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Recession Preparation: Don’t Panic on Pricing Strategy
Distributors tend to respond to the threat of an economic downturn with ineffective across the board cuts.
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How Distributors Can Embrace the Adaptive Supply Chain
Traditional vertical and horizontal integrated supply chains are not necessarily reflective of changing customer expectations or variations in the ecosystem.
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5 Risks Distributors Take When They Don’t Know Their Customers
A commitment to determining the communication preferences of individual customers can bring high returns.
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Your Inside Sales People are Giving Away Your Profits
Approaching calls with a customer-service focus often results in unsolicited discounts that create an unnecessary margin hit.
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Tapping into the Value of Technology
Distributors can utilize data and open architecture to effectively automate and advise business practices.
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The Blind Spots of Pricing Strategy
Five margin and profit erosion forces that cause persistent poor financial returns.
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Maybe Your Margin Problem is That You’re Buying Wrong, Not Selling Wrong
Five solutions to common distributor purchasing mistakes that will put lost dollars back in your pocket.
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Fix Your Pricing, Profitability and Culture in 2019
Do your sales and service employees give away value they should charge for and erode margins unnecessarily?
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February Wholesale Distributor M&A Roundup: Strong Pace Continues
The hot start to 2019 distribution M&A in January continued in February, but marked by fewer big deals.
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MDM Classics: Managing Pricing Algorithms
Three factors for distributors to consider when evaluating risks in automatic pricing.
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How to Build a Strong Sales Playbook
Bring the right people on board with a focus on emotional intelligence, says SalesLeaderships Colleen Stanley.
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4 Pathways to Improved Distribution Sales Effectiveness
Smart hiring coupled with effective sales enablement can increase the velocity of your inside and outside sales teams.
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January M&A Roundup: Strong Start to 2019
There were a range of deal announcements across all sizes of distributors, including internationally.
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How to Find and Attract Quality Candidates
Distributors need a solid recruitment plan for this competitive space with a low unemployment rate.
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Is E-commerce Market Penetration Reaching a Tipping Point?
MDM/Real Results Marketing survey aims to benchmark e-commerce growth for distributors and manufacturers.
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Lessons for Distributors from Dental Lawsuits
Digital disruption is changing the competitive dynamics in the marketplace.
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The Selling Skill Distributors Should Seek from Their Sales Force
Soft skills make a real difference in achieving hard sales results.
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Bolstering Federal Government Business Amid Shutdown Uncertainty
Now is the time for distributors with federal government contracts to check in with clients, update databases and re-evaluate sales strategies.
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Managing Consigned Inventory Can Be a Nightmare — It Doesn’t Have to Be
Here are three best practices for distributors to minimize consignment risks.
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