Value Proposition
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Wholesale Change: A Way Around Amazon: Portfolio Management for Distributors (April 14, 2021)
Learn how distributors can analyze transactional and customer-provided data to generate industry-specific insights, develop robust benchmarks and tailor advice to match customer objectives.
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2021 State of Sales in Distribution: How Consultative Sales Will Differentiate Distributors in the Post-Pandemic Normal
In this free whitepaper, we outline how distributors can build a more consultative and adaptive sales force to differentiate in 2021 and beyond.
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B2B Customer Surveys: How to Get Actionable Feedback from Customers
Distributors who regularly solicit their customers’ input via customer surveys gain important insights for decision-making.
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How to Get Your Brand Out of the Graveyard
You’ll know you’re stuck in a brand graveyard if your customers only buy a small percentage of your product offering, only buy big products from you but not accessories to those, and buy infrequently.
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Prevent Customers From Leaving You
For some companies, an annual increase of 1% in customer retention over each of the next ten years results in 20% increase in annual earnings. Retention is powerful for several reasons.
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Why Some Distribution Verticals Are More Vulnerable to Disruption
To understand how vulnerable a distribution vertical is to disruption, look at the relationship between the product category’s complexity and the ability for the distributor to deliver that product using common small-package carriers.
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What is Your Product? Knowledge, Information and Service
Here’s what to consider when considering what “product” means to your distribution business and your customer relationships.
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The Art of Sales Prospecting When You Can’t Be There: A New Challenge for Field Sales in Distribution
Distributors’ field sales teams are adapting to a new way of reaching prospects now that they cannot just get in the car to visit in person.
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Is ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’ the Beginning of the End for Distributors?
Distributors worry that Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is assuming key distributor roles and erasing them from the equation. The service picks, packs, ships and even manages returns for retailers and distributors, as well as holds inventory in Amazon fulfillment centers.
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Painless Profitability Improvements: Our Favorite Profit-Driving Hacks for Distributors
Distributors: Are you looking for some simple, straightforward and painless ways to make adjustments that improve your profitability? Here are a few of our favorite profit-driving hacks.