Everyone recognizes the effects of emerging technologies, as well as well-capitalized competitors, on the channel and on their businesses.
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2 Trends to Watch in B2B: Item Recognition and Voice Ordering
This post previews some of the key findings in the third report based on our research for the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors into how technology will transform the wholesale distribution industry.
Wholesale Change: Distributors’ Quarterly Checkup: Notable Results, Surprises and Market Moves (October 28, 2020)
Wholesale Change hosts Ian Heller and Jonathan Bein dig into public distributors’ earnings reports from across segments to bring you insights into how your largest competitors are navigating the market.
Pull Your eCommerce System Back from the Jaws of Defeat
The increase in digital buying behavior is here to stay, pandemic or no – especially as the number of millennial decision-makers rises. If your ecommerce system isn’t delivering expected ROI, now is the time to uncover the real culprit holding your site back.
Wholesale Change Show: A Conversation with John Caplan, President of North America & Europe, Alibaba (October 21, 2020)
In this episode Ian Heller welcomed Alibaba’s John Caplan to the Wholesale Change Show to discuss Alibaba’s capabilities and the marketplace’s long-term plans.
How to Fend Off Amazon with AI Strategies of Your Own
Amazon Business is projected to make $52 billion in sales by 2023. For distributors to fend off this AI-powered giant, they’ll need to understand and adopt AI strategies of their own.
When Your Sales Team Sabotages Your eCommerce Initiative
When salespeople are slow to embrace ecommerce, they miss opportunities that not only hurt the company, but the customers they are trying to help. They’re even hurting themselves.
Local SEO for B2B: How Distributors Can Optimize for Local Search
If you are a distributor on a quest to get on page one of Google, don’t neglect the importance of being found locally. Here’s how to set yourself up for success with Local SEO.
Wholesale Change Show: Amazon’s AI-Powered Secrets to Success – and How Distributors Can Respond (October 14, 2020)
Learn how Amazon uses AI and how distributors can fend off this B2B juggernaut with their own strategy around product recommendations, search relevancy and audience monetization.
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.