MDM News Digest 4722
News briefs from November 11 - November 25, 2017
November 25, 2017
Amazon Gets Down to Business
Amazon has rapidly built the competencies needed to master B2B distribution the way it mastered the online bookstore. This article, the second in a three-part series, looks at the rise of Amazon Business formerly AmazonSupply and why it presents a clear threat to todays distributor.
This article includes:
- An increasingly digital market
- Amazons customer obsession
- Whats next?
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Commentary: Amazon Attacks Industries, Not Companies
Amazon Business is bringing a new distribution model to bear.
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How to Protect Against Counterfeiting
Knock-off products are found everywhere, from watches and handbags to bearings, electrical products and construction materials. The effects of counterfeit products go beyond lost revenues and the misappropriated use of anothers trademark. This article examines the scope of the current counterfeit market in distribution and what can be done to protect you, your channel partners and the products you sell.
This article includes:
- Financial impact
- Safety and environmental impact
- Customer impact
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- Millennials in Distribution: ‘No Magic’ in US LUMBER’s Strategy
- Endgame Strategy: A Must for Distributors
- Grainger’s Pricing Initiative, pt 2: The Quest for Optimization
Monthly Wholesale Trade Data: September 2017
Sales and inventories data for wholesaler-distributors in September 2017.
MDM Industrial Inflation Index: October 2017
Modern Distribution Management's monthly Industrial Inflation Index measures a cross-section of industrial supplies.
This index includes:
- Abrasives Products
- Cutting Tools
- Power Transmission Equipment
- Fasteners
- Valves, etc.
- Power Tools
- Material Handling Equipment
- Belting
- Hand Tools
- Misc. Metal
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- Distribution M&A Playbook, pt. 3: Integration Best Practices
- Grainger’s Pricing Initiative, pt 2: The Quest for Optimization
- Commentary: Harvey’s Stark Reminder on Disaster Planning
Download this Issue in PDF: November 25, 2017
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Table of Contents:
- Amazon Gets Down to Business
- Commentary: Amazon Attacks Industries, Not Companies
- How to Protect Against Counterfeiting
- MDM Industrial Inflation Index: October 2017
- Monthly Wholesale Trade Data: September 2017
- MDM News Digest 4722
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