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E-commerce and expansion are top of mind for distributors.
Online company continues bringing chaos to traditional commerce.
Retail giant's online marketplace gives companies e-commerce channel.
Amazon Business has replaced AmazonSupply as the Internet retailers B2B website, which hopes to bring businesses a B2C shopping experience to B2B.
This article includes:
- Why Amazon Business is less threatening to distributors
- What to expect from Amazon's new B2B marketplace
- Amazon's goals for Amazon Business
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