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Ingram Micro Puts AI at Center of Three-Year Distribution Growth Strategy
CEO Paul Bay said Ingram Micro intends to use its scale, data and supplier and customer relationships to connect supply and demand more efficiently.
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Office Depot Drops ODP Name, Rebrands B2B Distribution Business
The latest change effectively removes the ODP name from the company’s corporate and B2B identities and extends the better-known Office Depot brand to the distribution business.
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UNFI Expands AI and Automation Across Food Distribution Network
UNFI expects approximately $300 million in capital and cloud implementation spending in fiscal 2027, up from $217 million in capital expenditures in fiscal 2026. The planned investments include targeted automation, ERP deployment, and broader technology initiatives.
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Manufacturers Turn More Bullish as Sales, Production, and Investment Outlooks Rise
For distributors, rising production, capital spending and machinery investment could provide opportunities for higher demand, but customers are likely to remain focused on pricing, sourcing flexibility, inventory management, and transportation costs.
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SYSPRO Puts AI Agents to Work Inside Distributor Operations
The launch comes as software providers increasingly develop agentic AI systems capable of performing defined business tasks instead of simply generating information or recommendations.
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GrubMarket Launches AI Tool for Produce Pricing
The tool allows distributors to ask questions about fruit and vegetable prices and, when connected to their internal systems, compare market benchmarks with their own sales and purchasing data.
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Ingram Micro Makes AI Central to Its Distribution Strategy
Ingram Micro said its strategy combines AI with the data, workflows and transactions generated across its global distribution network.
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Wholesale Trade Trails Nearly Every Industry in Canadian AI Adoption
Just 7.9% of wholesale trade businesses reported using AI to produce goods or deliver services during the previous 12 months, according to recent Statistics Canada data
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Amazon Business Adds More Purchasing and Reconciliation Tools
The expanded report provides transaction details down to individual products and shipments, including ship dates, shipment status, product descriptions and United Nations Standard Products and Services Code classifications.
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Distributors Keep Adding Distribution Capacity in September
Industrial SalesLeads, a Jacksonville, Florida-based firm that tracks industrial capital projects, said Sept. 4 that its research team identified 199 new planned distribution and supply chain projects in August