episode we spoke with Barry Litwin, CEO of Global Industrial Supply, a $1B distributor focusing on small and midsize businesses.
  • Ian Heller
  • September 15, 2021
Distribution Marketing

6 Steps to Help Your Customers on Their Shopping & Buying Journey

Take bold action to meet build an efficient, seamless experience no matter the channel your customers are shopping and buying from.
  • Dean Mueller
  • September 15, 2021
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Distribution Industry Analysis

Office Depot Hires the Amazon Business Team to Build a Rival Marketplace

As many distributors wonder how to respond to the breathtaking growth of Amazon Business, Office Depot has gone on to create what looks like
  • Ian Heller
  • September 14, 2021
Distribution Industry Analysis

3 New Strategies Distributors Are Embracing in 2022

Distributors learned some difficult lessons through the pandemic, and they’re planning to build resilience by investing further in digital capabilities, accommodating remote work where feasible, and more.  This post
  • Ian Heller
  • September 8, 2021
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Digital Strategy

Webinar: Is Your Product Data Making You Money or Costing You Sales?

Join us for a fireside chat with Dawn Zassick, VP Customer Solutions at Magnitude Agility, for insider tips on using your product data to
  • Ian Heller
  • September 8, 2021
Marketplace
Digital Strategy

The Risk That Marketplaces Pose to Your Distribution Business

Platforms are indeed “eating the world.” Most distributors can still choose whether they will do the eating or be the meal.  This post presents
  • Ian Heller
  • August 23, 2021
Distribution Industry Analysis

How AI Drives Sales Productivity to Offset Labor Shortages

The difficult post-pandemic labor market is having an impact on businesses across industries from retail and hospitality to manufacturing and distribution. While there is high demand
  • Benj Cohen
  • August 19, 2021
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Distribution Industry Analysis

How Arbill Built Its Product & Service Strategy on an Unwavering Foundation of Safety First

Safety distributor Arbill has developed a deep set of services, including training and compliance, as well as a private-label product line to meet customers’
  • Ian Heller
  • August 16, 2021
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: The Death of the Distributor Sales Rep Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (August 12, 2021)

In this episode of Wholesale Change Ian Heller and Jonathan Bein talked about how conversations around the role of the sale rep today need
  • Ian Heller
  • August 12, 2021
Distribution Marketing

Gustave Larson’s Sales Force Transformation & the Distributor’s Focus on the Customer’s Customer

Read how HVAC distributor Gustave Larson has introduced and driven real value from innovative services. Andrew Larson, the long-time CEO and chairman of Gustave Larson, an HVAC
  • Ian Heller
  • August 5, 2021
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