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If you’ve never used or are unfamiliar with a Distributor Advisory Council (DAC), you could be losing more than valuable feedback. You could be sacrificing profits, market share, and crucial customers you can’t afford to lose.
Distributors have taken the pandemic disruption in stride and used it to accelerate improvements across key areas of business: Sales & Marketing, Technology, Operations and Strategy & Leadership.
Distributors have taken the pandemic disruption in stride and used it to accelerate improvements across key areas of business: Sales & Marketing, Technology, Operations and Strategy & Leadership.
Not if they don’t adapt to the changing marketplace dynamics.
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Not if they don’t adapt to the changing marketplace dynamics.
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