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Grainger to Expand Reach Into India
By Jack Keough Grainger is extending its e-commerce business globally by partnering with industrybuying.com, one of India’s fastest growing provider of industrial supplies. “The positives of partnering with Grainger are…
No Holiday Break for the Price of Copper
By Jim Williams Copper prices tumbled to two-week lows on Tuesday, closing at $2.04/lb. Investors blame falling equity prices as one of the contributing factors on the market and for…
Amazon Could Be New Competitor for UPS, FedEx
By Jack Keough It appears that Amazon could be taking on UPS and FedEx, as well as a host of other logistics providers such as USPS to make the “last…
Is Your Distributorship’s Value Bucket Empty?
By Bridget McCrea Facing numerous challenges in today’s market, industrial distributors can improve sales and form long-standing relationships by offering more value-added services in exchange for a fee. When Lynn…
How the Estate Tax Stole Football
By Scott Costa, Publisher, tED magazine Let me get this out of the way first: The St. Louis Rams are no longer the St. Louis Rams because of the…
Copper Prices Hovering Around $2 Per Pound
By Jim Williams Copper prices spiked to a four-week high in early trading Tuesday before tumbling along with a global stock selloff and oil prices continuing their free fall. Copper…
Starting From Scratch: Building an E-Commerce Website
By Bridget McCrea With a brand new, fully-functional e-commerce site in the works, The Lighting Factory discusses the impetus behind this move, the challenges it ran into, and how everything…