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Operations

Redefining Professionalism: A Closer Look at Wholesale Distribution

Regardless of how we got here, what many of us discovered is a career that offers more than just selling and moving boxes.
  • Mark Bray
  • May 28, 2025
Innovation

Leading with Purpose in the Age of Automation

WMS, LMS, OMS, WES, YMS: whatever acronym we use, they’re all tools, but they’ll never replace the need for leadership.
  • Will Quinn
  • May 28, 2025
AI in Distribution

Want to Get Started with AI? This Man has a Plan

Trent Gillespie will detail approach to AI in a keynote entitled “Designing an AI-enabled business” at Distribution Strategy Group’s Applied AI for Distributors conference.
  • Don Davis
  • May 27, 2025

Upcoming Programs

  • Upcoming Program

Technology Leader Panel: Maximizing Sales Through Online Marketplaces

Join us on June 4, 9 PT/12 ET, as we delve into strategies for leveraging these platforms to boost sales and stay competitive.
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AI News and Gurus: The Show for Intelligent Distributors

Join us on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 9 PT/12 ET for a new AI News and Gurus: The Show for Intelligent Distributors
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State of Distributor Pricing and Costing

Join us on June 11, 2025 at 9 PT / 12 ET as we delve into the current state of distributor pricing and costing
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  • Upcoming Program

Fixing the Data Problem: Building a Digital Supply Chain That Works

Join us on June 18, 9 PT/12 ET, to explore the data infrastructure behind the electrical, HVAC, and plumbing industries, and where it’s headed
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AI in Distribution

The One Thing Distributors Must Know about AI

Whatever else happens in the world, your competitors will use AI to drive performance.
  • Ian Heller
  • May 21, 2025
Operations

Leading with Purpose in the Age of Automation

In logistics, we track everything: fill rates, dock turns, labor ratios. But leadership? That’s harder to quantify.
  • Will Quinn
  • May 21, 2025
AI in Distribution

From Hype to ROI: How Distributors Are Really Using AI to Boost Margins

Forget the buzzwords—these five practical strategies are helping distributors turn AI into real-world profit gains.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • May 16, 2025

Recent Reports

2025 State of Technology in Distribution

From Silos to Synergy: Transforming B2B Distribution with Automation and Collaboration

Optimizing B2B eCommerce for Distributors: Strategies for Scalability, Supply Chain Visibility and Digital Integration

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2025 State of Distributor Profitability: Distributors’ Action Plan

the case for proactive selling
Inside Sales Strategy

The Case for Proactive Selling

If created and managed well, outbound and inbound calling programs can be very effective. What’s more, implementation does not have to be expensive or
  • Debbie Paul
  • June 6, 2012
2012 state of inside sales in distribution
Inside Sales Strategy

2012 State of Inside Sales in Distribution

For many, inside sales involves ordering, technical support, returns handling and credit management. Rarely does it involve proactive, outbound sales. Simply put, those with
  • Debbie Paul
  • May 29, 2012
Segmentation for Sales and Marketing Quick Hits
Digital Strategy

Segmentation for Sales and Marketing Quick Hits

When we ask successful distribution company executives about the sweet spots in their market, they readily provide a confident answer. The problem with the
  • Jonathan Bein
  • May 14, 2012
The Economics of Cross-Selling
Inside Sales Strategy

The Economics of Cross-Selling

Up-selling and cross-selling are the two primary means of growing an account. Among these, cross-selling is paramount. Here’s why: many distributors have regular customers
  • Jonathan Bein
  • May 5, 2012
Improve Customer Lifecycle Management with Simple Analytics
Digital Strategy

Improve Customer Lifecycle Management with Simple Analytics

One of the biggest challenges for any sales and marketing organization is when to reach out to a customer with an offer or promotion.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • April 5, 2012
Good Product Data: The Oxygen for Catalogs and E-Commerce
Digital Strategy

Good Product Data: The Oxygen for Catalogs and E-Commerce

Good product data is crucial for any successful distributor catalog or e-commerce website. This includes accurate and complete specifications of products as well as
  • Jonathan Bein
  • January 10, 2012
Web and Catalog: Fast Friends
Digital Strategy

Web and Catalog: Fast Friends

Catalogs and e-commerce are critical individual components in distributors’ marketing arsenals. Distributors that have taken advantage of clear synergies between the two are reaping
  • Jonathan Bein
  • December 10, 2011
Print Catalogs: Why They Are Alive and Well
Digital Strategy

Print Catalogs: Why They Are Alive and Well

Distributor measurements of effectiveness primarily include return on marketing investment, customer retention and lifetime value, and secondarily include share of wallet and internal rate
  • Jonathan Bein
  • November 11, 2011
How Your Competition Is Beating You With E-Commerce
Digital Strategy

How Your Competition Is Beating You With E-Commerce

There was heavier participation from industrial, electrical/electronics, building, safety, hardware, and HVACR. Other participating sectors include chemicals and plastics, building materials, pulp and paper,
  • Jonathan Bein
  • October 26, 2011
How Distributors Position their Business, Part I
Inside Sales Strategy

How Distributors Position their Business, Part I

The research performed included interviews with nearly 10 distributor senior executives and an online survey taken by 170 participants across a variety of distribution
  • Jonathan Bein
  • July 21, 2011
2011 State of Distributor Marketing: Differentiation through Marketing Channels
Digital Strategy

2011 State of Distributor Marketing: Differentiation through Marketing Channels

There is a very wide variety of marketing practices within the distribution sector. In general, the MDM Market Leaders more broadly embrace marketing as
  • Jonathan Bein
  • July 18, 2011
2011 State of Distributor Marketing: High-Impact Marketing Vehicles
Digital Strategy

2011 State of Distributor Marketing: High-Impact Marketing Vehicles

Historically, distributors were limited to in-store marketing vehicles such as print flyers, catalogs, some telemarketing and tradeshows. Marketing vehicles that have become prevalent in
  • Jonathan Bein
  • July 18, 2011
How Distributors Position Their Business, Part II
Inside Sales Strategy

How Distributors Position Their Business, Part II

It may be that many distributors are just guessing when it comes to positioning and messaging. Their beliefs about what attributes are important to
  • Jonathan Bein
  • June 21, 2011
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