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Grainger is often recognized as a leader when it comes to distribution e-commerce, but the company recently recognized that its high list prices might be deterring potential customers from becoming buyers. MDM Editor Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier spoke with CEO D.G. Macpherson and Geoff Robertson, vice president, global digital business and innovation, at the 2017 Grainger Show in Orlando, FL, about the company’s strategy for addressing its e-commerce challenge.
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- The pricing dilemma
- Overcoming e-commerce barriers
- The "high-list, less-discount model"
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A critical part of realigning sales resources is reassessing how your sales compensation supports – or competes with – your company’s sales goals. This article, based on a presentation of Mike Emerson, Indian River Consultant Group, at the Sales GPS 2017 Executive Workshop, examines some of the common challenges to aligning compensation with company goals and some options for overcoming those challenges.
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- Challenges to change
- Steps to creating change
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With questionable business practices making headlines, capitalism has gotten a bad rap with millennials. Rick Schwartz, chairman of Winsupply and outgoing chairman of NAW, advises that it’s up to businesses to change that perception – or put the future of the U.S. economy in peril.
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- Why capitalism seems to be a bad word
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