Disruption. Innovation. Disruptive innovation. Innovative disruption. Take your pick. True innovation takes the distraction out of disruption.

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The industry is at an inflection point from a melting pot of trends that have been boiling over into more sectors of distribution. The biggest burner has been the technology revolution, which has us in this venturi of intensifying heat that is testing traditional distribution models like never before.