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In a recent MDM webcast, Mike Marks explains how, when it comes to meeting customers’ needs, a distributor is better equipped than a $25 billion giant.
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As platform strategy 101 tells us: the technology is a commodity. The power is in the network. As a result, Applico is seeing two types of marketplace technology providers: SaaS (software as a service) and, more recently, MaaS (marketplace as a service).
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While e-commerce platforms and marketplaces aren’t new, the pandemic is fueling the need for distributors to take a harder look at them. The latest MDM webcast featured Zoro's Tracy Buelow breaking down how distributors can have a successful presence online.
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On January’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Fastenal CEO Dan Florness and CFO Holden Lewis pulled back the curtain on how they view the company’s diminishing role of physical branches.
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Three of MDM’s five most-read blogs published last month focused on e-commerce and digital, while the tenuous economic situation plus Ferguson’s 2021 forecast also grabbed readers’ attention.
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Here are the Top 10 (plus one) digital commerce enhancements you can make to successfully navigate the post-COVID-19 environment.
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Many distributors are under the assumption that if they load a bunch of content onto their website and/or into one-off marketing emails, they’ve done their job. But such a Create It and They Will Come strategy can be a waste of time and resources.
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Many distributors are under the assumption that if they load a bunch of content onto their website and/or into one-off marketing emails, they’ve done their job. But such a Create It and They Will Come strategy can be a waste of time and resources.
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And other critical reasons why e-commerce investment is the smart choice for nearly all distributors, from Channel Marketing Group's David Gordon.
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How owning customers’ attention and their data pays off big for the massive e-commerce site.
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Five questions to ask yourself that will help measure the effectiveness of your e-commerce capabilities.
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U.S. manufacturers are digitizing at twice the rate of other businesses, Alibaba.com survey finds.
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How the online juggernaut uses AI-backed search expertise to improve its e-commerce effectiveness and overcome competitors.
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Amazon’s success is not an accident. It is the result of imaginative planning, technological enablement and top-notch execution — that distributors can emulate.
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MDM’s most-read blogs of September 2020 center around capitalizing on ways to enhance your distribution business.
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Redesign to create role specialization within the organization, invest in digital tools, separate market-making from market-serving activities and create a clear value proposition.
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It all starts with your website — but it doesn't end there. B2B online marketing strategist Bob DeStefano shares how distributors can make the most of your small business online.
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Thirteen lessons from distributors who are finding the silver linings in COVID-19.
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Wholesale distribution finds innovative ways to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic that are remodeling business operations.
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These reps are now in position to play a key role in distributor revenue recovery plans.
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