June Wholesale Revenues Tick Up 0.6% from May
Wholesale sales were up 15.4% from a year ago.
Wholesale sales were up 15.4% from a year ago.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice buys share for $370 million in cash.
Grainger's daily sales in the U.S. were up 5 percent in July.
MAPI economist: India show the most 'promising prospects for employment growth.'
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MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Melville, NY, is accelerating its approach to acquisitions, according to COO Erik Gershwind. “Historically, I would categorize MSC as opportunistic when it came to acquisitions,” Gershwind says. “But now we’re getting more proactive, making it a bigger part of our plan.”
Bigger doesn't always mean better in the sales process.
Kevin Roach, executive vice president and general manager of Epicor, talks with MDM about the merger of software companies Activant and Epicor and how the new organization is working to get the most out of its combined capabilities. Here’s how the integration will affect distributors.
The merger of Activant and Epicor in April was just one of the latest developments in the continuing consolidation of the distribution software industry. Kevin Roach, executive vice president and general manager of the new combined Epicor, recently spoke with MDM about the merger and what it means for distribution companies currently on Epicor platforms ...
IT procurement managers should look at nine contractual terms to reduce risk in cloud contracts, according to Gartner Inc.
This is the first in a series of articles looking at emerging technologies increasingly used by distributors in their businesses. This article looks at cloud computing, which continues to grow in popularity as a way to deliver business processes over the Web.
Full Emerging Technologies Series is available here.
Software as a service (SaaS) is anticipated to grow 20 percent to $12 billion in revenue this year, according to IT research company Gartner.
Yet in an industry with tight margins and a reluctance to invest in new technologies, SaaS, a variation of cloud computing that is the use of Web-based services to support business processes, is viewed with a critical eye among distributors.
But as more companies adopt cloud technology for their business, the service is becoming difficult to ignore.
The best advisory boards include objective, experienced businesspeople who can provide real input to the company.