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Google 2025 AI Business Trends
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Google’s AI Trends Report – What It Means For Distributors  Google’s latest AI trends report identifies five forces reshaping business in 2025. For wholesale distributors, these aren’t just tech industry abstractions—they’re competitive realities
  • Josh Palubicki
  • November 25, 2025
AI in Distribution

Why Your AI Pilots Keep Failing (And Why That’s Actually Fine) 

Expect most pilots to fail. Plan for it. Budget for it.
  • Brian Hopkins
  • November 24, 2025
AI in Distribution

Proton.ai, Revenue Optics Partner to Update Distributors’ Inside Sales Model

Both companies are expanding to support additional customers.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • November 23, 2025

Upcoming Programs

  • Upcoming Program

AI News and Gurus: Strategic Insights Lead From Google

Join us on Dec 2, 2025 9PT/12ET as we explore AI and the B2B landscape with Patricia Velázquez, Strategic Insights Lead from Google.
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  • Upcoming Program

Breakthroughs in Warehouse and Logistics Technology

Join us on Dec. 3, 2025 at 9PT/12ET to discover how breakthroughs in warehouse and logistics technology are transforming supply chains and operations.
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  • Upcoming Program

How Midsize Distributors Leverage Technology to Compete

Join us on Dec 10, 2025 at 9PT/12ET to learn how midsize distributors modernize systems and use AI to boost efficiency, and growth.
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  • Upcoming Program

AI for Distributors: 2025 Review and 2026 Preview

Join us on Dec 17, 2025 at 9PT/12ET to explore Real Use Cases and What’s Coming Next for AI in distribution.
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AI in Distribution

Applied AI for Distributors 2026: Why You Can’t Afford to Sit Out

Attend the only event on real-world AI execution in distribution.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • November 20, 2025
AI in Distribution

AI Capex Surge Signals a New Operating Reality for Distributors

Procurement budgets are tightening as organizations redirect capital toward AI infrastructure.
  • Mark Brohan
  • November 19, 2025
news home depot
AI in Distribution

Home Depot Highlights New AI Blueprint Takeoff Tool as Housing Weakens

Home Depot is accelerating its tech investments in the Pro segment, highlighted by a new AI-powered material estimation tool.
  • Mark Brohan
  • November 18, 2025

Recent Reports

State of eCommerce

Navigating Distribution’s New Landscape in 2025

Strategic Approaches for Sustainable Growth

Best Practices to Compete in a Changing Market

Path Amid the Chaos
Digital Strategy

Global Industrial’s ‘Path Amid the Chaos’: A Conversation with Barry Litwin, CEO 

Barry Litwin of Global Industrial speaks about how they’ve built a foundation for effective customer experiences and have leveraged ecommerce to power Global Industrial’s
  • Ian Heller
  • February 15, 2022
economist presentation
Distribution Industry Analysis

ITR Economics Forecasts Growth Through 2025; Labor Shortage to Ease in 2024 

The U.S. economy is quickly bouncing back from COVID. The supply chain is slowly correcting itself, and distributors will see a lot of growth
  • Ian Heller
  • February 14, 2022
Behind the Deals
Distribution Industry Analysis

Behind the Deals: Lawson Products-Test Equity-Gexpro Services; Motion-Kaman; and White Cap-Ram Tool

Ian Heller and Jonathan Bein talked about recent distribution deals, synergies between the businesses, and their predictions for the rest of 2022.
  • Ian Heller
  • February 9, 2022
Facetree
Distribution Industry Analysis

‘Sourcing Simplified’: Factrees Aims to Change How B2B Channel Connections Are Made 

Factrees wants to change channel dynamics for the better. I recently spoke with Williams, who has deep experience in B2B and B2C ecommerce, about
  • Ian Heller
  • February 8, 2022
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B2B eCommerce

Webinar: The 2022 State of eCommerce in Distribution, Part 1 (February 2, 2022)

Get the results of our exclusive 12th-annual State of eCommerce in Distribution research, a leading benchmark in the industry for adoption and drivers of
  • Dean Mueller
  • February 4, 2022
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Digital Strategy

How Distributors Can Keep the Branch Alive in a Digital World 

Mark Dancer shares how distributors can reimagine physical stores so that they remain relevant long into the future.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • February 2, 2022
Person who painted themselves into a corner
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: The 5 Biggest Distributor Marketing Mistakes (February 1, 2022)

You’ll hear why distributors often fail at marketing — and how you can succeed in this episode of The Wholesale Change Show.
  • Ian Heller
  • February 2, 2022
B2B eCommerce

Better Customer Experience? Distributors Lean Into eCommerce in 2022

Last year, we saw a sharp increase in the adoption of ecommerce due to the COVID-19 pandemic. eCommerce includes transactions through website, mobile and
  • Dean Mueller
  • February 1, 2022
People putting puzzle pieces together
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: What’s Coming for Distribution M&A in 2022? (January 19, 2022)

Two major deals at the end of 2021 ensured the year would end with a bang. Lawson Products, Gexpro Services and Test Equity joined
  • Ian Heller
  • January 19, 2022
sign that says: Yes we're open
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: How Distributors Can Innovate the Physical Store (January 12, 2022)

Mark Dancer shares how he thinks B2B innovators can reimagine physical stores and other real-world spaces to create new value for customers and open
  • Ian Heller
  • January 12, 2022
The 4 Symptoms of Bad CRM
Digital Strategy

The 4 Symptoms of Bad CRM

Here are four symptoms you may be using a “bad” CRM – one that doesn’t help the sales team do their jobs.
  • Benj Cohen
  • January 12, 2022
3 Inside Sales Models That Sell
Inside Sales Strategy

3 Inside Sales Models That Sell

Businesses must have clear expectations of this role if they want to maximize growth opportunities. Here are three inside sales models that are working
  • Mark Peck
  • January 11, 2022
hand interacting with digital interface
Digital Strategy

ADI’s Digital Transformation Goes Beyond the Technology

For ADI, it’s about how that technology can enable the distributor’s team to do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • January 5, 2022
How NetPlus Alliance is Helping Distributors Stay Relevant in a Time of Disruption
Distribution Industry Analysis

How NetPlus Alliance is Helping Distributors Stay Relevant in a Time of Disruption

Jennifer Murphy, President of NetPlus Alliance, joined us for a recent Wholesale Change episode to talk about the benefits of the buying group and
  • Jonathan Bein
  • December 20, 2021
busy warehouse
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: From Master Distributors to Marketplaces (December 15, 2021)

Marketplaces have moved that endless assortment right in front of the customer. This has changed the dynamics for distributors and even more for master
  • Ian Heller
  • December 15, 2021
From Master Distributors to Marketplaces Part 3
Distribution Industry Analysis

From Master Distributors to Marketplaces Part 3: Berkshire eSupply, Varis and Value-Added Services

Learn about growth options for master distributors, including how they might work with certain marketplaces.
  • Ian Heller
  • December 14, 2021
From Master Distributors to Marketplaces Part 2
B2B eCommerce

From Master Distributors to Marketplaces Part 2: Berkshire eSupply is an “Upside Down” Marketplace

Berkshire eSupply benefits by making its products available on hundreds (and potentially thousands) of websites operated by small and midsize industrial distributors. It’s a great plan,
  • Ian Heller
  • December 10, 2021
hand interacting with digital interface
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: ADI’s Digital Transformation (December 8, 2021)

Our Wholesale Change hosts and Tisdale discuss ADI’s remarkable journey.
  • Ian Heller
  • December 8, 2021
Distributors Must Go Beyond ‘Price and Availability’ to Remain Relevant to Manufacturers
Digital Strategy

Distributors Must Go Beyond ‘Price and Availability’ to Remain Relevant to Manufacturers

Having robust digital capabilities is no longer optional for distributors who want to retain channel share.
  • Dean Mueller
  • December 7, 2021
Product Data is Critical if You Want to Compete in the Next 3-5 Years Online
Digital Strategy

Product Data is Critical if You Want to Compete in the Next 3-5 Years Online

Keeping the customer at the center is key to providing the product data a customer needs to find a product, then transact.
  • Dean Mueller
  • December 2, 2021
hand holding tablet with other hand manipulating holographic data over it
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
warehouse-master-distributors-and-marketplaces
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
people putting gears together
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
hands coming together to form the shape of a lightbulb
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
hand touching icons of digital people
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
person at laptop with digital representation of the cloud
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
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