Major deals by Grainger and Home Depot may signal a shifting M&A landscape.
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This article is part of MDM's 2015 Distribution Trends Special Issue. It explains the need to change your business model or risk slipping into irrelevance.
The annual feature was researched and written by MDM editors based on interviews with dozens of wholesaler-distributors, as well as industry experts and manufacturers. MDM also conducted a survey of its readers to uncover the trends outlined in this issue.
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Trends outlined in the 2015 report include:
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Technology is great, but sometimes it can cut into a companys productivity.
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Distributors must start viewing IT as strategic rather than just tactical.
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Move beyond a defensive mindset for investing in digital.
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One of the key levers in building market analytic models is the use of ratios, of which there are many types.
An old slogan is a universal truth for wholesale distribution.
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“It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” When it comes to market analytics, the philosophy behind this statement usually attributed to economist John Maynard Keynes must be applied.
New division has potential to change the competitive landscape for buying/marketing groups.
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2015 may be a tide turner, but with a higher level of complexity for distributors.
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Increased competitive pressures rise out of strategic investments made during the recovery.
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Ongoing industry turbulence driven by more than economic conditions.
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