If Amazon Business owns the customer, warehouses your products, does the picking, packing and shipping and handles the entire transaction – why do they need you?
Marketplaces
Grainger Disinvests in Europe as Amazon Business Expands: What This Means for the Industry
It’s fair to question whether these events are correlated or it’s just a coincidence that Amazon Business is (apparently) thriving in various international markets while Grainger is not.
Why Distributors Need a Marketplaces Strategy
Amazon is the most obvious example of marketplaces that carry B2B SKUs, but you can find them on Google Shopping, Walmart.com, Alibaba, eBay Business & Industrial, Zoro and other websites, too.
Wholesale Change Show: Will B2B Marketplaces Kill Company Specific Websites? (May 20, 2020)
In this episode of Wholesale Change (May 20, 2020), Distribution Strategy Group’s Ian Heller and Jonathan Bein discuss the importance and future of marketplaces in wholesale distribution.
A Global Pandemic is Great for Amazon’s Sales, No Matter How You Spin It
An Amazon Post Full of Nonsense Carries a Serious Underlying Message We all know the world is not fair. For one thing, celery is good for you, and French fries are bad for you. Yet we crave French fries and eat celery when people are watching.
The Impact of Amazon Business on Distributors
Amazon continues to build share into traditional distribution channels. Their obsession for the customer experience raises the bar high for suppliers – distributors and manufacturers – whether you sell through them or not.
The Amazon Effect
Amazon is a machine. The online retail juggernaut has recently churned out the world’s richest man and, its tendrils of modernization are slowly reaching into every physical industry in the world. In distribution, some know this, some don’t. Real Results Marketing looked to see what distributors think about how Amazon Business is affecting their business.